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1. Have your say: What role does an SNA play in your life?

   Review of special needs assistant allocations has been paused after criticism

2. Family facing deportation to South Africa ‘relieved’ by temporary reprieve

   Hundreds of people attended protest in Dublin in support of Oyekanmi family last week

3. New priorities set out for Garda to focus on providing ‘consistent, quality’ service

   The Policing and Community Safety Authority will publish three overarching priorities to be at the core of the Garda’s ethos

4. Man who kicked ‘good-natured’ pensioner to death after chance meeting admits manslaughter

   Aaron Wolfe attacked Florrie O’Sullivan hours after they got talking in pub, court hears

5. Former Cycling Ireland official given suspended sentence for attempted deception

   Garry Nugent produced fake quotations that were submitted to Department of Transport in attempt to secure grants

6. Weather warnings coming to an end but Met Éireann forecasts more rain

   Temperatures set to increase in the coming days as wet conditions look set to persist

7. UN rights monitors ‘alarmed’ at Garda using double-strength pepper spray on peaceful protesters

   Special rapporteurs contact Government, including over public order policing at pro-Palestine protest at Dublin Tunnel last year

8. Mission improbable: Dubliner’s spyware innovation helps save California’s nut farmers

   Prof Eamonn Keogh’s movie-inspired sensor can help identify major nut pest through its wing beats

9. Government insists there will be no ‘cliff edge’ for schools facing SNA cuts

   Any reduction will be a ‘gradual coming off’, says Minister of State as Coalition faces Opposition’s demands for clarity

10. Cab granted permission to sell ‘very high worth’ cars seized from former Real IRA member

    Two BMWs and an Audi, which were in Nathan Kinsella’s possession, were described as assets ‘in depreciation’