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1. Temperatures to hit 20 degrees on Friday as Met Éireann forecasts ‘warmest’ weekend of the year

   Weekend is expected to be the ‘warmest yet this year’, says forecaster

2. Church services

   Week beginning Saturday, April 25th, 2026

3. Could Ireland face a period of worker discontent after the fuel protests?

   Package for sectors hit by high diesel costs noted by some who believe militant response is needed in relation to rising cost of living

4. Dublin City Council ‘shouldn’t have purchased’ structurally unsound houses in Phibsboro and Drumcondra, engineer says

   Almost 100 private houses purchased by authority since 2018 in effort to turn vacant properties into social housing

5. Character references ‘don’t carry huge weight’ if judge has decided on a custodial sentence

   Testimonials can help people get suspended sentences in some instances, says retired High Court judge

6. US troop numbers passing through Shannon soar 80%

   More than 3,000 US troops passed through airport during March after Iran conflict started

7. Oral hearing to assess Enoch Burke’s dismissal will go ahead, High Court rules

   Teacher asked for injunction until decision is reached on another part of dispute with Wilson’s Hospital School

8. Man who died after being hit by bus at Dublin Airport named as publisher John Fleming

   Irish Racing Yearbook publisher (60s) owned accountancy firm in Kilkenny specialising in services to horse-racing industry

9. Judge describes assault at Daybreak, Loughlinstown as ‘very disturbing’

   Aidan Daniels (30) and Adam Kelly (21) pleaded guilty to assault with intent to cause bodily harm

10. Man charged with assault causing harm of co-parish priest in front of Ennis Cathedral congregation

    Dylan O’Loughlin (31) appears in court charged with offence against Fr Joy Micle at St Peter and St Paul Cathedral