Morning Briefing: Top stories on Tuesday, June 21
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.
Car theft is at a seven year high with gardaĂ warning that thieves are particularly targeting specific types of Japanese car imports.
As the peak summer season begins, Dublin Airport Authority can't guarantee Irish holidaymakers won't be caught up in the same chaos which has hit British and European airports in the last 24 hours.
Four in five people in Ireland agree so-called “junk” food advertising aimed at children should be banned, a new survey has suggested.
The senior garda in charge of policing in Cork city has rejected suggestions that people are afraid to visit or socialise in the city centre despite a number of recent, violent brawls.
A couple charged with money-laundering in Cork in respect of a sum of over €250,000 in a bank account were refused in their application to have bail conditions changed to visit a sick relative in Romania.
The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukraine’s child refugees has sold for 103.5 million dollars, shattering the old record for a Nobel.
Harry Diamond stayed home last week to be present for the birth of his second child, missing out on Rory McIlroy’s victory at the RBC Canadian Open. Diamond returned to work at the US Open and played a big role in giving his boss an opportunity to win a fifth major on Father’s Day.
A new initiative sees four mothers with children in LauraLynn hospice joining the cast of Riverdance in the Gaiety Theatre, June 23.Â
After Fair City and Peaky Blinders, Tipperary actor Daryl McCormack looks to have found his breakthrough role alongside Emma Thompson as a sex worker in Good Luck to You Leo Grande.Â
Starting out dull and damp today with locally wet conditions. Whilst it will become drier through the afternoon, it will remain rather cloudy with possible showers following.Â
Some bright or sunny spells may break through later though.
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