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Police do not know motivation for murder of Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison 

• Crime & Law
 
• 21:31

Former IRA commander was shot a ‘number of times’ as children were going to school 

• Profile: Gerard 'Jock' Davison

Sinn Féin criticised over Westminster abstentionist policy

• Irish News
 
• 22:07

SF does not want to ‘bestow legitimacy’ on Britain having sovereignty over NI 

Tax relief for restoring historic buildings now available 

• Heritage
 
• 21:21

Living City initiative, announced by Michael Noonan in 2013, has come into effect 

Galway bypass option would involve Corrib bridge

• Irish News
 
• 20:55

City transport team’s ‘preferred route’ may also require demolition of 50 houses 

Care worker fined €500 for assault on man with autism

• Irish News
 
• 21:14

Defendant dismissed from job with Cope Foundation within 24 hours of conviction 

• Hearing is end of long road for family

Bankruptcy term cut will be in place by end of year, says Labour

• Politics
 
• 21:01

Reducing bankruptcy term not solution for home loan arrears, says Noonan 

Seanad reform authors expect seriousness ‘to be matched’

• Oireachtas
 
• 20:18

Proposals to allow all Irish passport holders to vote will increase electorate by 650,000 

Columnists

Peter Cluskey 

Dutch deep-thinker says like-minded ‘elites’ must oppose racism of Wilders 

Conor Lally 

Garda says deaths in Co Wexford may be linked to drugs 

Maureen Dowd 

Maureen Dowd: Be warned, young people have strokes too

Simon Carswell 

America Letter: Supreme court arguments mirror Irish marriage equality debate

Features & Opinion

Alan Kelly getting real mileage out of social housing strategy

Minister for the Environment dripfeeding his €3.8bn pot for housing to local authorities 

Remembering the children of the 1916 RisingMiriam Lord 

Service honours the 40 previously forgotten children killed in the Rising 

Politics

Tax cuts to focus on USC rather than top-rate earners 

Reducing universal social charge likely to prove more popular with voters – FG source 

‘No evidence’ of Central Bank attempt to cut mortgage rates

British financial institutions felt Central Bank over-aggressive in dealings with them 

No jail for water defaulters under new measures

Legal protection will distinguish between those who can’t pay from people who won’t pay 

Crime & Law

Being kept waiting led to knife attack, court told

Man allegedly stabbed his lifelong friend for being 10 minutes late in picking him up 

Police do not know motivation for murder of Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison 

Former IRA commander was shot a ‘number of times’ as children were going to school 

Science

New way of teaching science receives funding for expansion

RDS Stem Learning to be extended to hundreds of schools after success of pilot projects 

Extinction looms large over one in six of Earth’s species

Greatest risk in areas of shrinking habitats and difficulty migrating – especially tropics 

Health

At least five recalled by Wexford General suspected of cancer

Patient follow-ups in wake of concerns over quality of colonoscopy analyses in hospital 

Health Service Executive deficit doubles to €56m in February

Costs for demand-led health schemes such as medical cards higher than expected 

Coombe sought indeminty before taking control of Portlaoise maternity unit

Funding, ‘reputational risk’, staffing and resources were fears for Coombe hospital 

Education

English in Gaeltacht communities one of ‘many challenges’ facing all-Irish schools

Policy document for education provision in the Gaeltacht launched in Dublin 

Social Affairs

Family of Joe Duane says court hearing is end of long road

‘We urge all those who witness ill-treatment in care facilities to report it to the gardaí’ 

Catholic group says Yes vote would be an ‘act of injustice’

Knights of St Columbanus say same-sex unions would transform essence of marriage 

Repossession orders rise by more than 500% 

Circuit Court grants 586 orders since January, compared to 95 during same period in 2014

Courts

Judge refuses to grant bail to men charged over stabbing

Victim was stabbed 32 times in ‘frenzied attack’ that took place in Co Limerick in April 

UCC moves to prevent picket at college entrance in pay dispute

College seeks order against Siptu and IFUT extending picket over Tyndall pay dispute 

Environment

Government to remove jail threat for non-payment of water charges 

Alan Kelly expected to accept Law Reform Commission recommendation 

Dublin Port to host some of world’s largest cruise ships

Vessels including the MSC Splendida and Caribbean Princess will dock next week 

Technology

Hewlett-Packard claims it overpaid for Autonomy by at least $5bn 

Legal filing says founder led a ‘systemic’ effort to inflate company’s revenues 

JetBlue Airways and Amazon.com agree to stream media in-flight

Service will be available on most aircraft this year via the airline’s free wifi 

Pioneer of internet service DSL Joseph Lechleider dies aged 82

Digital subscriber lines enabled phone companies to bring broadband into homes 

Consumer

Commuters voice frustration and support for bus strike

Hundreds of thousands of passengers face travel disruptions on Friday and Saturday 

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