So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Dr Dorothy Maxwell has long been frustrated by the fashion industry’s waste. She explains why it must take action, writes Ruth O’Connor.

The trial of a Lithuanian man charged with raping a Russian woman in Waterford has heard that swabs taken from the alleged victim matched his DNA profile.