EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #FLOODS: President Michael D Higgins has been visiting areas of the country hit by flooding in recent weeks, while Minister Simon Harris said more funding may needed to help local authorities with the clean-up.
2. #COURTS: Former Irish Nationwide Building Society chief executive Michael Fingleton has lost his High Court action aimed at preventing the Central Bank from conducting an inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at the financial institution.
3. #ELECTION MANIFESTO: Renua has proposed a ‘three strikes rule’ that will result in an automatic mandatory life sentence after a person is convicted of a serious offence for a third time. The measure is contained in the the party’s general election manifesto which was launched today.
4. #CARE HOME: The trial of five Áras Attracta care workers has opened at a court in Mayo, RTÉ News reports. Each are facing a single charge of assault.
5. #THE TRUMP: Property tycoon Donald Trump has released his first TV campaign ad. The Republican presidential front-runner’s commercial started off by reminding viewers of the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting last month.
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