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LAST UPDATE | 8 Jan 2024
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.
1. Irish actor Cillian Murphy has won best actor at the Golden Globes for his performance in Oppenheimer.
The Christopher Nolan film won big at the event last night, taking home five awards in total for best director, best supporting actor, best original score, best film and Murphy’s best actor award.
Other Irish actors, such as Barry Keoghan and Andrew Scott, as well as Irish-made films were up for nominations and won awards last night.
2. The UK government has formally registered its regret at Ireland’s decision to take legal action against the UK’s Troubles legislation.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has written to Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin questioning the move to challenge the UK’s contentious legacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights.
Martin has yet to comment on the letter.
3. There has been a 70% increase in the number of gonorrhoea cases in Ireland, according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Órla Ryan reports some 6,748 cases of gonorrhoea were reported in Ireland up to 23 December 2023, compared with 3,976 cases in 2022.
The HSE highlighted that better access to testing and lack of condom use as the main possibilities leading to the increase.
4. HSE CEO Bernard Gloster has said he is committed to ensuring “appropriate justice” is achieved over failures that led to the death of teenager Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick.
But, he added he is not prepared to accept staff being tried on Social Media prior to the conclusion of an eight-week-long independent probe into the case and governance at the Limerick Hospital.
5. In our second lead this morning, The42‘s Gavin Cooney and Assistant News Editor at The Journal Stephen McDermott explore the question if UFC’s biggest star Conor McGregor is becoming a poster boy for Ireland’s far-right?
Just over seven years after his first-major UFC title win, McGregor has continued to divide opinion and has recently made more headlines for his views on immigration and Irish politics than he has for his achievements in the octagon.
6. Five people are trapped in a Slovenian cave because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall, authorities said.
The group – a Slovenian family group of three adults and two guides – have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water levels rose inside, blocking the way out.
7. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government does not intend to join South Africa in its case at the International Court of Justice in which it has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
The question was put to Varadkar on RTÉ Radio yesterday after he and Tánaiste Micheál Martin received a letter from four senators on Saturday, calling on the Government to support the case.
8. A man, shot in the arm in Tipperary while he was playing football yesterday, is believed to had suffered the injury as a result of a stray shot from a deer hunt nearby, The Journal understands.
Deer hunting is a common pastime in the nearby woodland.
9. A status Yellow fog warning for all counties is in place until 10am this morning which Met Éireann has said is likely to cause hazardous driving conditions on roads this morning.
A status Yellow ice warning is also issued for counties Armagh and Down until 10am today. Frost and icy patches are also expected in many areas this morning, which will slowly clear later.
Are the journal sponsored by Shane Ross?
@Skimothy: sponsored & owned by blue shirts finegael
How many articles are you gonna get out of that softball interview, The Journal?
I’ll say it again because it was deleted earlier….
Shane Ross the TD that roared and shouted in the Dail about everything that was wrong with Ireland and it’s politics. He then became a minister and quickly fell in line with the rest of them.
@Jason Ebbs: very true. A major disappointment indeed
Shane Ross is a messer. The other year the luas and buses were a disgrace in Dublin. Caused over 2 hour delays to many people. I decided to reach out to him. About 6 months later he tells me it’ll sort itself out….
@Madra: I know doctors that can’t sign into email, I wouldn’t be too harsh on this point.
@Alan Walsh: ffs, replied to the wrong comment
@Alan Walsh: 100mg per nocte!
Have we reached peak Shane Ross yet?
@Raymond Tom: nope. But the other chancers must be delighted he’s getting the colonoscopy treatment and not them. Jaysus he was even on Reelin’ in the Years the other day.
Take this for what it is lads and ladies, a funny side point on an interview. Fair enough you don’t like his politics, not a huge fan of him myself, but I’m personally happy to see a politician embrace the funny side of the circus of politics. He’s poking fun at himself for being a flawed human doing flawed human things like the rest of us. Separate the job from the individual and lighten up, it’s an all Ireland final Sunday, enjoy it!
@Y U no spell good?: ye he’s a great comedian
@Y U no spell good?: He sounded like he really enjoyed being a meme, that’s not how any of this works.
@STOIC SAVAGE: might be a new career path for him! :-)
@Cynical: sure who wouldn’t want to be immortalised in a quality meme!
@Y U no spell good?: Finally some good sense
Remember Shane “If I was the Minister for Transport the first thing I would do is remove that toll from the M50 bridge, the people of Ireland have paid enough in road tax to well pay for it”. Once they get their asses under that ministerial desk all perception of who they evaporates.
No self-awareness whatsoever, he actually thinks he came out of it looking good.
Lads there a bit no actually a lot of brown stuff round yer mouths there after each article the journal published on this lad…….should ease up like the
Seriously with all that’s going on this rubbish.
I actually thought this guy was ok until he got elected. What a plonker he turned out to be!
Nothing sadder than an auld fella trying too hard to be cool. The journal seem to love this fella though.
Journal. STOP giving that Man media time. His ego is bigger than his head. Do your job Ross and stop looking for publicity. Journal do your job.
Could be worse, could be photoshopped with Hitler, Stalin, the IMF, Merkel, Pinochet, Pol Pot, CJ…
Shame Ross Pathetic most political
An embezelleing toss pot
I read this article about 15 mins after meeting Shane Ross at a local soccer Mini WC this morning.. ☺
What a idiot
were evaporates
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