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1. Leaving Cert: How can you, or your child, best get through the next fortnight?

   More than 100,000 households begin the Junior Cert and Leaving Cert exams this week. Yes, we said it, because if one person is sitting the June exams, everyone in the family is.

2. Man (21) dies after fatal assault in Dublin city centre

   Incident took place in early hours of bank holiday Monday in Dublin city centre

3. Three people rescued after jet-ski incident in sea off Tramore

   No injuries after ‘textbook extraction’ by lifeboat crew

4. Second half of June to be warmer than usual, Met Éireann says

   Weather to turn cooler from Thursday through to weekend

5. Leaving Cert: ‘I would much rather wear my comfy clothes’ in the exam hall

   Eoin Murphy found you sometimes can’t win as a Leaving Cert student, such as when you get too much sun

6. My Leaving Cert: ‘I was upset with a performance anxiety-related false start’

   Fionnuala Moran, broadcaster, sustainability influencer and DJ

7. Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says Ictu

   Confirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launch

8. Captain Americas bids farewell to Grafton Street: ‘All good things come to an end’

   Closing time after 55 years: ‘All good things come to an end. You have got to move on’

9. Mould, cockroaches and toilets in bedrooms found by direct provision inspectors

   Inspections this year flagged hazards across many international protection accommodation centres

10. Environmentalists’ plea to keep bleach off the beach when cleaning slippery steps

    Chemical cleaners killing shellfish around piers, harbours and sea walls, says Coastwatch