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And it was set to be a challenging year for students with a return to pre-pandemic grading, accompanied by warnings from the Secretary of State for Education that grades could be lower than last year.
Winnipeg's ash trees may have longer to live, as local researchers are seeing signs of slower-than-expected spread of an insect that has decimated populations in other cities.
Two Union flags have been put up near the spot where three IRA men were killed almost 50 years ago, replacing one removed by GAA supporters at the weekend
Police have said they are treating the removal of a Union flag put up close to the spot where three IRA men were killed as a "sectarian hate crime".
Patrick Carty turned himself in two months after the fatal hit-and-run collision.