WHAT’S THE STORY?
1. Egypt has sentenced 683 people – including the lead of the Muslim Brotherhood and his supporters – to death for alleged involvement in acts of violence and the murder of policemen last year.
2. There have been calls for Eamon Gilmore to step down as leader of the Labour party following a weak performance by the party in a recent opinion poll. Our political editor Hugh O’Connell has called tactics.
TheJournal.ie (unscientific) poll won’t make nice reading for Gilmore either.
3. Rank-and-file gardaí say the force has been ‘rocked by recent allegations and inquiries’ – with the media circus putting a “stressed workforce into potential freefall”. The Garda Representative Association meets today for its annual conference, where they’ll be discussing rigid handcuffs, summer shirts and driving – amongst other things.
4. A man was shot several times after he opened the front door of his home in Dowth, county Meath last night. The 39-year-old is in hospital and is expected to pull through.
5. Some good news today (yes, there is some). EY has created 500 jobs in Belfast.
6. Molly Malone is going to take a short break from Dublin’s streets to get fixed up. Her newly-revitalised self will then take her cockles and mussels to St Andrew Street while works on the Luas Cross City are carried out.
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