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• Celebrating excellence in sustainability

  The importance of ESG principles has become increasingly evident. Sustainability stands as the paramount and most pressing issue of our era. According to EPA projections, Ireland will achieve a reduction of just 29 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to a national target of 51 per cent unless all sectors of the economy play their part and offer sustainable solutions to the way they work.

• Vibrant, double-fronted detached home in Donnybrook for €2.95m

  Would you buy a house purely on the strength of an en suite bathroom? Probably not, but the luxurious, light-filled main bedroom en suite at Mulberry in Dublin 4 could certainly sway potential buyers, if they haven't already been captivated by this vibrant, double-fronted detached home in a prime south city location. The en suite, fully tiled with gorgeous Italian marble, is a generous 2.02m x 4.56m, and is flooded with light from four windows and a large skylight, plus a full-height window looking out to the landing. It has a double step-in shower, twin wash-hand basins with storage underneath and a WC, and shutters on the windows. The owner, an interior designer, has added some arty features to complete the luxe look, and this is of piece with the rest of the house, which is filled throughout with tasteful, imaginative design touches.

• Battle lines are being drawn in the North over sex education and hate crimes

  Open culture war has broken out between the DUP and Alliance. An Alliance motion in the Assembly on Monday called on the DUP to implement a compulsory new sex education curriculum, introduced by the Northern Secretary under direct rule last year. Paul Givan, the DUP Minister for Education, replied it would be "fundamentally undemocratic" to overrule parental choice. DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley added "let kids be kids", an emergent party slogan on the issue. There are suspicions the DUP chose the education portfolio specifically to have this argument. It had an understanding with Sinn Féin that it would take the Department of Finance when Stormont was restored in February, yet at the last moment it picked education instead.

• Brazilian Deliveroo rider who intervened in Parnell Square attack: 'I had time to think about what my purpose in life is'

  The former Brazilian Deliveroo rider who intervened in the knife attack outside a school on Parnell Square helping to rescue a five-year-old child said he "could be a voice" representing the immigrant community as he will be standing as Fianna Fáil candidate in the local elections.

• Widespread late filing of company documents will cost businesses

  Late filing of crucial financial documents with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) is a symptom of Covid-19 that Ireland's business community is struggling to shake off. Anecdotally at least, Cantillon has seen a rise in the number of companies filing annual returns and accounts that are at least one but sometimes two years out of date. One accountant said this week the phenomenon is widespread and is a consequence of a malaise that crept in during the pandemic when the rules were effectively suspended to assist businesses.

• The least famous best player the NBA has ever had: 'I really wish nobody knows me'

  The greatest basketball player in the world has a vertical leap of a paltry 17 inches, often lumbers up and down the court like he's carrying excess timber around the middle, and might just be the best passer in the history of the sport. He turned up for his first play-off game of the season last weekend dressed as Felonious Gru, the supervillain from the Despicable Me movies, goes by the nickname of The Joker, and would, all things being equal, prefer to be watching his horses harness racing around a hippodrome in his native Serbia rather than leading the Denver Nuggets' defence of their NBA title.

• Over 100,000 children 'denied' school dental screening appointments last year

  More than 100,000 children were denied essential school screening dental appointments in 2023 which could lead to "irreparable harm", according to the Irish Dental Association.

• Israeli military poised to move Palestinians out of Rafah ahead of assault

  An Egyptian delegation will hold talks in Israel on Friday in an effort to revive discussions on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal as an Israeli attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah looms.

• Russian shelling kills at least three in eastern Ukraine

  Russian shelling killed at least three people in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Thursday and a missile attack further north in Kharkiv region hit a railway station, wounding 10, local officials said.

• In class-ridden Ireland, the worst thing to be is posh

  More than once the Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, has come under gentle fire for his cooking habits. Not because they resemble what we tend to associate with the towering heights of Irish cuisine: boiled cabbage, boiled ham, boiled potatoes. But because they seemingly demonstrate his disconnect with the common man. In May 2020 he asked "what's for dinner in the Ó Broin household…? Well, oysters/oisre of course!"; in August 2020 he tweeted about slow-cooked beef cheek wellington with porcini mushrooms; a year later he posted a photo of a kitchen table groaning under the weight of what appears to be several types of fish, two cuts of beef and a bottle of dessert wine.