Morning Briefing: Top stories on Tuesday, February 28
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Good morning everyone. Here's today's briefing from the early crew here on the newsdesk.
Here are the nine stories we are highlighting on the irishexaminer.com home page right now.

The Garda security service will analyse information they receive from Australian intelligence about Irish citizen Marina Sologub, who has been declared a potential security threat in Australia, before determining their course of action here.
Plans for students to sit half their Irish and English Leaving Cert papers at the end of fifth year have been shelved following stiff opposition from teachers and students.
Changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol have been agreed between the UK and EU, named the Windsor Framework.
Families are waiting up to three years for genetic counselling after a child receives a rare disease diagnosis, with one Cork family only offered a telephone appointment for their toddler.
An immigrant support organisation is to raise concerns at an Oireachtas committee about the âvarying standardsâ of accommodation being offered to Ukrainians.
The number of vacant commercial buildings has reached a record with 14% of all premises now empty.
Roscommon and Mayo could play a league final against one another on April 2 and meet again in championship a week later.
With sustainability close to all our hearts now, we talk to three Irish women working in the fashion industry and doing their bit for sustainability, one step at a time
The decision to purchase a smartphone involves many considerations - most are fueled by fear

Quite cloudy today with just occasional sunny intervals. Isolated showers will affect the south and east of the country at times, but otherwise it will be generally dry.
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