Morning Briefing: Top stories on Thursday, April 6
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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 countryâs main farming body has expressed âserious concernsâ about the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, suggesting some of its recommendations âcould actually be counter-productive to the overall objective of protecting biodiversityâ.
A Cork farmer has witnessed a "one in a million" occurrence when a quintuplet of lambs was born on his farm near Minane Bridge in Co Cork.
If the traffic ban isnât enforced on St Patrick's Street, what hope with enforcing new rules and procedures for BusConnects?
A new maximum sentence for assaulting gardaĂ as well as new powers for guards to implement antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) are among the goals for the Department of Justice for 2023.
A new study has found that most existing methods to tackle conspiracy theories are ineffective but, methods focused on critical thinking or having an analytical mindset are more promising.

A former bank on South Mall is set to be converted into a hotel âthe likes of which Cork has never seenâ following its purchase by a prominent hotelier for a sum believed to be in excess of âŹ3m.
After Masters chairman Fred Ridley hinted in December about potential changes to the qualification criteria to get into the Masters, Wednesdayâs announcement of one new category and a couple of minor semantic tweaks was pretty disappointing.
Growing up in a small community like Douglas, Cork, sporting groups were the lifeline for many of us young boys and girls.
The 2019 release of Gilla Bandâs second album The Talkies (under their former sobriquet of Girl Band) has arguably become a waypoint for a new generation of post-punk bands in Ireland.

Scattered showers will become more isolated this morning, leaving a bright and largely dry day with sunny spells.Â
Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in a light to moderate west to northwest breeze.
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