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1. Irish-trained Libyan troops appear in Russia fearing deployment to Ukraine

   Members of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s 166 Infantry Battalion expected to undergo further training in Belarus, Moscow’s ally

2. Storm Éowyn and how to pronounce it tops 2025 Google searches

   Questions that baffled search engine users included: what is 6/7, Dubai chocolate and how to spoil a vote

3. Order of Malta commissions external review over handling of past complaints about sex abuser

   Independent review to examine previous warnings about volunteer who drugged and molested two teenage boys

4. Man (50s) dies in Cork city crash

   Single-car incident occurred at a roundabout in the Wilton area on Wednesday

5. Spike in Russian shadow fleet activities during Zelenskiy visit

   Ukrainian president’s visit meant Air Corps’ maritime patrol aircraft were largely unavailable to maintain surveillance

6. Living in cold, mouldy, damp council homes in south Dublin

   Survey finds problems including inability to keep house warm due to lack of insulation, old windows and inefficient heating systems

7. Rate of self-harm presentations at hospitals a fifth lower than peak in 2010

   Decrease is ‘contrary to early concerns, expectations’ of pandemic-linked rise, researchers say

8. Families appeal for new information on cases as part of National Missing Persons Day

   Garda Commissioner urges relatives of missing people to give DNA to national database

9. Judge laments ‘lack of knowledge’ about sexual consent as man given three-year sentence

   Offences took place in skatepark in January 2022, when both the man and the victim were 17

10. Disruption near Dublin Airport and in city centre as taxi drivers stage Uber protest

    They demand immediate end to fixed fares scheme where passengers agree to a set fee beforehand