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1. Supreme Court reserves judgment in appeal over conviction of Regency getaway driver

   Case centres on Jason Bonney’s claims about treatment of evidence contradicting defence witness alibis

2. Finance firm will ‘robustly’ defend claims it tried to force one of its advisers to resign

   Case adjourned until June

3. Driver who tested positive for cannabis knocked down child (3) at pedestrian crossing

   Charlene Lawlor (33) initially blamed mother but later admitted culpability

4. Irish man in late 30s dies in Ibiza after fall from cliff

   Spanish authorities confirm investigation after incident at Calo de s’Illa in the north of the island

5. Striking ambulance unions urged to re-enter talks as patient safety ‘clearly at risk’

   Patients ‘bearing the risk’ of 24-hour strike, says advocacy group

6. Campaigners highlight gulf between numbers of boys and girls cycling to school

   Research commissioned by insurer finds that only 3% of Irish population cycles daily

7. Drunk driver who killed cyclist while her two children were in car jailed for four years

   Saoirse Lillis McMahon had ‘cocktail’ of drugs in her system and an open bottle of wine in passenger seat

8. Now seems a good time to remind you – CAO points are not the be-all and end-all

   Classroom to College: Whatever comes next for a Leaving Cert student, money-wise it can be big strain

9. ‘We didn’t get any justice’: Driver who killed bride-to-be is jailed for five years

   Laura Connolly (35) was killed after she lay down in the middle of a road in her hometown of Lifford, Co Donegal

10. Boy whose thumb was crushed in bollard accident settles action for €40,000

    Sebastian Ganly was four years old when incident occurred at GAA’s Sport Ireland Campus site