Your Thursday morning catch-up

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

IRELAND

A man is due to appear in court this morning after a 64-year-old Irish woman was found dead at her home in the Netherlands on Monday. Police are treating the death of the woman in the city of den Bosch as suspicious.

Leinster House is to beef up its security. It is on foot of a "material escalation in the level of threat to a member". The new measures will include a scanning system for all visitors, increased lighting and a limit of five visitors per member.

Irish MEPs will this morning be allowed 15 minutes to question the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi, about the Irish banking crisis. Mr Draghi will be in the European Parliament in Brussels this morning, where Fine Gael MEP for Dublin Brian Hayes, Independent MEP for Midlands North West Marian Harkin and Sinn Féin MEP for Midlands North West Matt Carthy will be given five minutes each to question him on the ECB’s actions surrounding Ireland’s bailout programme.

Technology giant Apple has backed up its claims that the European Commission’s impending tax ruling won’t affect its commitment to Ireland by announcing 1,000 new jobs in advance of the decision.

The Health Minister Leo Varadkar will announce a major package of reforms on patient safety today. It will include a new advocacy service to provide support and advice to users of the health service.

WORLD

Temporary border controls begin in Sweden today to help stem the flow of refugees. The restrictions will begin at midday and last for the next 10 days.

The stepbrother of schoolgirl Becky Watts will be sentenced tomorrow after he was found guilty of murdering her during a sexually-motivated kidnap.

SPORT

Robbie Keane insists he does not have to remind manager Martin O’Neill of his goalscoring prowess as the Republic of Ireland head into their Euro 2016 play-off with Bosnia-Herzegovina. The manager is calling for cool heads from his players. “More so than ever, discipline is really important for us,” he said.

Dublin will next season play their first provincial senior football championship game outside Croke Park in 10 years. Confirmed by the Leinster Council last night, the reigning All-Ireland and Leinster champions’ are heading for Nowlan Park next June where they will face the winners of Laois and Wicklow in a quarter-final.

BUSINESS

The Government is promising to create almost a quarter of a million new jobs over the next five years. The figure is part of a 10-year enterprise strategy being unveiled today, billed as a blueprint for rebuilding a sustainable economy.

The Central Bank is to investigate suspected contraventions of insurance regulation by management of the former Quinn Insurance, which entered administration in 2010.

ANALYSIS

This toxic, Islamophobic relationship has far more chance of sending Turkey into the dark ages than Islam ever had, writes Victoria White

LIFESTYLE

Irish people are getting fatter as our lifestyles become more sedentary. So what are primary and post primary schools doing to make sure our kids grow into adults and teenagers who don’t want to lie around on a coach?

VIDEO

Steve Neville is joined by Shaun Cronin and Peter McNamara as the BallTalk team looks ahead to the Republic of Ireland’s crucial Euro 2016 play-off tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

VIRAL

Penneys and The Late Late Toy Show have teamed up to create their very own novelty Christmas Jumper. The popular high-street brand will be releasing limited edition Christmas jumpers just in time for this years Toy Show.

Gardaí in Letterkenny, Co Donegal have been praised by the ISPCA for caring for a 10-day-old male puppy after rescuing him from a hedge. A member of the public spotted a tiny puppy in a hedge in the early hours of this morning near Ard O’Donnell in Letterkenny and alerted the local gardaí.

TECHNOW

GAMING: The ridiculous special edition of Borderlands the Handsome Collection has made a return and Claptrap is fancier than ever

MOVIES: First time feature director Corin Hardy talks to us about new horror movie The Hallow as well as his upcoming take on The Crow

TECH: Apple Music is now available from the Google Play store, giving Android smartphone and tablet owners access to most of the iOS app’s features.

SHOWBIZ

Justin Bieber admitted he is struggling with fame and said he can see similarities between his situation and that of Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011 at the age of just 27.

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It’s hard to put yourself out there, romantically speaking, at the best of times but when you’re not sure if your crush is of the same sexual persuasion, it can get even trickier. Which is why the internet is applauding this story of a straight guy’s encounter with a gay man who slipped him his number.