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1. Man (35) due in court after Ryanair flight forced to divert

   The flight from Portugal to Dublin had to divert to Cork

2. Gaisce Gold Awards: ‘You have made an enormous difference’

   President Catherine Connolly says participants had taken meaningful steps towards ‘a lifetime of active citizenship’

3. Welshman to have his dying wish honoured with scattering of his ashes at Cork charity complex

   Kenyon Jones Ginn, fondly known as Taffy, lived in the Mount St Joseph Housing Complex off Blarney Street in Cork from 2007 to 2021

4. Anti-Semitism report will detail ‘over 100 incidents of hatred’, chief rabbi says

   Chief rabbi says ‘trend is clear’, though not every Jewish person in Ireland shares negative experience

5. ‘Monster’ jailed for life after he ‘smiled directly’ at partner as he killed daughter

   Muhammed al-Shaker al-Tamimi sentenced for murder of Malika (8) and attempted murder of Aisha al-Katib (32)

6. IFA president and 11-year-old son travelling to Brussels by tractor as part of protest

   Francie Gorman and his son Tom set out from the Irish Farm Centre in Bluebell, Dublin

7. Woman (33) pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of ‘inspirational’ teacher

   Michael Lorigan (70) was killed while cycling on the N67 in Kilkee, Co Clare, in 2023

8. Former Fine Gael councillor jailed for stealing €172,000 from housing charity

   Seán McKiernan ‘wanted to pay for sex and drugs by way of cheques from the charity’, court told

9. Number of road deaths so far this year passes total figure for 2024

   Garda data shows 179 people have died on Irish roads, with 76% increase in motorcyclist deaths compared to last year

10. Man who stabbed father to death during psychotic episode not guilty by reason of insanity

    He developed a delusion that his dad was mixed up with criminals and posed a threat to him