NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Gardaí in south Dublin are investigating after the body of a man was found in a river by a member of the public.
- A new poll has shown the Irish government at its highest approval ratings since 2011
- Details on how water charges are to be refunded are still to be worked out.
- A 36-year-old woman has spoken about being forced to give up her job following the reform of the One Parent Family Payment.
- Tributes were paid to a renowned Irish diver who died while helping another diver in Egypt.
- Ireland’s most popular tourist counties and attractions contributed to tourist revenues of €4.6 billion last year.
- A sacked shop worker was awarded €9,000 after a row that started because he was chewing gum.
- Irish Water was slammed for its response to a supply crisis in the north-east of the country.
WORLD
#TWO PRINCES: Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry have spoken about their ‘fun and loving’ mother Diana in a new documentary to be broadcast tomorrow.
#MIND THE GAP: Prominent women at the BBC have written an open letter to Director-General Tony Hall saying he ‘can do better’ on the gender pay-gap.
#HOLY LAND: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting pressure over new security measures at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of violence left eight people dead.
#UNITED STATES: Eight people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart store in what police are calling a horrific human trafficking case in the Texan city of San Antonio.
PARTING SHOT
Today marks six years since the death of tragic music icon Amy Winehouse.
Back in 2007 she was arguably music’s most talked about figure and in that summer she featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Here is the feature.
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