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1. ‘The loss is immeasurable’: Theatre costume business destroyed by Waterford fire

   Investigators have found asbestos among debris from building which was home to 40 businesses

2. Nursing home group pursues estate of deceased ward of court for €185,000 care costs

   Woman was a resident of nursing home for six years until her death in 2024

3. Enrolments in primary schools set to fall significantly, Department of Education says

   Student numbers at first year in second level also starting to decline but there will be significant local variations, briefing document says

4. Couple ordered to pay damages after ‘appalling’ unlawful termination of elderly man’s tenancy

   Late tenant’s son argued the couple’s reasoning could set a ‘dangerous precedent’, allowing landlords to make an ‘unqualified medical decision’ to terminate tenancy

5. With my daughter planning to go to college, what financial supports are available?

   Ask Brian: Maintenance grants and fee grants are available to eligible undergraduate students

6. Stressful, torturous and a scramble: report highlights issues around access to special school places

   Mother recounts one of ‘worst times in my life’ in her bid to secure placment for autistic son

7. Whistleblower initiates legal action against Tusla, says WRC agreement is void

   Ciarán Kenneally case ‘points to a troubling pattern’ with protected disclosures, says solicitor

8. Irish failure to recognise Armenian genocide creates awkward moment for Martin in Yerevan

   Inconsistency between Government reluctance to formally acknowledge Armenian genocide and clear stance on Gaza

9. Vacant and derelict houses bought by Dublin City Council unused due to severe dilapidation

   Senior council engineer says a number of houses bought ‘regardless of their condition... really shouldn’t have [been] bought at all’

10. Two Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship return home

    Both expected to isolate in quarantine for about five weeks after returning from Tenerife on Government jet