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, 30 Jun, 2014 - 01:00

Robert McNamara

BRIEFING TOP STORY

FACEBOOK, SKY FIGHT LAWS OVER INTERNET REGULATION

Facebook and Sky are pressurising the Government not to introduce legislation to clamp down on online abuse and bullying despite calls for stricter regulation of the internet to protect children.

IRISH NEWS

HOUSE PRICES UP NATIONALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS

The country’s two-speed property price recovery has become a three-speed one, with a number of counties joining Dublin’s turnaround as others continue to suffer.

GLOBAL GROUPS ATTACK CIGARETTE PACK PLAN

Eight global trademark and intellectual property rights groups have joined forces to demand that the Government abandons its plans to outlaw branded cigarette packets.

WORLD NEWS

AL-QAIDA GROUP DECLARES CALIPHATE FROM SYRIA TO IRAQ

ISIL, the al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of north-eastern Syria and huge tracts of Iraq formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state.

COUNTRY QUEEN DOLLY IS THE TALK OF GLASTONBURY

Country queen Dolly Parton ruled Glastonbury yesterday as she attracted the biggest crowd (100,000-plus) of the festival to the Pyramid Stage.

SPORT

ROBBEN SORRY FOR DIVING, INSISTS HE WAS LATER FOULED

Arjen Robben courted further World Cup controversy by insisting he was fouled for the penalty that led to Holland’s last-gasp 2-1 win over Mexico, but apologised for diving earlier in the match.

KEEPER NAVAS HANDS GLORY TO COSTA RICA

Costa Rica are through to their first ever World Cup quarter-final after recovering from a second-half red card, a late Greece leveller and an extra-time barrage to progress on penalties.

BUSINESS

BITCOIN BOFFINS GATHER FOR RDS SUMMIT

The much-maligned digital cash Bitcoin is on course to revolutionise global trading in the same way email, MP3s and digital photography flipped lifestyles and industries on their head, supporters have claimed.

VIEWPOINTS

NEW BEGINNING FOR DISTRESSED DEBTORS IN CORK

Business is brisk at the newly opened Cork offices of New Beginning, writes Noel Baker.

SHOWBIZ

SINGER SUZANNE'S NEW MAN 'TICKS ALL THE RIGHT BOXES'

Former Hear’Say star Suzanne Shaw has announced her engagement to businessman Sam Greenfield and said he was “a breath of fresh air” after a string of romantic disappointments.

TOP FEATURES

YOU GOTTA ROLL WITH IT

"I’m standing on a pair of roller skates for the first time in over 30 years and I can feel my heart exploding against my ribcage."