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1. Five injured in suspected arson attack on house in Finglas, north Dublin

   Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the house fire on Wednesday morning

2. Archbishop Eamon Martin ‘saddened’ by online Christian commentators ‘armed for battle’

   Catholic Primate of Ireland: Christians who dismiss others because of perceived differences ‘particularly disappointing’

3. Almost €1.5m in drugs and cash seized in separate raids in Cork and Limerick

   Two men in their 30s arrested following seizure of almost €800,000 of drugs and €40,000 in cash in Cork

4. Companies face questions over water usage as new licence regulations take effect

   Recent applicants are takings billions of litres of water annually from local rivers and lakes

5. Man arrested as drugs valued at more than €200,000 seized in Co Carlow

   Cocaine, cannabis, valium and vapes discovered by gardaí during raid of house in Hacketstown

6. Woman remains in serious condition in hospital following Co Carlow pit bull attack

   Victim, who has been named locally as Eileen Kelly, understood to have been attacked by one of two dogs she owns

7. DCU rents comply with RPZ rules ‘to the letter’, university’s president tells Government

   University president rejects ‘any suggestion that DCU has sought to exploit loopholes in rent pressure protections’

8. Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach

   Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’

9. Housing crisis forcing women to remain in risky situations, say Women’s Aid

   Domestic violence charity expects to see ‘spike in calls’ after festive period

10. Students suspected of AI misuse to face in-person interviews under new recommendations

    ‘Oral verification’ encouraged as way to make sure work has been done by students themselves