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1. Feeder Schools: Our data doesn’t give information on further education and training. Here’s why that matters

   Systematic collection of data would provide a fuller picture to parents and students

2. Third-level progression rates: Why do some schools score more than 100%?

   It seems mathematically impossible, but the percentage number accounts for several different elements

3. Feeder Schools: Making sense of school progression charts

   14,000 of the 2025 Leaving Cert class decided that applying to the CAO was not right for them

4. Ulster Banner to remain NI flag for Commonwealth Games following guidance

   North’s body for event had been seeking guidance on use of flag since 2020

5. File to be sent to DPP over 2024 fire at Leixlip house linked to asylum centre rumours

   House was subject of ‘significant volume’ of misinformation, gardaí said

6. ‘One lifeline left’: Last-minute breakthrough needed to save The Complex arts centre

   Government intervention in form of multimillion euro acquisition required to prevent Dublin facility’s closure

7. Irish prison conditions among the worst ‘anywhere’, chief inspector tells politicians

   Committee told Mountjoy in Dublin no longer a viable option, with Thornton Hall site yet to be developed

8. Retired surgeon ordered to pay costs of High Court case over South Dublin Islamic centre

   Dr Abdel Basset El-Sayed made allegations arising from dispute over operator of Clonskeagh facility

9. Council worker entitled to pension payment increase over compulsory overtime, court rules

   Reckonable back payments to retired Mayo council worker will be limited to six years due to statute of limitations

10. Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda

    Circuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to comply