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A total of 10 per cent of the final junior cycle will be based on a written assessment task – which is linked to the second classroom-based assessment. Photograph: The Irish Times Junior cycle students to lose out as ASTI resists reforms
  • Education
  • 01:00

Students who do not sit a second classroom-based test next year will lose out

  • Reforms represent 'big leap forward'
Coalition talks tackle mortagage arrears and banking reform Election 2016: Finian McGrath of The Independent Alliance arriving for talks with the Fine Gael negotiating team at Government Buildings. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Kenny and Martin to outline parameters of pact for TDs in pursuit of approval

  • Mood music hits right note for government
  • Irish Water to rely on exchequer credit line
Council confirms dwelling move at site of Carrickmines blaze Glenamuck halting site where 10 people perished in a fire in October 2015. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
  • Social Affairs
  • 01:00

Surviving family say units less than one metre apart, having been 20m away

  • GALLERY: Aftermath of halting site fire
  • VIDEO: Timeline of Carrickmines fatalities
Nurse struck off for stealing money from patient The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland’s decision to cancel the registration of Edel Maria Fitzgerald was confirmed earlier this month by the High Court. Photograph: Reuters
  • Health
  • 01:00

Footage from hidden cameras showed nurse taking €50 sums belonging to 97-year-old

Iranian activists deploy social media to raise justice issues Setayesh Ghoreishi (6), whose death provoked a social media storm
  • Middle East
  • 01:00

Death of Afghan six-year-old sparks online campaigns pressuring state’s hardliners

Computer science graduates in demand, but arts earn least Graduate findings are contained in a survey of Irish universities and colleges of education in 2014 – nine months after graduation, published by the Higher Education Authority
  • Education
  • 00:00

Employment opportunities knocking for college graduates, with salaries on upswing

SoundCloud's subscription launch in Ireland and UK SoundCloud said the subscription and advertising income would give musicians and other producers of content “the opportunity to be paid for the work that they share”. Photograph: SoundCloud
  • Media & Marketing
  • 00:01

Music streaming company to sell adverts on free version

Developer Michael O’Flynn’s council row for High Court Developer Michael O’Flynn: “There isn’t a single house constructed on the land.” Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
  • Commercial Property
  • 01:00

Judicial review will run rule over planning refusal for €75m scheme

Arrival of Vulture funds set to fuel evictions, report reveals The report entitled, From Puerto Rico to the Dublin Docklands, Vulture Funds and Debt in Ireland and the Global South is by the Debt and Development Coalition Ireland. Photograph: Getty Images
  • Construction
  • 01:00

Funds that have bought property will eye ‘big yields’ which means ‘squeezing debtors hard’

US Election: Cruz in last-gasp push to stop Trump in Indiana Cruz control: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on a campaign stopover in Osceola, Indiana. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Texan fights rearguard action in US midwest to prevent billionaire securing nomination

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Waste charges unpaid by 50% of residents in city litter blackspot Frankfort Cottages, Killarney Street, where Dublin City Council have displayed a poster with images of people caught dumping litter in the lane . Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
  • Environment
  • 01:00

Expansion of CCTV surveillance system seen as solution to the problem of illegal dumping

  • College Street toilets flushed for Luas works
Adams line on nationalism and slavery wide of mark To unpick what really happened, we need to consider the deeply peculiar phenomenon that is the @GerryAdamsSF Twitter account. Photograph: The Irish Times
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Sinn Féin president’s retreat from incendiary tweets exposes an underlying anxiety

  • SF chief sorry for N-word tweet
  • Reaction to incendiary remarks
  • Adams gaffe hard to shrug off
Leicester City crowned Premier League champs as Spurs slip up Leicester City fans celebrate after Chelsea equalised against Tottenham, handing their club the Premier League title. Photo: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
  • English Soccer
  • 22:09

Claudio Ranieri’s team complete sensational fairytale after Chelsea rallied late on

  • Charismatic Claudio Ranieri gets his just reward
  • The tale of the Leicester Supremacy
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Una Mullally Hillsborough saga reveals uneasy truths about the media
 
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Emigration We left Ireland because we couldn’t afford the rent
 

Business

 Former chief executive of Irish Life & Permanent, Denis Casey  Pic: Collins Courts. Court hears former ILP chief describe ‘green jersey’ agenda of regulator
  • Financial Services

Anglo trial told of perceived need to ‘circle the wagons’ to protect banks

Developer Michael O’Flynn: “There isn’t a single house constructed on the land.” Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Developer Michael O’Flynn’s council row for High Court
SoundCloud said the subscription and advertising income would give musicians and other producers of content “the opportunity to be paid for the work that they share”. Photograph: SoundCloud SoundCloud's subscription launch in Ireland and UK
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Sport

Fergal O’Donnell: “I think we’ve all seen ourselves that you can get caught up in the hype. We were very lucky to get off that pitch etc Photograph: Inpho Fortunate Roscommon breathe a sigh of relief in New York
  • Gaelic Football

Fergal O’Donnell and Kevin McStay shocked by inept display against valiant New York

Colin Ryan of Clare: “All you want to do is win. . . I’m sure the Waterford fans would love it if they won an All-Ireland no matter what way they are playing.” Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho Colin Ryan expecting another tough test from Waterford
West Waterford’s Seamus Power is now just $30,000 short of securing his full PGA Tour card. Photo: Getty Images Seamus Power’s victory a huge step towards PGA Tour card
  • Mark Selby cruises by Ding Junhui to complete dream night for Leicester
  • Burnley promoted to Premier League after win over QPR

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Una Mullally: We face uneasy truths about the media after Hillsborough

Life & Style

Fintan O’Toole: Election of taoiseach will give us a do-nothing government
  • Fintan O'Toole

‘Belief that governments can achieve positive social change has evaporated’

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Au revoir Ireland! Illustration: Niamh Lawlor We left Ireland because we couldn’t afford the rent
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Culture

Detail from The Curved Street (Youghal) by John Doherty Visual art: Three different ways to pass the Francis Bacon test
  • Aidan Dunne

A talented trio focus on plants, backwoods scenes and crumbling facades

Basil Blackshaw: was noted for paintings of people, landscapes and animals such as greyhounds and horses. Photograph: Eric Luke Death occurs of artist Basil Blackshaw
Sarah Morris  and Robbie O’Connor  performing for Sabina Higgins, Dublin Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh and Joan Burton at the opening of Richmond Barracks. Photograph: Eric Luke 100 years on, Richmond Barracks becomes permanent reminder of Rising
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Standing on the summit of the Curragh’s Victorian red-brick water tower with her mother, six-year-old Dorothea Findlater could see Dublin burning. Her father, a British army officer, was somewhere in the thick of it.

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Fiona Mayers, Yvonne McCarthy, Vicki Buckley, Ciaran Kelly and  Killian Keating (with Ciara Kenny, right) have all moved to Western Australia from Ireland in the past five years. Photograph: Lorraine McCarthy Irish in Perth on the pros and cons of life in Western Australia
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Au revoir Ireland! Illustration: Niamh Lawlor We left Ireland because we couldn’t afford the rent
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