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1. Flight diverted to Dublin Airport after crew reports engine issue over North Atlantic

   Delta Air Lines flight DL-59 departed London’s Heathrow Airport at around 10.18am bound for Boston Logan International Airport

2. PSNI officer injured after being struck by motocross-style bike

   Six arrested in separate incidents for drink-driving and other offences

3. Thunderstorm warning: Met Éireann predicts outbreaks of rain throughout weekend

   A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place for counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo until 6pm on Saturday

4. Funeral service for Gordon Snell will take place next week

   Snell (93) died peacefully at home on Wednesday

5. Man charged with attempted murder over Dunmurry bomb attack at PSNI station

   Kieran Smyth (66) with an address at Beechmount Avenue in Belfast, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates’ Court on Saturday

6. Over 1,200 drivers detected speeding in first 48 hours of Garda roads policing operation

   One motorist in Co Donegal was caught driving 67 kilometres over the speed limit

7. Consultant tells court of ‘chaotic’ scene as victim’s chest wound was ‘hissing’

   Dr Jason van der Velde told a trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court he thought the cavity surrounding the lungs of John Brennan had been breached

8. Man who took part in hijacking taxi on M50 is jailed

   Driver tried to escape after his hair and arm were pulled as he was driving on busy motorway

9. Thousands told to leave Ipas centres by July as ‘no longer entitled’ to live there

   Correspondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in Ireland

10. MacSharry defends intervention in case of developer jailed for assault on three boys

    The former Fianna Fáil TD’s testimonial said Cathal O’Connor had an ‘impeccable record as a law-abiding citizen’