Your Monday morning news round up

Karen Buckley’s family face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home for burial; Médecins Sans Frontières is launching a search-and-rescue operation for Italian migrants; and Leinster scuppered by Toulon. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Family faces long wait before they can bring Karen home

The family of Irish student Karen Buckley face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home for burial.

IRELAND

All hands on deck as pub opens in shipping container

He serves pints in his London shipping container, where customers can exchange football stickers for pints.

MSF launching search-and-rescue operation for Italian migrants

Médecins Sans Frontières is launching a search-and-rescue operation in the Mediterranean in light of the recent deaths of more than 600 people there.

SPORT

Leinster scuppered by the fine margins

If Jamie Heaslip had suggested before this Champions Cup semi-final that Leinster’s semi-final clash with Toulon would be akin to a boxing match, it may have conjured an image of a mismatch in the eyes of many observers.

Rodgers: Reds will learn from loss

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hopes his players will learn from another chastening big-game defeat after admitting his side were inhibited by their Wembley appearance.

WORLD

Up to 950 migrants die as boat capsizes

As many as 950 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast in what may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said.

Night stalker rapist to be sentenced after 30 years of attacks

More than a dozen women have contacted police in England fearing they were targeted by a night stalker rapist who is due to be sentenced for attacks spanning nearly 30 years.

BUSINESS

Most Irish SMEs can’t process online sales

More than 90% of SMEs cannot process online sales while six in every 10 cannot take orders online either.

EXAMVIRAL

Letterkenny man finds live grenade in the garden but wife tells him to finish gardening

One woman in Donegal was having none of it when her husband told her he found a live grenade in the garden.

SHOWBIZ

Bobby says daughter Bobbi Kristina is awake

Singer Bobby Brown has told concertgoers that his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, is awake nearly three months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub.

TECHNOW

Video - here's what happened when the Star Wars Celebration hit Dublin!

Star Wars Celebration is a massive event taking place in California right now - it's the ultimate fan experience with the cast and filmmakers taking part to give everyone a chance to visit a galaxy far, far away.