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1. Former civil servant given 4½ year sentence for possession and distribution of child sex abuse images

   Offences were discovered following an alert from US authorities

2. Enoch Burke dismissal confirmed by school after conclusion of appeals panel process

   Court hears jailed teacher does not accept decision

3. ‘They tortured us,’ one of seven Latvians trafficked to Ireland tells court after first conviction of its kind

   One victims said he was treated ‘worse than a workhorse... I felt that I had no rights’

4. Garda taped conversations with wife, put tracker on her phone and told her to stay at home

   David Reynolds had ‘old-fashioned attitude’ and treated woman like ‘chattel’, judge says

5. Murder accused faces €860,000 Cab bill for unpaid taxes, court told

   Jonathan Gill (44) is wanted in North in connection with 2020 murder of Robbie Lawlor

6. Death of Yves Sakila seems to involve ‘extraordinarily disproportionate use of violence’, says solicitor

   Family of man killed on Dublin’s Henry Street still ‘don’t know’ cause of death nearly one week on

7. Ireland to bask in 23 degree heat in parts in warmest weekend of the year so far

   Met Éireann says temperatures to hit 24 degrees by Monday but an easterly breeze set to hit by Tuesday

8. Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin

   Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system

9. Man who stabbed partner at least 13 times and hit her with lamp jailed for 12½ years

   Sean Egan (39) left Sharon Crean without medical help after attack at Laois home in December 2022

10. Natalie McNally’s killer gave ‘incredible’ probation statements, sentencing hearing told

    Stephen McCullagh (36) denied charge of murder but was found guilty earlier this year following a five-week trial