EACH MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
1. #BACK ON OUR FEET: The economy is expected to grow massively over the next two years – 4% in 2015, and at a similar rate next year as well. The ESRI also believes the unemployment rate will fall to 8.4% by the end of 2016.
2. #COURTS: The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial have asked for a number of items, including a flipchart, maps and an overview of phone contacts. Justice Tony Hunt concluded his instructions to them yesterday.
3. #GERMANWINGS: The search for victims of yesterday’s passenger plane crash in the French Alps has resumed this morning. More details of the crash, including recent repairs carried out on the plane, have emerged.
4. #WRONG NUMBERS: Irish Water has confirmed to RTÉ News that it will issue millions of bills next month knowing that the information will be inaccurate. The Government last night announced yet another new deadline for signing up.
5. #PORTLAOISE: As the row continues between Hiqa and the HSE over a report into baby deaths at Portlaoise, the mother of one baby who died has told the Examiner she finds it “disgusting” that parents are getting caught up in the middle of the dispute.
6. #EVICTION: Squatters occupying a number of buildings at a site in Grangegorman have given details of the work they have done since they took over the space to turn it into a home for 30 people and a service for the community.
7 #ON TRIAL: Socialist TD Paul Murphy has raised the possibility that Tánaiste Joan Burton would have to testify against him in court if he goes on trial over events in Jobstown last November
8. #DETROIT: A mother has been arrested after the frozen bodies of a boy and girl were found in a freezer at the family’s home, according to police. They were discovered while an eviction was being carried out.
9. #THE END: Pack your bags, settle your debts, make sure the house is tidy – the universe is going to collapse really soon, according to Phys Org… at least in relative terms. It could happen in the next tens of billions of years, which is a lot sooner than expected.
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