Seema Banu moved into the house in Ballinteer in recent months and the children were relatively new to Ballinteer Educate Together National School where Faizan Syed was in first class and Asfira Riza was in sixth class. Postmortem results on mother and two children found dead in Dublin due on Friday
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The Department of Education has asked schools to withdraw more than 50 hand sanitisers, wipes and detergents from schools after it was unable to guarantee if they were safe to use. Photograph: iStock Schools told to withdraw more than 50 hand sanitisers, wipes and detergents
Members of the ASTI union have voted in favour of industrial action up to and including work stoppages unless the Government addresses a number of concerns regarding Covid-19 in schools. Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish Times Taoiseach pledges schools will reopen after midterm
The contact tracing call centre in UCD. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd Q&A: Testing and tracing - Figuring out what the numbers mean
Passengers at Barajas airport in Madrid on July 1st. Photograph: Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images Majority of Irish Covid-19 cases come from variant that originated in Spain – study
German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with Berlin’s mayor Michael Mueller (left) and Markus Soeder (right), state premier of Bavaria for a news conference on the nation’s new coronavirus restrictions in Berlin. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/AFP/Getty Germany to impose month-long partial lockdown from Monday
New evidence emerges in shooting dead of teenager in Belfast in 1972 Martha Campbell, front row, first from left, with her parents and siblings in a rare family photograph the Christmas before she was killed. Her brother Tony is behind her right shoulder. Photograph courtesy Campbell family

Logs put British Army unit in area and firing shots at time Martha Campbell (13) was killed

‘Trump would not be caught dead in Macomb County unless he wanted our votes’ US president Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign visit to Capital Region International Airport, Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday. Photograph: Jeffrey Sauger/EPA
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Study finds retail workers serving customers have fivefold risk of Covid-19 The new BMJ study found 91 per cent of the retail workers who tested positive for Covid-19 had customer-facing roles, such as cashiers or floor staff. Photograph: iStock

Research likely to raise questions over measures to protect retail staff from infection

Restrictions on religious services to stay after archbishops meet Taoiseach A lone worshipper in the Church of St Thérèse, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin. Churches remain open private prayer during Level 5 restrictions. File photograph: Bryan O Brien

Catholic clerics stress importance of gatherings as source of hope at Christmas time

IMO to consider ballot for industrial action when it meets on Friday Public health specialists earn € 113,822 at present. Hospital consultants with a type-A contract - which permits them to treat only public patients - have a pay scale that ranges from €141,026 to €195,653. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Move follows ‘deeply disappointing’ meeting with Department of Health, says IMO

Arsenal’s three-goal blitz enough to see off Dundalk Arsenal’s Nicolas Pépé scores their third goal past Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers during the Europa League Group B match at the Emirates Stadium. Photo: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

Nicolas Pépé’s finish the pick of the bunch as gulf in class comes fully into focus in London

Thinking behind the National Archive needs to be revised Just what constitutes a public as opposed to a private record in relation to our history of institutionalisation? Photograph: Getty Images

Diarmaid Ferriter: Records of Mother and Baby Home inquiry have raised wider questions about access to archival material

Gardaí called in six times over money laundering involving solicitors Gardaí called in six times over money laundering involving solicitors

The Law Society must report any suspicions of offences being committed by practising solicitors

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Five lessons of Stoicism: What I learned from living for a week as a Stoic Stoic standard-bearer Marcus Aurelius used to go to a quiet place at daybreak to meditate upon the stars and rising sun. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Unthinkable: Stoicism is primarily about throwing off the chains of irrational thought

The problem with preserving historic buildings – and why it needs to change An example of living over the shop: A living room in a home created when two late Georgian buildings on Upper Camden Street, Dublin, were combined by DMVF Architects, above a restaurant at ground level.

Blanket protection of structures restricts their use for contemporary living and their overall vitality and viability

Taoiseach says ‘unfettered access’ to adoption records would be difficult Taoiseach Micheál Martin: “In relation to any dark chapter from our past, I want openness, I want transparency, and I want honesty – and I want to shed a light on that.” Photograph: Getty Images

Government wants to introduce legislation to offer children held in Mother and Babies Homes greater rights to adoption records

Berlin’s new airport eyes Halloween opening after seven years of horrors The check-in hall of Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, which is due to open on Saturday. Entire sections of the finished airport had to be ripped out and replaced. Photograph: Hayoung Jeon/EPA
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