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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head out the door.
1. #GANGLAND: Justice Minister Alan Shatter has strongly condemned the perpetrators of the two separate gangland killings which happened in Laois and Dublin in the last 24 hours. Shatter said that the killers lacked “humanity or decency” and said that the government and Gardaí are united in “counteracting this evil menace in our society”.
2. #MISSING: Police in Melbourne have searched the home of missing Irish woman Jill Meagher who has not been seen since Saturday morning. ABC News reports that forensic police and homicide detectives carried out two searches of the apartment today and left with at least six large sealed bags. Police have said that the search was a routine part of the investigation.
3. #STRIKE ACTION: The Dublin Airport Authority is to seek a High Court injunction to prevent industrial action by staff planned for next Monday from going ahead. The DAA has said that operations at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports would be affected and said it will explore every option available to avert disruptions. SIPTU has said it is members are disappointed and frustrated at the DAA for aggravating the situation.
4. #CONGRATULATIONS: Two schoolboys from Synge Street CBS in Dublin who won this year’s BT Young Scientist contest have shared the top prize at the EU-wide parent contest. Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly’s project on the ‘many-body problem’, which involved formulating new algorithims to predict how items move in particular scenarios, tied for first place at the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Slovakia today.
5. #BAD WEATHER: Met Éireann has warned that counties in the east and north of the country may by hit by flooding this evening as heavy rain and strong winds persist for the second day. Dublin City Council has issued a rainfall warning after dealing with almost 100 localised road flooding incidents so far today, and several roads have closed in Fingal after major local flooding in some areas.
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Congratulations and very well done to the two boys from Synge St. CBS on their fantastic achievements. We need good news like that.
Folks, please do not name anyone in connection with the Jill Meagher case and imply that they’re a suspect or have anything to do with the disappearance. We have to delete any comment which does so for legal reasons. If it keeps happening then we’ll have to close comments on any article about her disappearance but obviously we don’t want to have to do that as there have been lots of comments offering support to her friends and family.
Just a heads up on that. It’s common sense but hopefully it’s clear why we can’t allow any comments like that to stay on the site.
The problem of gang warfare won’t be solved as long as the courts continue to hand down such short sentences . If you look at most of those who have died in recent gun incidents you will note that they have serious criminal records. The amazing thing is that they are on the streets to kill or be killed. The average time served for these offences seems to be about 4.5 years and then they’re let out to cause more havoc. For heavens sake these people ,in the main, should be put away for a minimum of 25 years.
Meh. Let them all kill each other.
Looks like rain, Ted
dont think alan shatter and co. should waste anytime trying to catch the perps of the recent violence in dublin, let them all wipe each other out
True..gotta feel for the kids that witnessed it though..
Yes, that’s just what we need, gun toting criminals on the street knowing they can murder away and the guards have no interest in catching them or preventing their next murder. By your logic, we would be better off actively arming them so that they can “wipe each other out”.
Great idea. Can’t see any downside to that idea at all.
My concern is for the innocent people caught up in this. We have already seen this happen. The children who are being exposed to this will be affected for life. Its not as simple as “let them kill each other”.
Classic case of Urban Cleansing
These people are the dregs of the earth. However i do fell bad when young children are caught up in it. I do’nt think police time should be wasted in looking for the perps..
Waste of Tax payers money…
Have to say i’m not to remorseful…
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