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Buncrana tragedy: ‘He could have saved himself but chose not to’ Louise James outside the Lake of Shadows Hotel in Buncrana, Co Donegal after the inquest into the death of five of her family members. Photograph: PA

A inquest jury returns a verdict of death by misadventure for all five victims

Snow and ice warning issued as temperatures of -4 degrees forecast The heaviest snowfalls are forecast over counties in Connacht and in Ulster. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Road users warned over black ice as ‘polar low’ set to sweep across country on Friday

Mountmellick flooding: ‘I don’t know where we go from here’ The home of Jimmy O’Neill (left) and his wife Kathleen, on Manor Road in Mountmellick, after the floodwater receded. “My wife wants us to move back in, but how can we? And if we fix it all up, what happens next week, next month or next year?” Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Householder asks: ‘If we fix it all up, what happens next week, next month or next year?’

Garda issues ‘unreserved apology’ over inflated breath test data Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin. File photograph: Collins

Disciplinary action will not be taken against any members, says Garda Commissioner

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‘Explosion’ dashes hope in search for Argentinian submarine A relative of one of the 44 crew members of the missing submarine is comforted outside Argentina’s navy base in Mar del Plata, south of Buenos Aires. Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images

Blast took place hours after vessel with 44 crew on board lost contact last week

Portiuncula Hospital apologises for failures over stillborn baby

‘The pain and heartbreak I felt was so immense,’ mother tells inquest

Adam Byrne and James Ryan to start against Argentina Adam Byrne during an Irish training session at Carton House, Kildare. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Robbie Henshaw misses out due to hamstring injury, he’s replaced by Chris Farrell

Garda resigns after pleading guilty to corruption charges Fomer garda John O’Halloran who appeared in Cork Circuit Criminal Court on corruption and fraud charges. Photograph: Provision

The 46-year-old was based at Barrack Street Garda station in Cork city

German election threat eases as SPD signals it will discuss backing Merkel President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets SPD leader Martin Schulz. Photograph: Jesco Denzel /Government’s Press Office

Martin Schulz holds talks with president as figures in party back grand coalition

‘Manifestly unfair’ treatment of Magdalene Laundries workers, Ombudsman finds The Ombudsman found younger women who were living in the same buildings or convent as older women registered as being in the laundries, had been refused access to the scheme. Photograph: Cyril Byrne.

Women ‘wrongly refused access’ to redress scheme by Department of Justice

Will robots take our jobs? Three in 10 Irish businesses have made a significant investment in robotic process automation in the past 12 months. Photograph: iStock
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