Wednesday morning briefing: Senior gardaí's actions 'beyond inquiry'. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2016 - 01:00

IRELAND

A campaign by senior gardaí to destroy a whistleblower has “grave and extremely serious” consequences for the force, the Dáil has heard.

TDs have agreed to give themselves a week’s holidays just one month after coming back after their nine-week summer break.

The number of properties available for rent in our towns and cities appears to have dropped by half in a matter of months.

Members of the Defence Forces are experiencing serious injustices over pay.

WORLD

Democrat Tim Kaine aggressively challenged Republican Mike Pence over a long list of Donald Trump's controversial positions and statements in the only vice presidential debate of the US election campaign.

The UK Independence Party has been thrown into disarray after the shock resignation of leader Diane James after just 18 days in charge.

Hurricane Matthew is heading for the southern Bahamas and America's east coast after slamming into Haiti with howling 145mph winds.

Yahoo has reportedly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts at the behest of US intelligence or law enforcement.

SPORT

Dublin will be rightly hailed as one of the truly great sides and are in the middle of writing a very special history for themselves.

Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald has confirmed that only two nominations were received for the position of senior hurling manager and reckons it could be late next week before the interview process commences.

While understandably pleased with the effort which went into securing a valuable away point on the opening night of World Cup qualifying, Roy Keane has said he can also understand some of the criticism of Ireland’s performance in the 2-2 draw with Serbia in Belgrade.

There’s still a chance he could be persuaded to change his mind but as the USA celebrated its first Ryder Cup win for eight years, Pádraig Harrington insisted he was not the man to skipper a new generation of European stars in the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris.

OPINION

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange has vowed to defend the organisation against attack after his intervention in the US presidential election.

Brexit is the greatest political challenge since the Emergency. The first thing to do in the coming week, is pass a budget that does no harm.

BUSINESS

Income tax receipts have continued to bring in less than anticipated for the exchequer, while corporate tax revenues have outperformed again, presenting a mixed bag for Finance Minister Michael Noonan ahead of his budget next week.

Sterling tumbled to its lowest level in three decades amid mounting concern the UK is heading for a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ that would restrict access to the EU’s single market.