The Briefing - Your Friday morning news catch up

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

Fri, 12 Sep, 2014 - 01:00

Robert McNamara

BRIEFING TOP STORY

'DON'T SHIRK HEALTH POLICY': ENDA KENNY ATTEMPTS TO DIFUSE SPAT WITH LEO VARADKAR

Enda Kenny moved to try and defuse tension with his health minister after warning Leo Varadkar not to "shirk" Government policy.

IRISH NEWS

HOMELESSNESS CRISIS SET 'TO WORSEN'

The country’s largest voluntary homeless and drugs agency is witnessing ever greater numbers of distressed people coming into its soup kitchens and drugs services.

CIT ONLINE COURSE ON HOLD AMID ROW

A number of online courses at Cork Institute of Technology, which were due to start on Monday, look unlikely to go ahead on that day due to industrial action.

WORLD NEWS

EXPLETIVE FILLED TYSON RANT AT LIVE TV NEWS ANCHOR

Mike Tyson directed an expletive-filled rant at a Canadian television anchor in a live interview after the host brought up the former heavyweight champion’s conviction for sexual assault.

SPINOSAURUS WAS THE LARGEST PREDATOR TO STALK LAND OR SEA

A terrifying cross between Tyrannosaurus rex, a crocodile, and a whale was the largest predator ever to walk the Earth — or swim in its rivers.

SPORT

HANNIGAN HAILS 'SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR MUNSTER'

Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan last night hailed the new Munster senior football championship as "the most equitable option."

VAN GAAL: WELBECK DOESN'T SCORE ENOUGH

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal let Danny Welbeck leave the club because he felt his goal-scoring record was not good enough.

BUSINESS

IRELAND'S 'REPUTATION' FALLS TO 13TH

Ireland slipped one place to 13th among countries with the best reputation, although its overall score improved on 2013.

VIEWPOINTS

FINE GAEL FARCE AT FOTA AS BASH TURNS INTO SLAP-HAPPY EVENT

As Fine Gael gathered at Cork’s swanky Fota Island Resort for their annual pre-Dáil “think-in” they should have been looking to the future, but after Enda Kenny decided to get a lunge into his ambitious Health Minister Leo Varadkar all the talk was of the problems of the recent past.

EXAMVIRAL

VIDEO: CORK PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR FIRST TIME

And you won’t believe what they have to say...

SHOWBIZ

BONO: U2'S NEW ALBUM IS 'PERSONAL' AND WAS HARD TO MAKE

Bono struggled to write U2's 'personal' new album.

TOP FEATURES

THE CORK SCIENTISTS WHO WERE SUNUBBED BY SEXISM

The Ballylickey botanist; the Skibbereen astronomer; the Cloyne caterpillar collector, Madame Dragonfly. Robert Hume highlights the lives and achievements of three female scientists from Co Cork, and the obstacles they faced to achieve recognition of their work