IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Warm and dry weather set to return after weekend deluge in parts of country

   Temperatures expected to reach 21-degree high on Monday before rising to 23 later in week

2. PSNI welcomes ‘much calmer’ Saturday after five nights of disorder in Northern Ireland

   Force points to ‘sporadic disturbances” on Saturday which included youths throwing stones and an attempt to attack a vehicle

3. New €60m sonar system aims to protect transatlantic cables, gas pipelines in Irish waters

   Sonar being purchased by Defence Forces will be used to detect ships or submarines seeking to interfere with vital undersea infrastructure

4. Girl pierced by needle used by father to take drugs in potentially ‘catastrophic’ incident, judge told

   Woman secures temporary protection order after telling court her drug addicted partner’s behaviour ‘scares the children’

5. Air rage rising: from insults to sexual comments and assault, ‘it’s getting completely out of hand’

   Cabin crew members report an increasingly volatile atmosphere caused by a small minority of passengers, with alcohol and drugs often in the mix

6. Dublin’s strangest museum opens its doors and TDs express fears at Oireachtas AI committee

   Overheard: Dubliner Paul Mangan’s collection of bizarre items grew so much his friends joked he should open a museum - so he did

7. Ireland weather: Thunderstorm and rain warnings lapse, with showers due to dry out

   Met Éireann forecasts Sunday to be mostly cloudy with patchy light rain and drizzle spreading eastward

8. Man (60) ‘savagely’ beaten in front of family after assailants break into house armed with machine gun

   Two 17-year-olds and two men charged with aggravated burglary and unlawful possession of machine pistol

9. More than 60 officers injured after five nights of disorder in Northern Ireland, says PSNI

   Assistant Chief Constable appeals to parents and guardians to speak to children about impact of their behaviour on communities

10. Irish neutrality protest: Hundreds march through Dublin city demanding triple-lock safeguard

    Sinn Féin leader says Government should seek UN reform over ‘sidestepping’ organisation