Morning briefing: Fears for safety of children in their homes. Catch up on all the headlines
IRELAND
The Government is to review all emergency out-of-hours services for children amid persistent fears that large swathes of the country don’t have the supports to protect minors from “barbaric treatment” in the home.
A prison officer who made a protected disclosure about a violent incident in prison which went unreported has been threatened with dismissal for not completing an academic course.
College bosses are in a flap after a spate of vicious crow attacks on campus grounds.
The HSE is urging people who may have been affected by a salmonella outbreak in a Dublin pub to get in touch with them.
Changes to inheritance laws could allow parents to cut children out of their will.
WORLD
Manchester Victoria railway station has reopened to services more than a week after a suicide bomber brought terror to the city.
A car bomb has exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad, killing 13 people and wounding 24.
SPORT
Tiger Woods has blamed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his driving under the influence arrest and said alcohol was not involved.
The Kerry footballer at the centre of an anti-doping rule violation served a 21-week ban from the game because he didn’t like the taste of caffeine gels, which boost energy, sources close to the controversy have indicated.
OPINION
Prof Shannon’s report details barbaric abuse of children by parents, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has pursued control by varied and ruthless means — breaching EU law and his citizens’ rights. EU states have to do more than finger wag, writes Guy Verhofstadt.
BUSINESS
Dublin is well positioned to cement its position as a global technology, media and telecommunications centre, but only if it can supply the right type office space demanded by the market.
A €6 million expansion of the four-star Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick will increase the number of rooms and suites to nearly 160 and add a state of the art fitness and leisure facility and facilities for corporates.
LIFESTYLE
Selecting the right facility is hugely important for both you and your loved ones, writes Áilín Quinlan.
The day you buy is the day you sell. I was intrigued by this line from solicitor Helene O’Donovan when giving advice to prospective homebuyers at an event organised by KBC Bank.
SHOWBIZ
Lady Lucan will give her own views of what happened to her late husband, Lord Lucan, in a breakthrough television interview.
EXAMVIRAL
Of all the things that could make you fail a drugs test, chances are that you would never think of poppy seed bread.
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