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1. Trinity Hist and Army Cadet School provide winners at Irish Times Debate semi-final

   Twelve competitors face off at Law Society of Ireland

2. Man with 228 previous convictions jailed for Dublin petrol station robbery

   Lee O’Brien (39) was armed with a knife when he stole €350 from Circle K in Dundrum, Dublin

3. Galway man completes 4,800km rowing journey across Atlantic Ocean in fewer than 40 days

   Daragh MacLoughlin wins solo class in World’s Toughest Row after reaching Antigua in the Caribbean

4. Ireland’s largest mosque to reopen in time for Ramadan after nine-month hiatus

   Judge recuses himself in court case related to Islamic Cultural Centre’s operator

5. Bullets ‘did not seem to have any effect’ on George Nkencho, garda tells inquest

   Emergency workers describe arriving on scene to find man (27) in ‘critical condition’

6. Convicted rapist jailed for six and a half years after sexual assault of woman in her home

   Christopher Ryan (33) admitted breaking into home and assaulting woman and daughter before he was fought off

7. ‘Plain evil’: Predator who sexually assaulted nephew sentenced to 10 years

   ‘You have ripped our family apart,’ says assailant’s sister

8. High Court censures Roscommon solicitor following conflict of interest finding

   Declan O’Callaghan successfully appealed three allegations of misconduct, but a judge upheld one claim against him

9. Coimisiún na Meán spends millions of euro fighting legal actions by social media giants

   Bill expected to climb higher as regulator is facing 12 such cases

10. ‘Constant manipulation’: Man sentenced to life for murder of ex-girlfriend Bruna Fonseca in Cork

    ‘A life was taken because a woman was not allowed to move on,’ says Fonseca family