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1. Judge rules seven properties in estate will not be divided equally among five siblings

   Couple had five children between whom it was agreed there were ‘long-standing family tensions’

2. Funeral details announced for man who died in bus crash in Dublin

   Frank Daly died after he was struck by a Bus Éireann bus in Dublin city last week

3. Dún Laoghaire council received more than 500 calls during Storm Chandra flooding

   Officials consider flood storage at Marlay Park and other works to reduce risk in future

4. Pensioners from An Post and Eir to protest delays to agreed increases

   An Post retirees waiting on 7 per cent increase while those from Eir seeking 2.1 per cent

5. More than half of primary schoolchildren at risk of contacting strangers online, charity says

   CyberSafekids says 51 per cent of children between the ages of eight and 12 have no parental restrictions around online contact

6. ‘The Leaving Cert mocks were a wake-up call for my son’

   For a student who has focused more on sport than study, realising they are not match fit in an academic sense can be sobering

7. Senior civil servant set to be appointed ‘housing tsar’ with brief to speed up development

   Minister’s previously indicated choice, ex-Nama chief Brendan McDonagh, withdrew amid controversy over salary

8. No Government protection if building on a floodplain, warns Minister

   Expensive defence projects not be extended to new developments, says Kevin Boxer Moran

9. Garda suspensions more than double as accusations of abuse rise

   Increase, up to 42 from 18 in 2024, comes after several high-profile cases resulted in convictions for force members

10. ‘He wouldn’t be great for vegetables’: School meal scheme not to everyone’s taste

    Parents share mixed views on weekday lunches offered to children in schools