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1. Suspended garda, convicted of assaulting former spouse, granted High Court stay on his dismissal due at midnight

   Court hears that process enacting Trevor Bolger’s dismissal was ‘unlawful and unsustainable’

2. Dublin cafe manager wins WRC case over boss’s ‘Sofía Vergara’ remarks

   Worker argued new owner was ‘making life uncomfortable’ as staff felt they were ‘being monitored’

3. Terenure College, Carmelites criticised for hearing date objection in John McClean abuse action

   Lawyers for religious order and school say they are entitled to interrogate certain financial claims advanced by victims

4. Man jailed for 11 years after kicking to death ‘inoffensive man’ he met in pub

   Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood

5. ‘We must see action’: Resolution of Oliver Bond flats regeneration impasse expected in coming weeks

   Minister for Housing James Browne says conditions in inner city complex ‘absolutely atrocious, totally unacceptable’

6. German prosecutors claim Irish man part of ‘sabotage squad’ that broke into Israeli arms subsidiary

   Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of spraying anti-Semitic slogans and symbols glorifying Hamas

7. President Catherine Connolly visits her alma mater in Leeds for first time since graduating

   Connolly also visited Leeds Irish Centre which has long roots stretching back to waves of emigration in the 1830s

8. Limerick driver who was ‘steaming drunk’ when he killed motorist jailed for seven years

   ‘I’ll appeal that, that’s a f*cking disgrace’, Niall O’Halloran (57) shouted in court after sentence was read out

9. Inmate with medical emergency died in cell after key could not be found for 14 minutes, report finds

   Delay at Midlands Prison occurred during staff crossover, leaving 297 prisoners completely inaccessible in event of emergency

10. ‘She was always there to guide and help’: Active retirement champion Phyl McDonald dies aged 102

    ‘Great person’ and ‘great leader’ first joined Active Retirement Association in 1978