IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Irish Times poll: Wide support for neutrality to be guaranteed by the Constitution

   Public also gives views on triple lock, a visit by Donald Trump and social media regulation

2. Primary school forced to close despite warning six months earlier of fire safety problems

   Department of Education ‘suddenly very forthcoming once closure happened’

3. Three-quarters of voters back social media ban for under-16s

   There is also strong support for inserting guarantee of neutrality into Constitution

4. Domestic abuse victims left waiting years for social housing after fleeing abusers

   One woman took council to court after being told she had voluntarily left the home she was renting

5. Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability

   The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one

6. A supermodel sandpiper popped up on the Clare shore in December

   Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on kelp, Bootlace Fungus and Pelican’s Foot Shells

7. Almost 200 ‘dodgy box’ accounts shut down after gardaí raid property in Galway

   A number of electronic devices were seized following the search

8. Superintendent used reasonable force when striking fleeing ex-garda with baton after chase, jury finds

   Second civil trial for Det Supt Rory Sheriff in four months after jury failed to reach conclusion

9. Irish Times photographers highly commended at AIB Press Photographer of the Year awards

   Mark Condren of Mediahuis Ireland wins overall prize for record seventh time

10. Flooding latest: ‘Significant’ road damage in Waterford; Clontarf Baths in Dublin ‘destroyed’

    Dublin City Council monitoring river levels as weather warnings lifted