EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you start your day.
1. #OHIO: Three young women who went missing around a decade ago were found alive Monday in a house in Cleveland, Ohio. Police arrested three suspects following the dramatic discovery of the women, just a few miles away from where they went missing.
2. #ABANDON NEW TAXES: IBEC, the body representing Ireland’s employers, has called on the Government to abandon plans for €1.8 billion in new taxes over the next two Budgets. It says extra taxes would kill off Ireland’s delicate economic rebound, when consumer confidence already remains fragile.
3. #FEE PAYING SCHOOLS: Research by the Department of Education shows that a 66 per cent students from fee-paying secondary schools are more likely to go straight to college, in comparison with 47 per cent from non-fee paying secondary schools. Overall, over half of students who were enrolled in Leaving Cert in 2010 went directly to higher education.
4. #AIB: In an interim management statement, AIB says it’s “on track” to achieve its target of returning to pre-provision operating profit for 2013 following “strategic actions” taken last year, which have delivered an improvement in the bank’s overall operating performance. The bank said product repricing has a positive effect on the net interest margin (NIM) in the first quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of progress on NIM.
5. #JIMMY TARBUCK: The 73-year-old comedian has become the latest celebrity to be arrested in connection with a historical child sex abuse investigation. Jimmy Tarbuck was arrested on 26 April and released on bail after police questioned him about claims that a young boy was assaulted in the late 1970s.
6. #BASIC SERVICES: The Children’s Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, says she’s “constantly amazed” by the lack of basic services in Ireland after years of being a relatively rich country. She told TheJournal.ie: “If you have been sexually abused, you don’t need help in nine months time or two years. You need help immediately.”
7. #EMILY WILSON: The family of 10-year-old Emily Wilson who dropped dead on Saturday morning are looking for answers to how she died after a post-mortem failed to find an exact cause of death. According to the Irish Independent, the schoolgirl collapsed at her local GAA club, Gortnahoe-Glengoole in Co Tipperary while warming up for camogie match.
8. #CAN REFUND: To help curb illegal dumping, Labour Party councillor, Thomas Redmond, has called for an introduction of a refund deposit scheme for alcohol containers. He told TheJournal.ie that he was inspired by similar schemes in place like Germany where people can return their bottles or cans to a specific centre or location and will receive a small amount of cash in return.
9. #NO COFFINS: For the first time in 120 years, bodies can now be buried in a cemetery without a coffin. According to The Irish Times, changes to regulations means uncoffined bodies will now be accepted. The rules, which will apply to all faiths, particularly accommodate Muslims.
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