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1. Swedish contract killer died in Limerick car crash en route to commit murder

   Armed man wearing balaclava when collision occurred, but accomplice managed to flee scene

2. ‘I am terrified about the winter coming’: One in seven now behind on electricity bills

   Almost 319,000 homes in arrears with electricity bills by the end of March, says energy regulator

3. Sport Ireland pursues workers for almost €300,000 in back taxes

   Unspecified number of workers at publicly funded body were reclassified as employees instead of self-employed contractors

4. The X factor: how foreign agitators helped spark racist riots across the North

   Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police

5. Fisheries officer says he was treated as ‘black sheep and leper’ after blowing whistle

   Complaint made against Inland Fisheries Ireland assistant inspector within days of disclosure

6. ‘An everybody issue’: How drug-related intimidation affects all areas, urban and rural

   Report reveals scale of the problem and highlights the help that is available

7. Parents’ stress ‘through the roof’ as Meath creche closes rooms 200 times since October

   Mother obliged to change jobs due to necessity to be at home so often to mind daughter

8. ‘I saw grown men cry’: Charlie O’Leary, kitman in Jack Charlton era, recalls the highs of Irish soccer

   The 102-year-old Dubliner is being honoured for his services to football at a presentation hosted by the city’s Lord Mayor

9. ‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far

   Students found history and maths particularly challenging

10. ‘They’re rattled’: Is this the beginning of the end for the Kinahans?

    Consigliere Sean McGovern has been jailed for 24 years, Daniel Kinahan awaits extradition and his father and brother are in precarious positions