Irish Times - National hosepipe ban: A State-wide hosepipe ban starts just after midnight on Friday and runs until August 26, expanding beyond last weekâs conservation order covering parts of Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow and south Tipperary. Households cannot water gardens or wash cars amid drought concerns. - Tramore church assault: A man in his 30s has been charged over a serious assault on a woman in her 50s at Holy Cross Church, Tramore, Co Waterford, on Tuesday. He is due before Waterford District Court today; the victim was taken to University Hospital Waterford. - Scrambler enforcement: Owners of seized scrambler motorbikes will face doubled charges as the Government tightens enforcement of the ban on scramblers in public places, following the January death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch. - Cork baby death lawsuit: Parents of baby George Duggan, who died two days after birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital in December 2022, are suing the HSE. In a letter read to the High Court, the hospital apologised for not carrying out more frequent foetal monitoring. - UCD allowances case: The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in a medical studentâs case claiming UCD failed to make adequate academic allowances after she alleged rape by a fellow studentâa case that drew national attention earlier this year. - Ăras summer residents: Connemara mare Ruby and her foal Peaceful Pippa will spend the summer at Ăras an UachtarĂĄin as âliving ambassadors,â visiting from Kylemore Abbey until around October. - Phone thief sentenced: Patrick Maughan (27) received a further two years in custody after stealing a phone on Haroldâs Cross Road and being identified when he answered a video call on it. An assault by his accomplice, who is at large, was taken into account. - Clondalkin gang murder probe: GardaĂ continue to review âthousands of hoursâ of CCTV in the December 2022 shooting of 37-year-old Cormac Berkeley outside his home in Harelawn Park, linked to a local drugs feud. - Prison drug find: Michael Carroll (46), serving 22 years for attempting to murder John Hutchâs brother, was sentenced for having drugs concealed between his legs in Mountjoy Prison. - Regency Hotel case: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Jason Bonney (55), upholding his conviction for acting as a getaway driver for the Hutch crime group during the 2016 murder of Kinahan associate David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.