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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know before your morning coffee.
1. #THE TROUBLES: Following the release of Gerry Adams last night, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has called on parties to refrain from commenting on the case. He also asked for a renewed commitment to resolve outstanding issues in Northern Ireland.
2. #CIRCUS FALL: Nine acrobats, known as hairialists as they hang by their hair in chandelier-like fashion, were injured in a dramatic fall during a circus show in America yesterday.
3. #TUAM: A young man in his 20s is to be charged in connection with a serious assault which left the victim in Beaumont Hospital with serious head injuries on Saturday.
4. #SOUTH AFRICA: The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is to resume today after a two-week adjournment. The defence continues with its case and there are at least 12 more witnesses due to be called.
5. #SYMPHYSIOTOMY: The Irish Daily Mail says that a patient watchdog has pleaded for legal proceedings to be settled out of court because the Coombe hospital may not have been fully insured when it carried out symphysiotomies – and the claims could impact on the delivery of services.
6. #ROADS: A 24-year-old man has become the 59th person to die on Irish roads this year. His car struck a ditch in the early hours of this morning at Killeens in Blarney.
7. #SHOOTING: The man killed in broad daylight in Drimnagh yesterday has been named as Christopher Zambra, reports the Irish Sun. The 39-year-old was shot up to eight times, according to RTÉ, including once in the face outside his sister’s home.
8. #AUSTERITY: We are done with social welfare and education cuts, says Minister Joan Burton. RTÉ reports comments which indicate that there will be no further spending cuts in Budget 2015.
9. #SILENT KILLER: According to the Irish Times, carbon monoxide house alarms will be a compulsory home accessory from 1 September. It is hoped the new rules will prevent more deaths caused by the poisonous gas.
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I thought carbon monoxide alarms were already compulsory. Very important. People say they don’t need them as they don’t have open fires but you’ll need one even if it’s just a toaster
Yup when we were getting the boiler serviced the guy found a dead bird blocking the flu, said it had been there for a couple of days and we were very lucky it wasn’t there longer and we got him in when we did. Everyone should have the alarms.
A toaster cannot produce carbon monoxide, nor can any purely electrical device!
Life saver I’m sure it’s because the attacker is due in court.
Saver ain’t too bright.
Nor Cooper.
Sinead OConnell, Why did you delete all the comments and suspend the comment function on the Tuam attack report???
The journal should really have an entrance exam and you wouldn’t pass.
Because it is an ongoing court case.
alarms will be a compulsory home accessory, who is going to police it are we going to need a licence to have one like a tv licence.. keep it coming big phill my wallet has still a few euro in it for you to take
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