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, 19 May, 2014 - 01:00

Denise O’Donoghue

BRIEFING TOP STORY

CHIPS ARE DOWN AS FOOD SECTOR ISSUES POTATO SOS

Worried food industry bosses are on a multi-million euro mission to save our spud amid fears the nation’s most popular staple is falling out of favour.

IRISH NEWS

MCVERRY: ‘HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WILL SPELL COALITION'S END’

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has defended the Coalition’s record in tackling homelessness after social justice campaigner Peter McVerry predicted that the crisis will "bring this Government down".

GARDA RESERVE ARREST OVER PULSE STALKING

A Garda reservist has been arrested and questioned in connection with allegedly harassing an ex-girlfriend and using the Garda computerised intelligence system, Pulse, to check who she was seeing.

WORLD NEWS

‘HUNGER GAMES’ CONTINUE AFTER HOFFMAN

The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman by an accidental drug overdose in February has not sidelined production of the latest installment of Hunger Games, its director said.

SUSPECTS HELD AS LAST OF 301 MINE VICTIMS BURIED

A Turkish court ordered three suspects to be kept in custody yesterday on a provisional charge of "causing multiple deaths" in last week’s mine disaster, as the last of the 301 victims were buried.

SPORT

HARTE RILED BY RULES

Mickey Harte has blasted the GAA for creating confusion in the way in which games are being officiated.

NET SETS THE STANDARD IN THIRD ROUND OF DERBY

The Pat Buckley-trained Mind The Net set the standard in Saturday’s third-round heats of the English Greyhound Derby, when coming from behind the pace to take the third heat.

BUSINESS

WARNING OF UK HOUSING BUBBLE

Bank of England governor Mark Carney gave his strongest warning yet about the risks of a British housing bubble and said the bank was looking at new measures to control mortgage lending amid a shortage of home building.

VIEWPOINTS

CLEAR PLASTIC BIN OFFERS REPLY TO EVERYDAY SEXISM

THE trainer, a lovely curvy woman in tight lycra whom I have expressly picked out from a line up in the gym, because she looks normal rather than someone who exists on egg white omelette and kale, assumes I have engaged her because I want to be thinner.

SHOWBIZ