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1. MI5 has ‘blind spot’ over Northern Ireland Troubles, PSNI chief says

   Police constable faces calls for ‘root-and-branch’ review of force’s relationship with MI5 following Operation Kenova report

2. Northern Ireland Justice Minister ‘misspoke’ when saying PSNI data-breach funding agreed

   2023 incident led to information about officers and staff getting into hands of dissident republicans

3. Mother seeks order so she can breastfeed newborn baby taken into care

   Woman is asking High Court to direct that the child be put back on her breast milk for the sake of his healthy development

4. Provisional liquidator appointed for firm linked to forged Garda vetting-cert scandal

   Earlier this year, a 22-year-old was convicted of 55 counts of forging certs to be provided to Tusla

5. Man (50) dies after wall collapses on him near Bandon, Cork

   The Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the incident

6. Man (31) pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to father’s murder in Westmeath

   Prosecution said psychiatrists on both sides agree on mental state of the accused when Stefan Nivelles Posschier was killed

7. Man jailed for 16 months for setting fire to ex-girlfriend’s car

   Kevin Kinsella (35), of Ballybough, Dublin 3, pleaded guilty to one count of arson

8. Boy (11) settles High Court action over his birth at Cork hospital for €4m

   HSE denies all claims made and says treatment was appropriate

9. Dublin’s Luas Green Line ‘operating normally’ after two days of disruption

   Engineers have identified that the issue is within a critical low-voltage safety system known as the 48-volt system

10. Three men charged over €6.3m Wexford cocaine haul

    Each man was charged with drug possession for sale or supply