EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you should know with your morning cup of coffee
1. #PRIME TIME: The treatment of children in Irish crèches is in the spotlight this morning following the RTÉ Prime Time programme ‘A Breach of Trust’ which aired last night and showed young children being mistreated at crèches in Dublin and Wicklow. Gardaí have confirmed they are investigating complaints of mistreatment at two crèches in Dublin.
2. #CHILDCARE: A review of services and the number of inspections being carried out in crèches across the country is being undertaken by the HSE in light of the programme, while Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald is due to respond to the Prime Time report later this morning.
3. #SHATTER: The Dáil will tonight decide on a motion of no confidence in Justice Minister Alan Shatter with the opposition attempts to undermine Shatter almost certain to fail. He told the chamber last night that while it was a mistake to mention that independent TD Mick Wallace was stopped by gardaí he has a “serious job to do”.
4. #EARTHQUAKE: An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.8 has been recorded off the coast of North Wales in the Irish Sea with tremors felt along parts of Ireland’s east coast. The British Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake was 15 kilometres away from Abersoch in Gwynedd.
5. #UNIVERSITY FEES: An increasing number of Irish universities are calling in debt collectors to deal with unpaid fees by students with the Irish Independent reporting that NUI Galway has joined University of Limerick, DCU, and UCD in hiring debt collectors. Katherine Donnelly and Barry Duggan write that universities and ITs are suspected of being owed millions of euro in unpaid fees.
6. #PROPERTY TAX: You have until 8pm tonight to pay the property tax following the extension of the deadline for payment to be made after a surge in in registrations yesterday. Revenue reported yesterday evening that around 10,000 people were paying the charge per hour.
7. #FRANCE: Police in France have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the knife attack on a soldier near Paris at the weekend. The suspect has been detained southwest of the capital. Private Fist Class Cedric Cordier was stabbed while on patrol last weekend in an incident eerily similar to the fatal attack on British soldier Lee Rigby in London last week.
8. #SALT: Irish people eat too much salt, according to food safety experts who say that people here still eat more than the recommended daily intake of 6g of salt per day, although salt intake has decreased by 1.1g over the past ten years.
9. #COYBIG: Eighteen years after the infamous riot at Lansdowne Road, Ireland will face England at Wembley tonight as Giovanni Trapattoni’s men look for a famous win. Our colleagues at TheScore.ie have outlined five reasons why we can beat Roy Hodgson’s side and they’ll be bringing you all the action later this evening.
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