Morning Report: The day's lead stories

Good morning. Here’s a look at the top stories you need to know, in the Irish Examiner’s Morning Report.

1.”There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here. I just hope 150 years from now our ambivalence will not allow another film-maker to make this film,” director Steve McQueen told a packed Royal Opera House last night as he accepted the BAFTA for best film for his epic ‘12 Years a Slave’.

2. Gardaí are investigating the deaths of three people in separate incidents over the weekend in counties Dublin, Laois and Offaly.