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1. Facilities for up to 800 new childcare places to be acquired by State in 2026

   Facilities will be acquired this year and refurbished to be ready to open by end of 2026 or early 2027

2. Students from King’s Inn and solicitors’ society progress to Irish Times Debate final

   The competition, now in its 66th year, took place at Rathgar Methodist Church in south Dublin

3. Four people arrested in North murder investigation

   Arrests of three woman and man over death of Wayne Reid follow arrest of another man last week

4. Have you any idea what this colourful fly is?

   Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to your wildlife queries

5. US becomes main cannabis supplier to Irish market as drug smuggling booms

   American producers take biggest share in cannabis supply as Trump warns other countries flooding US with drugs

6. How the Irish cannabis market has been transformed by legalisation in other countries

   Canada and Thailand also sources of multimillion-euro uptick in supply of drug to Irish market in past two years

7. ‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland will fall years short of military targets

   The Defence Forces will fall years short of plans to strengthen its numbers as global security threats change radically and rapidly

8. The Silver River has been badly devalued but it could thrive again

   A stretch of the Slieve Bloom river fails even minimal legal standards but other magnificent parts offer a glimpse of what could be

9. Woman weeps as doctor tells court insanity not a defence for near-fatal attack on daughter

   Mother denies attempting to murder girl at temporary accommodation centre

10. Man who participated in €20,000 e-bikes robbery is jailed for two years

    Seven bikes were stolen in the burglary of the Bleeper store in Dublin