IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Leaving Cert performance more likely to be influenced by school than neighbourhood

   ESRI report highlights how child’s performance can be significantly influenced by mother’s level of education

2. Man arrested in connection with murder of Dubliner in 2005

   Remains of victim were discovered in wooded area in Hollywood, Co Wicklow

3. Woman denied mother and baby home redress may challenge ‘arbitrary’ 180-day rule

   Applicant was taken into an institution for 130 days, separated from mother and adopted, court told

4. British PM Keir Starmer visits Belfast as many struggle with heating oil price surge

   ‘If companies fleece customers or rip them off, we will not hesitate to step in, and that includes on regulation,’ says PM

5. ‘I’m a free mawn’: Kneecap celebrate in Belfast as UK loses appeal over terror charges

   Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh jokes to supporters that the score is now three-nil in Belfast rap trio’s battle with UK courts

6. Union fears for up to 150 research jobs at Trinity College Dublin after funding lost

   University says impact of Research Ireland funding loss still being assessed

7. Ex-partner of Natalie McNally tells court he did not kill her

   Man says he did not recruit someone else to carry out killing and denied he injured his hands on night of her death

8. Troubles seem so far away at times as Gerry Adams civil case continues

   Former IRA man Shane Paul O’Doherty tells London court that former Sinn Féin leader has ‘last-man-standing syndrome’

9. Risk of poverty rate highest in several years, according to CSO

   People living in rented accommodation were more likely to be at risk of poverty at 24.2 per cent

10. New legal powers will allow Naval Service to board vessels, including Russia’s shadow fleet

    Existing laws will be updated to give the service ‘clearly defined statutory powers at sea to counter threats in our maritime domain’