Census figures raise concerns of ethnic segregation in schoolsMinister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan is shortly to publish the Education (Admission to School) Bill, which seeks to ensure all schools have “inclusive” admissions policies. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Father babyFINTAN O'TOOLEUsing emotive no-mammy story to defeat same-sex vote
Salary one reason HSE director quit to go back to AustraliaIn a letter to HSE director general Tony O’Brien, Dr O’Connell said his wife had got an academic position in Australia “and I wish to return to Australia to pursue other employment opportunities”. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Irish Cancer Society to reject donations from Arthur CoxThe Irish Cancer Society said it had received €20,000 in both 2013 and 2014 from Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s most powerful business law firms and a legal adviser to the Health Service Executive.
Central Bank lending rules will ‘drive up rent’Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that Minister for Finance Michael Noonan endorsed a more gradual approach to lending restrictions rather than suddenly restricting banks from lending more than 80 per cent of a home’s purchase price. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times.
Where will Ireland get its energy in 35 years’ time? Tuskar Lighthouse: many of the technology and engineering challenges of wave, tidal and offshore wind are likely to have been overcome, and we will have offshore “farms” where energy is harvested from the seas around us
Council awaits Kelly approval on Croke Park entrance deal The GAA wants to use council-owned land to create a new main entrance to Croke Park (above, background) from Ballybough Road. The land is currently occupied by part of the Croke Villas estate, a 1960s flat complex on Sackville Avenue (above). File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Eurogroup ‘optimistic’ on Greek reform proposals People line up to receive olives and bread distributed for free on Pnyx Hill, opposite the Acropolis in Athens yesterday. Photograph: EPA/Yannis Kolesidis
NI farmers jailed over ‘one of the worst cases of cruelty’A photograph issued by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of some of the animals found at the Porter farm in Co Down.
Donetsk separatists eye key port of Mariupol as determination growsThe wife of a dead paramedic from the National Guard of Ukraine at a mourning ceremony in the Donetsk area yesterday. Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova
Jailed water charges protesters abandon hunger strikeAnti-water meter protesters ‘escort’ meter installation workers in convoy from Rialto, Dublin on February 23rd, 2014. A hunger strike by anti-water charges protesters jailed for refusing to give an undertaking to stay 20 metres away from water meter installations appears to have been abandoned. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Warnings issued over 130km/h gales and snow and ice A wind map from www.earth.nullschool.net/ showing powerful winds approaching off the west coast of Ireland.
Inquest hears 19-year-old drank pint glass of spirits Jonathan (Jonny) Byrne of Tomard, Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow lost his life on February 1st, 2014 at Milford Bridge
Peanut allergy can be reduced by eating peanut products, says studyThe best way to prevent peanut allergy in young children is to feed them peanut products, according to a study published on Monday by researchers from King’s College London. Photograph: Getty Images.

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