Thursday lunchtime briefing: 16-year-old killed in Waterford crash. Catch up on all the headlines

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2016 - 01:00

Irish Examiner digital staff

IRELAND

A 16-year-old girl has been killed in a car crash in Co Waterford. She was a passenger in a car that struck a wall on Cliff Road, in Newtown, Tramore, last night. No other vehicle was involved in the crash.

One of the whistleblowers at the centre of a Garda scandal has been called a "decent, honourable man".

A Sinn Féin TD has told the Dáil of his pain at losing two brothers to suicide. Cork East deputy Pat Buckley was speaking during a debate calling for increased mental health services.

€6m is being spent on flood relief works for Athlone. The Office of Public Works says the scheme has been advanced due to the scale of flooding experienced in the town last winter.

WORLD

Ukip MEP Steven Woolfe is in a "serious" condition in hospital "following an altercation that took place at a meeting of Ukip MEPs this morning" in Strasbourg, Nigel Farage said.

Nearly two million people along the US East Coast have been urged to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Matthew marches towards Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas packing power the US has not seen in more than a decade.

The Polish parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject proposals for a total ban on abortion.

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is said to be in a "stable condition" after she was rushed to hospital for a fourth time since contracting Ebola while working in Africa.

SPORT

There are fears that Tipperary’s 2010 All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly may have played his last competitive game after sustaining cruciate knee ligament damage last weekend

Finn Harps striker Kevin McHugh thinks his season is over and, having seen the picture of his freak finger injury, we’re inclined to agree with him.

Olympic champion Justin Rose has announced he is taking a two-month break from golf in order to fully recover from a back injury.

What do you do if you’re an huge international sporting star in a press conference and you get bored of answering the same questions yet again? Well, if you’re Lewis Hamilton, you get your phone out and start making your own entertainment.

OPINION

The bereavement grant of €850 was abolished in 2013 but some politicians are cynically clamouring for its reintroduction.

On the 125th anniversary of the death of CS Parnell, Ryle Dwyer looks at the historical implications of the Church leading a heave against him.

BUSINESS

Retail Ireland is calling on the Government to ease the tax burden in the Budget.

Longford is not being prioritised by the Government or the IDA when it comes to jobs, according to the President of Longford Chamber of Commerce, Derek Scanlon.

LIFESTYLE

John Michael McDonagh bonded with Alexander Skarsgard through a shared sense of humour and a love of beer, writes Helen Barlow

SHOWBIZ

Graham Norton has claimed that BBC bosses are keen to see him axed, either him or Match of the Day host, Gary Lineker.

VIRAL

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A mother whose 17-year-old son committed suicide after bullying on social media has called for parents, teachers and children to stand up to online abuse.

VIDEO

You know the drill, you meet that friend who went travelling for a bit and now they’re back they can talk about nothing else.

TECHNOW

GAMING: PlayStation VR is out in just a few short days, and there's a good chance that if you're a gamer with a PS4 you're going to want to jump on board.

MOVIES/TV: John Wick 2 is already well on its way towards your cinema screens, and the first teaser trailer is here.

TECH: Google had a major conference yesterday to show of a whole range of new hardware, including two new Pixel smartphones, a VR headset and even a fancy router.