Morning Briefing: Top stories on Friday, May 13
Good morning everyone. Here's today's briefing from the early crew here on the newsdesk.
Here are the nine stories we are highlighting on the irishexaminer.com home page right now:
Not one of 134 “blue light” ambulance transfers from University Hospital Waterford to Cork arrived within a 90-minute treatment window, leaving cardiac patients at severe risk of death, it has been claimed .
Employers across the country are to be inundated with pay hike demands from workers struggling to bear the cost of inflation which is now at a 22-year high. .
Doctor in from wilderness leading to promised new (hospital) land. .
A young Cork boy with a sharp eye has unearthed an archaeological treasure while digging on his favourite beach. .
Further consideration is to be given by the sentencing judge in the case related to 10-year-old boy who was raped on a sleepover by his cousin who was aged 12 to 14 at the time. .
Brooke Scullion's That's Rich failed to get past last night's second semi-final of the competition and she was unable to secure one of the ten places contested by 18 countries needed to get into Saturday’s grand final. .
If Cork can't block out the noise, use it as fuel. .
With the rise of Sinn Féin, everyone had a grand-uncle at Kilmichael – it’s amazing the Brits didn’t spot them. .
Ukraine will win Eurovision, but Brits making the right moves:
A cloudy start to the day with some showers but it will become bighter as the day goes on.
Any linger showers in the nothereast will die out by the afternoon. Munster will see a mix of sunny spells and cloudy periods.
Highest temperatures of 16C to 19C are expected with breezy westerly winds.
Tonight, clear spells will develop across many eastern parts of the country but it will remain cloudy in the west.
For detailed national and regional weather forecasts see Met Eireann.
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