Your Monday lunchtime news catch-up

Cork City is set for €500m in developments to rejuvenate the city, overcrowded classrooms are a priority for primary school teachers at the INTO union conference, Brendan Rodgers insists there was no ’crisis meeting’ between Liverpool’s players and Colman Garrihy asks, why can’t we speak our native language? These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Cork City Developments: City dares to dream big after decade of neglect

€500m in developments will rejuvenate city but planning is key, writes Eoin English

IRELAND

LATEST: Teachers to discuss classroom overcrowding at annual conference

Overcrowded classrooms will top the agenda for primary teachers at their INTO union conference in Co Clare today.

MOST READ: VIDEO: Locals ‘heartbroken’ as fire destroys Cork thatched pub

A popular pub in Co Cork has been left gutted after a fire broke out at the premises over the weekend.

SPORT

LATEST: Rodgers: No 'crisis meeting' at training ground

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has dismissed reports of a 'crisis meeting' at the club's training ground on Sunday after the 4-1 defeat at Arsenal 24 hours earlier.

MOST READ: Terrace Talk: Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers putting square pegs in round holes

That’s some Superpower you’ve got there, Brendan.

ANALYSIS

MOST READ: COLM O'REGAN: With milk quotas gone are we headed for a milk boom — the Celtic Udder

WE ARE in a brave new world. The milk quota is gone. The dairy industry is now in the unusual situation of being asked to make all it can.

EXAMVIRAL

LATEST: David Lynch pulls out of Twin Peaks revival after pay dispute with Showtime network

The ground-breaking show’s co-creator was set to direct all nine episodes, but has dropped out due to a pay dispute.

MOST READ: Is 5 too young to know? Louis Theroux's Transgender Kids has boggled minds

Louis Theroux’s new documentary meets transgender children and their parents in San Francisco, where there is a growing trend to allow transgender people to transition as early as possible in life.

WORLD

LATEST: Kenya launches air strikes against Islamic militants

The Kenyan military says it has launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a college that killed 148 people.

MOST READ: ‘Who’s the man who raped my mother?’

Alen Muhic, who was conceived when his mother was raped by a soldier in wartime, says he would not have had the courage to search for his parents were it not for the film cameras that followed him.

BUSINESS

LATEST: Greece pledges to repay IMF loan due this week

Greece has told the International Monetary Fund that it will repay a substantial loan that is due this week.

MOST READ: AIB and BoI ‘rip off’ variable rate customers

The country’s two pillar banks have been accused of basing their recovery on the back of hard-pressed mortgage customers in what has been termed a “blatant rip-off”.

LIFESTYLE

Angelina Jolie on difficulty making you stronger

Angelina Jolie inspired many with her bravery over revealing she’s had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, because of being at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

MOST READ: Why can’t we speak our native language?

As Leaving Certificate students prepare for their oral Irish tests this week and teachers meet for annual conferences, Colman Garrihy says our inability to speak our native language merits scrutiny

SHOWBIZ