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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee
1. #PERU Irish woman Michaella McCollum Connolly’s lawyer has flown out to her in Peru, and she and Melissa Reid have been questioned by police after drugs were allegedly found in their luggage, says the Irish Mirror. Connolly told the Irish Mirror that it is “very tough” in detention but she is coping.
2. #EGYPT Egypt is bracing for a ‘Friday of anger’ in Cairo after nearly 600 people were killed following a crackdown on their protest camps. The UN has urged ‘maximum restraint’ from all sides. The Muslim Brotherhood has called for anti-coup rallies to head towards Ramsis square after prayers today.
3. #LEAVING CERT Seventy five students have had their Leaving Cert results in a range of subjects withheld over fears they may have cheated, the Irish Daily Mail reports. It is open to appeal, but if the students cannot prove to the State Examinations Commission they did not break rules, they won’t receive a grade in the subject.
4. #CHARGES An Irish man who is facing charges related to the distribution of online child pornography is to make an application for bail on 11 September, the Irish Herald says. Eric Eoin Marques (28) has been described by the FBI as “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet”.
5. #HORSE MEAT An Irish meat trading company, McAdam Food Products, has said it will sue ABP Food group for “alleged defamation and loss of business” over what it says were assertions made publicly during the horsemeat scandal.
6. #HOME BIRTH Pregnant Kilkenny woman Aja Teehan will find out today if she will be able to have a home birth with a self-employed community midwife contracted to the HSE. Her baby is due in October and Teehan had been told that due to a previous caesarean, she wasn’t suitable for a home birth with the HSE.
7. #ROAD DEATH A woman in her 50s died following a collision at Kilberry, Navan, Co Meath at 9.30pm last night. She was driving a moped, and collided with car. The female driver of the car was uninjured, said gardaí. An appeal for witnesses has been made.
8. #NEW ZEALAND A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 2.31 GMT in the Cook Strait near New Zealand. It was felt from Christchurch in the South Island to Auckland in the North Island. No tsunami alert was issued.
9. #WATER CHARGES Environment Minister Phil Hogan and Irish Water disagree over how much water will be supplied free of charge under the forthcoming water charges, says the Irish Independent. It notes that while Hogan wants the allowance based on the number of people in the house, Irish Water favours a system based on the size of the house.
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re nu7. of course martin should be gone along with any of the others who sat around the table with his mates bert brian ect. these are the people who got us into this mess.
That John Perry fella just has to go….do the right thing man, fess up and sort out your biz for cryin out loud
If John Perry has to resign as TD then so does Mick Wallace and James Reilly, can’t force one to go and ignore the other too
conor u know we dont do that kind of thing in Ireland that wood only happen in other Countrys.
Well, the NSA has to prove that their actions are useful, so why not invent a BIG situation and when it does not happen say ‘Well thank God we listened in to all those conversations because we managed to stop an huge terrorist activity in the middle east against our interests’…. Who is kidding whom?
Perry has his Ballymote Costcutter Supermarket leased. How will Danske Bank’s possession affect that? What other properties have been taken by the bank?
Australian election still not news.
Hi Conor, it is news, and we will be covering it on the site shortly, if you would like to check back.
You’re right, it’s not news. In the same way that an election in Ireland or UK or any number of countries would not be news in Australia.
To the 48000 odd followers of the Prophet [pbuh], Eid Mubarak.
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