EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.
1. #COURTS: Day two of the trial of Graham Dwyer, the man accused of murdering Elaine O’Hara, got under way. Elaine’s father, Frank O’Hara, gave evidence that his daughter told him in 2008 that she was ‘seeing someone’.
2. #PORTIUNCULA: Health Minister Leo Varadkar has said Ireland’s maternity services ‘are safe’, following news that new monitoring processes were put in place at a hospital to address issues identified in the care of seven babies.
3. #POINTS: Garda whistleblower John Wilson has called for the penalty points system to be overhauled after a report revealed that senior gardaí are still breaching policy by cancelling penalty points.
4. #SPLISH SPLASH: The European Commission has expressed concerns about the Government’s revised water charges package, but the Government has said there is ‘no question’ of altering it.
5. #HANG UP: What TD has made over €2,000 worth of calls to Kenya? The Oireachtas won’t say.
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