The Briefing - Your Monday morning news catch up

Welcome to your Monday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Mon, 12 May, 2014 - 01:00

BRIEFING TOP STORY

REPORT ON ROMA SCANDALS 'HIGHLY CRITICAL'

A report on the Garda removal of two Roma children from their parents in the false belief they were stolen children is not ready for publication, the Department of Justice has said.

IRISH NEWS

TALKS SOUGHT OVER FRESH GARDA CLAIMS

Garda whistleblower John Wilson has sought a meeting with the newly appointed justice minister over fresh claims of Garda misconduct.

IRISH WATER TO SPEND €500M ON SUPPLYING DUBLIN WITH RIVER SHANNON WATER

Householders in Dublin will start getting water from the River Shannon when they turn on their taps by 2020.

WORLD NEWS

ISLAMISTS STRIKE AS RESCUE EFFORT STARTS

Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people, and abducted the wife and children of a retired police officer in north-east Nigeria over the weekend as as an international effort got underway to rescue 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants.

90% 'BACK EASTERN UKRAINE VOTE'

Some 90% of voters in a key industrial region in eastern Ukraine have come out in favour of sovereignty, pro-Russian insurgents said.

SPORT

CITY EARN CROWN IN GAME OF THRONES

And so a season which for so long defied logic was ultimately defined by it.

COLE CALLS TIME ON INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Ashley Cole has retired from international football after being left out of England’s World Cup squad – a decision Roy Hodgson admits was one of the hardest of his career.

BUSINESS

FIRM'S VISION BECOMES VIRTUAL REALITY

A small Irish firm is attracting customers with its innovative holographic assistant, a life-like display which uses the image and voice of a real person to interact with and assist customers, writes Trish Dromey.

VIEWPOINTS

OIL AND GAS ARE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES

Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill looks at a documentary that explores Ireland’s oil and gas resources that claims the Government is being careless with the country’s precious stocks.

SHOWBIZ