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1. Voiceless and vulnerable, Brent geese find themselves blamed for Irish building delays

   Absence of real political leadership leaves Ireland at risk of becoming hostile to wildlife

2. Firms push for Ireland to lead ‘pro-enterprise’ drive amid ‘anti-innovation’ EU rules

   Companies raised a litany of concerns with the State’s inward investment agency, IDA Ireland

3. Parents embrace cargo bikes for school and work commute: ‘It costs nothing to run’

   Santry-based Shane Farrell loves the convenience of the cargo bike

4. Oil tanker pursued by American authorities on course for Irish waters

   US Coast Guard began pursuing the vessel two weeks ago as it sailed to Venezuala for an oil shipment

5. ‘No methodology’ for removing Palestinian flag ‘dropped’ on to Dublin’s Spire

   No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the flag’s placement

6. This is a most excellent picture of a male jumping spider

   Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on hot-house arachnids, blue mushrooms and boring beetles

7. Campaign for soldiers killed by IRA will continue until answers found, says relative

   Brothers John and Joseph McCaig, who were 17 and 18, and Dougald McCaughey (23) were shot dead in Belfast in March 1971

8. ‘This should be a murder inquiry’: Family of missing woman urge gardaí to reclassify case

   Imelda Keenan went missing in Waterford 32 years ago but family dispute last sighting

9. High Court allows medical staff to force feed man who has been refusing food and liquids

   Man (21) refusing food for 13 days and has not taken any liquids for 72 hours, court told

10. Court rejects pay-parity bid for senior staff at technological universities

    Union says dispute has implications for thousands of lecturers and academic managers