Your Friday lunchtime news catch-up

Hundreds of Cork students left stranded after Junior Cert disco fiasco; Families of balcony collapse victims lay flowers at Berkeley memorial; and you need to watch Jon Stewart’s powerful monologue on the Charleston shootings. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

MOST READ: Hundreds of Cork students left stranded after Junior Cert disco fiasco

Cork parents have launched complaints against a company which organised a Junior Cert party held in a Cork hotel last night.

IRELAND

Families of balcony collapse victims lay flowers at Berkeley memorial

The families of some of those killed and injured in the Berkeley balcony collapsed have laid flowers at a memorial to the victims near the scene.

MOST READ: Berkeley tragedy: Builders sued for similar failings

Images of rotting wood left exposed by the deadly collapse of a balcony in Berkeley are “incredibly similar” to pictures used in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the construction company that built the complex where six students died, it was claimed last night.

SPORT

Roy Keane 'confronted waving cabbie'

A cab driver has described how Roy Keane followed and “aggressively” confronted him after he had waved at the ex-Manchester United captain in the street.

MOST READ: Eamon O’Shea: No excuses as Tipperary ready to break Limerick hoodoo

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea is confident that the Premier County can smash their recent Limerick hoodoo in next Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

WORLD

Plane stowaway falls to death after clinging on for 12,000km; second in hospital

A stowaway has plunged to his death from a plane and landed on a shop in a high street in England – while another is in hospital after surviving the fall.

MOST READ: Capitalism leaving Earth a ‘pile of filth’

Pope Francis called for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he calls the “structurally perverse” economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an “immense pile of filth.”

ANALYSIS

ALISON O'CONNOR: Media merger guidelines are impotent and an act of cowardice

It was a barefaced cheek of the minister to make a virtue out of the new guidelines, writes Alison O’ Connor

EXAMVIRAL

Ozzie the Australian cat turns up in Armagh, 19,000 km from home

Mystery surrounds a starving, bedraggled stray cat taken in by a shelter in Co Armagh - after a health check revealed he came from Australia.

MOST READ: VIDEO: You need to watch Jon Stewart’s powerful monologue on the Charleston shootings

You can always rely on Jon Stewart to lay it out straight. Especially when things get serious.

TECHNOW

MOST READ: Samsung working on a fix for major security issue with Galaxy phones and tablets

Many Samsung mobile phones are vulnerable to an exploit involving their keyboard and the company is taking steps to solve it

BUSINESS

Aer Lingus shareholders to consider IAG bid

Aer Lingus shareholders are considering a €1.4bn offer for the airline from IAG, after the full details of the bid were published this morning.

MOST READ: Malaysia poaches Ryanair’s Peter Bellew

Malaysia Airlines has poached Peter Bellew of Ryanair to serve as its chief operations officer.

LIFESTYLE

LIVE: Follow the Pink Swingers on their epic journey around Ireland

Follow the ’Pink Swingers’ as they attempt to complete the challenge of playing one hole of golf in each of the 32 counties of Ireland on the 19th and 20th of June in aid of Breast Cancer Ireland.

SHOWBIZ

Game Of Thrones: Lena Headey's naked 'Walk of Shame' body double revealed

Entertainment Weekly has now revealed it was actress Rebecca Van Cleave who appeared naked in the season finale after she was drafted in as a body double.