IRE - The Irish Times

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1. University of Galway academic fails in challenge to younger applicant who secured lecturing post

   Siptu said it was ‘not plausible’ that winning candidate Dr X could have outscored complainant at interview

2. Pressure grows on Government over Aughinish Alumina as dozens of MEPs demand export ban

   Move follows Irish Times investigation revealing Co Limerick plant ships vast amounts of alumina to Russia

3. Gardaí only got access to certain motorist data seven years after mobile app launch

   Roads policing still awaiting access to drivers' licence photographs

4. Irish woman accused of stealing almost €1m from one of Australia’s richest women

   Annalouise Spence (51) allegedly went on five-year spending spree while working for billionaire philanthropist Judith Neilson

5. Amazon refuses to remove Irish paedophile’s books despite women ‘duped’ over abuse stories

   Edward White wrote books with two women while claiming to be a journalist - he was later convicted of assaulting a nine-year-old girl

6. Rail line reopens following lineside fires on Bray Head

   Irish Rail services were curtailed twice by blaze near between Bray and Greystones

7. Rathwood: ‘domino effect’ led to disarray and thousands of dissatisfied customers

   Root causes of home and garden retailer’s problems readily identifiable and can be rectified, says court

8. Gang rapists who targeted vulnerable teen claim they deserve shorter sentences as they were young

   Three youths drove victim to end of wooden bridge at Dollymount Strand, where they took turns raping her before abandoning her

9. Tusla moving child from hotel to hotel described as ‘unbelievable and outrageous’ by judge

   Judge Adrian Harris wondered whether placing teenager in care was ‘the right thing at all’

10. Gardaí and Revenue seize €2m worth of cannabis in Co Clare

    Man in his thirties arrested after discovery of 100kgs of drugs