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1. Mother of three ‘doing everything’ to find alternative home ordered to vacate

   Residential Tenancies Board tribunal hears landlord needs house for own use as no longer feasible to live on farm

2. Housing charity concerned at risk to tenants under modular home plan

   Threshold raises concerns over proposed planning exemption and rent-a-room changes

3. Power cuts affect thousands in south county Dublin

   Areas affected include Mount Merrion, Bootersown, Belfield and Merrion

4. Man (36) due in court on charges arising from throwing of cash at motorists in Galway

   Charges include theft and drug offences

5. Councillors to meet housing body over its decision to scrap cost-rental scheme in Cabra

   Some 40 houses in Cabra site were to be used for workers who earn too much for social homes but can’t afford rents

6. Judge rejects settlement offers to boys ‘manhandled’ by shopping centre security staff

   Case taken by teens alleging ‘defamation, wrongful imprisonment and assault’ to go to trial

7. Sixteen-year-old girl often missing from care caught selling crack cocaine on O’Connell Street, court told

   ‘Pressing concerns’ for safety of vulnerable teenager seen by gardaí with older drug users

8. Housing can be a hidden admissions officer for students - quiet, powerful and unaccountable

   Denmark’s social housing model shows how government initiatives can build sustainable and affordable housing for mixed communities

9. Independence of Drew Harris’s appointment questioned following Leo Varadkar comments

   Former taoiseach says there ‘was not a predetermined outcome’ in 2018 appointment of outside candidate Harris to Garda commissioner role

10. Daniel Kinahan expected to face single charge, with evidence relating to murder, drugs and laundering

    DPP opts for one charge of directing crime gang based on intercepted messages and evidence going back more than 10 years