EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home.
1. #LETTERS OF NOTE: The ECB has published correspondence between former president Jean-Claude Trichet and Ireland’s then-Finance Minister Brian Lenihan. The gist of it? ‘Take a bailout or we’ll cut emergency funding.’
2. #WATER CHARGES: Speaking after demonstrations in Coolock last night, Minister Leo Varadkar has said there is a “sinister fringe” of violent water protesters.
3. #DIGITAL SEIZURE: Gardaí in Dublin have seized €200,000 worth of drugs and a quantity of Bitcoin in a ‘dark net’ sting.
4. #SURVIVORS: A compensation scheme for survivors of symphysiotomy has been announced, but one group has slammed it as “flawed”.
5. #AH NO: It’s time to forget all the nice weather we had recently. It’s going to rain a lot.
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