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The 9 at 9 Teens rejected from intervention programmes, Irish writers against AI, and the ‘harrowing’ case of Michael Shine.

LAST UPDATE | 17 Apr

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1. Most teens accused of carrying out sexual offences have been rejected from a gardaí-led intervention programme.

Mental health crises 

2. Most emergency departments lack appropriate spaces for assessing people going through a mental health emergency, a new report has found. 

Interest rates

3. The European Central Bank looks increasingly likely to cut interest rates again today, with US President Donald Trump’s stop-start tariff announcements sowing concern in the eurozone.

Irish writers against AI

4. Irish writers are fighting against the use of pirated literary materials to train artificial intelligence models without permission or compensation.

Housing

5. There were only 41 homes available to Housing Assistance Payment recipients in March, representing 4% of total properties available.

Michael Shine

6. The Taoiseach has described the accounts of victims of paedophile Michael Shine as being “truly harrowing and enormous in scale”.

Man deported in US

7. The Trump administration released documents yesterday that revealed new details in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man deported to El Salvador a month ago in what a government lawyer called an “administrative error.”

Michelle Trachtenberg

8. Actress Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City’s medical examiner has said. 

Israeli strikes on encampments

9. Gaza’s civil defence agency has reported that a wave of Israeli air strikes hit multiple encampments for displaced Palestinians across the territory, killing at least 25 people.

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