EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #EXAM TIME: Over 121,000 students start their state exams this morning.
2. #TERRORISM: Police in London have carried out a search warrant at an address in east London in the early hours of this morning in connection with Saturday’s London Bridge attack.
3. #RACHID REDOUANE: Searches will continue today into the investigation into one of the London attackers, who lived in Ireland for a time.
4. #HUMAN RIGHTS: British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will roll back human rights laws if they interfere with counter terrorism attempts.
5. #WAITING: Children with disabilities are being told they have to wait over two years just to get an assessment.
6. #HOUSING: A think tank has warned that it would take 40 years to provide enough homes for every person on Dublin’s housing list.
7. #MAGDALENE SURVIVORS: Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries gathered outside the Dáil yesterday calling for a truth commission into all homes around the country.
8. #PENALTY POINTS: Men have incurred twice as many penalty points as female drivers on the country’s roads since 2007.
9. #HEATHROW: A man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing.
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