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1. Ella McSweeney: The mushroom’s striking silhouette resembles a classic toadstool from a children’s story

   It’s mushroom season, and a walk in the woods reveals the most iconic of all: the red fly agaric

2. Road Safety Authority has spent €2.5m on PR since 2020

   Details of RSA public relations spend provided after ‘tricky’ TDs advice prompted Freedom of Information request

3. Judge expresses ‘grave disappointment’ after care watchdog shelved

   Court reporting project that highlighted failures in care system stood down after State funding runs out

4. Midleton after the flood: ‘You’ve no idea of the mental trauma of doing business in this town, let alone living here’

   A year on from Storm Babet, homeowners and businesses in the town are still counting the cost and fear a repeat before defence works are undertaken

5. How easy would it be to create a free, nationalised childcare system?

   Government has established a special unit to investigate what a ‘nationalised’ childcare model might look like in terms of staff; service offering; fees for parents; and overall funding model

6. Why is this slug looking particularly sluggish?

   Éanna Ní Lamhna on a worse-for-wear black slug, a case of mistaken ID, and the sparrowhawk’s hunting regimen

7. Man who allegedly rammed gates of Áras an Uachtaráin caused over €10,000 worth of damage, court told

   Ronan Dunn (58) from Maynooth appeared at Dublin District Court on Friday

8. Senior public sector figures should have ‘confidence and courage’ to take risks, conference told

   Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies (Acesa) hears greater collaboration between organisations will be needed

9. Irish troops in Lebanon keeping well despite ‘very deliberate’ attacks by Israel, says Defence Forces chief

   Camp Shamrock resupplied with water during relatively calm day at Irish positions in south Lebanon

10. ‘A shameful betrayal’: father allowed defenceless son (4) be subjected to ‘frightening’ abuse

    The child was found at a house in the southwest of the country on March 13th, 2021. He died three days later in hospital in Dublin