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1. Department of Housing proposes fewer beds in Oliver Bond flats complex in Dublin

   Fewer people would be housed in inner-city complex than proposed by city council

2. ‘I don’t have to prove to anybody how Irish I am’: Dublin Rose taken aback by racial abuse

   Medical scientist Suad Mooge (25) was chosen last week to represent Dublin at Rose of Tralee festival in August. Photograph: Zara Feeley.

3. Bray Boxing club shooter says jury should not have been shown photos of him holding a gun

   Gerard Cervi is advancing a total of 14 grounds in his appeal against murder conviction

4. Doctors can refrain from invasive care of man despite ‘likely’ early death, judge rules

   Patient (78) with severe depression has long refused to engage with clinicians, High Court hears

5. ‘You might end up on TV’: An Garda Síochána launches €345,000 recruitment drive

   Dog handlers, frogmen and officers on horseback drafted into publicity campaign to attract officers

6. Drug dealer threatened ‘to get junkies to rape woman’s son’ over €157k debt, court hears

   He also told her he would give her a month to pay up or ‘her son would be shot’

7. PTSB seeks court approval for €1.6bn sale to Bawag amid minority-shareholder opposition

   Three shareholders oppose bank’s process of approving the acquisition scheme

8. ‘Alan is gone’: Inquest hears desperate attempts to save boy (8) from drowning on Sligo beach

   Heartbroken father of Alan Singh says he will never forget him and still sleeps in his bed

9. Rathfarnham land searched as part of inquiry into unsolved murder of property investor

   Liam Murray (42) was shot dead in his home on St Patrick’s Day 2009

10. Cork couple sentenced for role in criminal scheme with convicted money launderer

    Former accountant laundered almost €290,000, while partner failed to disclose information to gardaí