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1. Senior gardaí express annoyance over Defence Forces’ response to rogue drones during Zelenskiy visit

   Questions asked within force over why the Defence Forces did not fire on the drones or fire warning shots

2. This Donegal toad is not welcome in Dún Laoghaire

   Readers’ notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

3. Ella McSweeney: Let’s be ambitious for a plan to establish a real record of the majestic Shannon’s condition

   If 14 countries can come together to understand the Danube, surely Ireland can do the same for a far shorter river?

4. Social workers fear increasing numbers of young people are being drawn to anti-immigrant violence

   Racist attitudes have solidified, driven by social media and prominent far-right campaigners in the local community

5. ‘You can hear the stress in people’s voices’: St Vincent de Paul’s 900 calls for help in a single morning

   Christmas time is exceptionally busy for the charity and those staffing its phone lines as people find making ends meet ‘really, really tough’

6. Rising youth unemployment: The ‘canary in the coalmine’ for Ireland’s jobs market?

   A centre in Finglas is helping young people get the training and qualifications needed to get into the workforce

7. Supreme Court upholds sentence for man who forced partner into car boot and beat her

   Soufiane Mountassir (40), who is wanted in Germany for arson, was given five-and-a-half-year sentence

8. Man who identified himself on CCTV of Dublin riots jailed for 2½ years

   Don Sheridan (50) assaulted three gardaí and threw a gas canister at Public Order Unit

9. Insurance and legal bills skyrocket in review of Wilson’s Hospital School finances

   Growing costs come amid High Court dispute with teacher Enoch Burke

10. Boy (16) sentenced to 15 months for rape of girl in Galway

    Perpetrator, who admitted watching porn on his smartphone from a young age, from same estate as girl