Morning Briefing: Top stories on Friday, July 8
Morning briefing
Good morning everyone. Here's today's briefing from the early crew here on the Irish Examiner newsdesk.
Here are the nine stories we are highlighting on the irishexaminer.com home page right now.
Requests for assistance through additional needs payments are up 18% and cost the State almost €17m in just the first five months of this year. Â
Japanese leader Fumio Kishida has said former prime minister Shinzo Abe is in a “severe condition” after being shot, and he hopes Mr Abe will survive. Â
The relationship between alcohol and cocaine has seen the use of the illegal narcotic rocket in this country, bringing more and more people to the attention of the law, especially young people, writes Sarah Harte. Â
The resignation of Boris Johnson was hailed as an opportunity to reset Anglo-Irish relations after a day of high drama in Westminster. Â
A Wexford man was arrested on a weekend away in Cork when he obstructed a garda dealing with a disturbance at the Deane Hotel. Â
Best of both hemispheres on offer as vendors swap the beauty of Mahon Falls in Waterford to the Whangerai Falls in northern New Zealand Â
As the unwanted centre of the conversation in New Zealand this week, the Ireland captain was happy to explain the way he sees the situation. Â
They call it all-you-can-drink and stop you at 6 pints, that's discrimination. How can I persuade them to give me free drink all day? Â
A new study says it’s how you exercise that counts, not how many sessions you do per week. Abi Jackson takes a look.
Today will be mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud in the morning and more sunshine in the afternoon and evening.Â
Mostly cloudy in the north with some patchy drizzle possible near north and northwest coasts.
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