Evening round-up: Government agrees €3bn broadband plan; Mass eviction notice in Cork city

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

TO INFORM

Broadband billions: The Government has agreed a €3bn plan to roll out high-speed broadband to over 540,000 homes and premises in rural Ireland over the next seven years.

Saoradh searched: Detectives investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee have searched the headquarters of the republican Saoradh organisation.

Mass eviction: Residents in an apartment building on the northside of Cork city say they are facing homelessness after being served a mass eviction notice.

Airport chaos: Passengers climbed out through emergency exits onto the wings of an Aer Lingus aeroplane when they panicked after the pilot told them to disembark rapidly at Cork Airport.

Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland’s political leaders have vowed to strive for a deal to restore powersharing as a fresh talks process began at Stormont.

Murder trial: One of the two boys who denies murdering schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel told a garda he believed that injuries the other accused said he suffered in an assault by older boys were actually inflicted by Ana.

Morgue issues: Post mortems are no longer to be carried out University Hospital Waterford mortuary in State cases, according to gardaí.

EU elections: Cross-party Brexit talks have again failed to reach agreement as the UK Government confirms European elections will go ahead.

Declined offer: Coaches Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones will leave Munster at the end of the season.

Shell-shocked: Solicitor Gerald Kean has told a High Court jury he was “shell-shocked” by a front-page newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office three years ago.

Grocery growth: The prices of Irish groceries rose by an annual 2.6% over the Easter period, the fastest since August 2016.

TO ENGAGE

Sick notes: A trial collapsed as civilian Garda employee Lynn Margiotta’s rights had been breached. Now she and her brother want answers, says Special Correspondent Michael Clifford.

Trump trade-off: Trump's embrace of bilateralism in trade relations has pernicious long-term consequences, including ratcheting up the odds of violent conflict, writes Charles Hankla.

TO ENTERTAIN

Starbucks slip-up: Game Of Thrones has admitted that a coffee cup left in a shot in the most recent episode of the show was a mistake.

Shame waves: Bret Easton Ellis’s new book challenges the ‘over-reaction’ culture of Trump-baiting and public shaming, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.