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The Irish Times - News

04 March 2021

• Storm Emma looter avoids jail after ‘progressing very well’
  Court gives 39-year-old suspended sentence and orders him to stay ‘on straight and narrow’
• Bar manager had ‘stomach churning’ files of children being sexually abused
  Apartment was searched and gardaí discovered laptop contained 22 images and 13 videos of children being abused
• Former DUP mayor convicted on child sexual offence charge
  Thomas Hogg (32) convicted of trying to incite a schoolboy to take part in sexual activity
• Archbishop pledges assistance to any inquiry into illegal adoptions
  Full Government inquiry into State’s adoption practices looking increasingly likely
• Garda chief lauds courage of officers at anti-lockdown protest
  Over 20 arrested while others suspected of involvement in Dublin violence before courts
• More than 40% of those on probation had mental health diagnosis, report shows
  Providing for people with mental illness within justice system a priority, minister says
• Leaving Cert pupils to get six days to select between exams or accredited grades
  Candidates to be placed in pods with 10 students per classroom for written exams
• Foster accuses Coveney of ignoring ‘deep’ unionist concerns
  ‘He’s ignoring them, thinking they’ll just go away. We will not go away,’ says DUP leader