Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

One of the country’s best-known public houses — Morrisey’s in Abbeyleix, Co Laois — was one of seven food outlets served with a closure order for breaches of food safety legislation.

THE number of restaurants, supermarkets and takeaways served with closure orders by the country’s food safety watchdog jumped by 30% in the first six months of this year.

CORRECT me if I’m wrong, but the Union Jack is as valid a symbol of allegiance for unionists in the North as the Tricolor in the South, for the obvious reason that they are legally acknowledged as the sovereign flags in each jurisdiction, even in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement.