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1. Minimum wage to increase to €14.15 an hour and auto-enrolment pension scheme to begin on New Year’s Day

   Auto-enrolment scheme automatically applies to those aged 23-60 earning more than €20,000 a year

2. Baby colobus monkey born at Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork

   Public invited to help name new arrival

3. ‘We were heartbroken when they left’: removal of asylum seekers from Wicklow village raises questions

   Tynte House in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, is one of 22 contracts for international protection accommodation centres that ended in 2025

4. Which CAO programmes must be listed due to portfolio, interview or performance criteria?

   Ask Brian: All you need to know about the restricted application courses for 2026

5. New Year’s Eve events: What’s happening around Ireland

   Simultaneous fireworks displays in Howth and Dún Laoghaire as ukelele band descends on Galway

6. ‘I have been told a minimum of 11 years waiting’: On the housing list as a wheelchair user

   Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin’s search for suitable private-rented accommodation has left her ‘soul-destroyed’

7. ‘I can barely walk’: Woman who claims ex-partner cut her back on St Stephen’s Day is given barring order

   Several mothers attended the court seeking orders against their adult sons

8. Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan awarded MBE in new year honours list

   Pommel horse specialist won Ireland’s first gymnastics gold medal

9. Man claimed €12,000 in pandemic payments while in State illegally

   Case of Raphael Bame, who pleaded guilty to fraudulent claims, highlights holes in system, judge says

10. Almost 400 deer culled at Killarney National Park

    Local councillor raises issue of deer on roads and areas well outside the park’s boundaries