Your Tuesday lunchtime news catch-up

A Spanish visitor using the toilets at a fast-food outlet in Cork City had the cubicle door kicked in; A 15-year-old Killarney student has no place to live and yesterday went in to her Junior Cert geography exam knowing her family had no money for food; Nineteen people injured as a pick-up truck smashed into a cafe in Australia. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Sex assault on tourist in toilets of fast-food restaurant

A Spanish visitor using the toilets at a fast-food outlet in Cork City had the cubicle door kicked in and her face and head banged against the floor by an attacker who removed some of her clothing and sexually assaulted her.

IRELAND

Junior Cert student and family live in a car

A 15-year-old Killarney student has no place to live and yesterday went in to her Junior Cert geography exam knowing her family, including her nine-year-old brother and 20-month-old baby sister, had no more money for food.

Any IBRC delay ‘will hurt State credibility’

Lack of a speedy interim report into the IBRC controversy will lead to a major credibility gap for the investigation into goings-on at the bank, opposition leaders have warned.

MOST READ: Hero fireman saves priest

A hero fireman has saved the life of a priest who almost drowned in a swimming pool on the Costa Del Sol.

SPORT

Given: Small margin will decide victory between equal Ireland and Scotland

Shay Given has admitted the Republic of Ireland’s hopes of Euro 2016 victory over Scotland could come down to a single moment of magic.

MOST READ: TONY CONSIDINE: This Cork team just not good enough

I have given the Cork team and management the benefit of the doubt over the past three years, a point I was reminded of by an old Waterford friend departing Semple Stadium on Sunday evening.

WORLD

19 hurt as truck smashes into Queensland café

Nineteen people were injured when a pick-up truck smashed into a cafe in northern Australia, sparking a fire that engulfed the building, police said.

MOST READ: QUIRKY WORLD ... More money than sense – especially sixth sense

A New York man who sought help from a fortuneteller to fix a romantic relationship says she scammed him out of more than $700,000 (€623,000).

ANALYSIS

MOST READ:FERGUS FINLAY: While we make sport of Delaney, the real scandal is elsewhere

FAI boss John Delaney and media owner Denis O’Brien are the men we’re all supposed to love to hate, men who attract scandal-laden headlines whenever they do anything., writes Fergus Finlay

EXAMVIRAL

Tenors to swing sweet moosic to cows in Limerick

Stop the presses! We have breaking moos from Limerick.

MOST READ: VIDEO: VIDEO: Irish best man uses ukulele to bring down the house at brother’s wedding

Best man Matt O’Boyle decided his speech at his brother Sean’s wedding had to be a little different and what he came up with delighted the crowd.

TECHNOW

MOST READ: James Cameron has seen Terminator Genisys - here's what he thinks!

In one of the best things ever, James Cameron has watched the new Terminator movie. And here he is telling everyone what he thought.

BUSINESS

Snoop Dogg sues beer brewer for breach of contract over sale

Rapper Snoop Dogg is suing a US brewer over a deal he says entitles him a portion of the proceeds from the company’s sale last year.

MOST READ: Signs two-tier economic growth ending

More jobs are being created outside the Dublin region as the economic recovery broadens and finally spells an ending to the two-tier economy, according to two surveys published today.

LIFESTYLE

Feeling like a fish out of water with social anxiety

Do you have a friend or family member who avoids social situations, to the extent that you’ve given up inviting them out? They could be suffering from social anxiety, says Elizabeth O’Neill as it affects one in seven Irish people

SHOWBIZ