Your Friday lunchtime news catch-up

The funeral of a Westmeath couple shot dead in last week’s Tunisian beach massacre took place today, single mothers have spoken of the hardship they will face over cuts to lone parent payments this week, Conor McGregor has called out Floyd Mayweather and 100 jobs have been announced for Dublin. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Athlone mourns couple killed by terrorist in Tunisia

The funeral of a Westmeath couple shot dead in last week's Tunisian beach massacre has heard that their murders have left a community "shocked, stunned and devastated".

IRELAND

Garda Commissioner promises review after Dáil protest

The Garda Commissioner has promised a full review of security measures around Wednesday's protests at the Dáil.

MOST READ: Anger over lone parent payment cuts

Tánaiste Joan Burton has been forced to make quality childcare a priority for her party at the general election, as she scrambled to contain the fallout from cuts to lone parent payments this week.

SPORT

VIDEO: Brian Hogan: ‘Canning and Holden will be a key battle’

Former Kilkenny centre-back Brian Hogan believes a number of key battles will have a huge bearing on the Leinster Hurling Final between Galway and Kilkenny on Sunday.

MOST READ: John Meyler: Cork suffering as club hurling ‘too nice’

All-Ireland medallist John Meyler believes Corkare producing technically excellent hurlers, but claims they are being held back by the lack of real intensity in the local club championships.

WORLD

'IS' destroys archaeological pieces

The so-called Islamic State says it has destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic Syrian town of Palmyra after they were confiscated from a smuggler.

Seventh shark attack in three weeks in US

A shark bit a 68-year-old man several times off North Carolina, officials have said. The attack is the seventh such incident in the US state’s coastal waters in less than three weeks.

ANALYSIS

Banking Inquiry: Sorry seems not be the hardest word to say but rather the hardest one to mean

Contrary to popular belief, what Brian Cowen’s appearance at the banking inquiry demonstrated is that sorry is not the hardest word.

EXAMVIRAL

VIDEO: Watch Irish kids discuss Girls vs. Boys

YouthTuber.ie sat down a few Irish kids and asked them who’s better, girls or boys.

MOST READ: Man fired for drinking ten beers before telling boss to ’f*** off’ wins unfair dismissal case

We’re all, no doubt, familiar with the embarrassment that can follow the office Christmas party.

TECHNOW

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— Irish Examiner Lifestyle (@IELifestyle_) July 3, 2015

VIDEO Beast and Mystique get physical in new X-Men Rogue Cut scene

If you were a fan of X-Men Days of Future Past there's good news - you'll get to see more of it soon.

MOST READ: Casio will release first smartwatch next year

Casio is working on a smartwatch, which it is preparing to release by the end of March 2016.

BUSINESS

Insurance firm to create 100 jobs in Dublin

Blue Insurance has today pledged to create 100 new jobs in Dublin over the next two years.

MOST READ: ‘Inadequate infrastructure hampering Cork business’

The success of Cork businesses is being undermined by a number of infrastructural deficits in the region that need to be urgently addressed, a leading business representative body has claimed.

LIFESTYLE

Grateful Dead live for the last time

The hugely influential rockers will play their last gig on Sunday, 50 years after they formed and 20 years after frontman Jerry Garcia died, says Richard Fitzpatrick

SHOWBIZ