IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Academic staff ‘blindsided’ by plan to reform arts at University of Galway

   The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has warned of a potential dispute due to a ‘lack of engagement’

2. Met Éireann forecasts a drop in temperatures with snow and ice later in week

   A mix of rain, low temperatures and windy weather is expected

3. Gerry Adams case to hear from Troubles victims and former IRA man

   Three men are suing the former Sinn Féin president for personal injury

4. Two sections of planned south Dublin greenway dropped

   Public consultation shows 48% of people against the project linking Cornelscourt to Cherrywood

5. Man who inflicted ‘reign of abuse’ on solicitor and legal executive given suspended sentence

   Imad Qazi pleaded guilty to two counts of harassing the women on dates between September 2019 and January 2024

6. Teaching: I’ve been bullied and seen others harassed in the most unbelievable ways

   Many principals bury their heads, do not want to become involved, or are disconnected from the staffroom zeitgeist

7. Tech entrepreneur Brendan Kavanagh’s charity faces strike-off for failing to file accounts

   Shauna Kavanagh Foundation, named after his late daughter, raises funds for cystic fibrosis patients

8. The Kinahan cartel have not left their Dubai base for four years. Here's why

   Gardaí say fear of losing their liberty when they cross a border has made Dubai their gilded cage, though they live openly there

9. Kinahans ‘trapped’: Gardaí believe drugs cartel bosses have not left UAE in four years

   Sources say Christy Kinahan snr and his two sons are ‘not hiding’ in Dubai but are now ‘trapped there’

10. Realities of horse cruelty: ‘You can’t undo the misery the animal has been through’

    My Lovely Horse Rescue has seen it all and believes a dedicated animal crime unit can help end it