EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #LABOUR: The Labour Party’s annual conference is to conclude in Galway today but first the focus shifts to international affairs, justice and equality and local government. Last night, leader Eamon Gilmore said that “most of the hard work” has now been achieved by the current government but two more “difficult” budgets will be required.
Meanwhile, Education Minister and senior party member Ruairi Quinn has told the Sunday Independent that there should be consequences for politicians and businessmen who various tribunals have been critical of.
2. #FIRE: Two women have died following a house fire in Dungannon in county Tyrone. The PSNI said that a man in his 30s escaped with his life after the alarm was raised at Dunlea Vale at about 10pm last night.
3. #SYRIA: International military observers will be deployed to Syria for the first time since unrest began last year after the UN Security Council voted in favour of a legally-binding resolution calling for violence to end and peace talks to begin.
4. #ROADS: A man in his 30s has died in a single-car collision in Galway overnight after the vehicle he was driving hit a road sign at Gortaloman.
5. #TRIBUNALS: Justice Minister Alan Shatter has told the Sunday Business Post that he has not held any meetings with controversial Tipperary North TD Michael Lowry since entering Government last year. However, he also said that he did not believe any elected individual should be excluded from the courtesy of a meeting with a minister.
6. #BANK GUARANTEE: The Public Accounts Committee is planning to hold a Dáil inquiry into the decisions taken by the previous government in relation to the banking and financial crisis, according to the Sunday Times. Committee members want to interview Brian Cowen, as well as the former chiefs at both AIB and Bank of Ireland.
7. #TITANIC100: Prayers have been said at the spot in the North Atlantic where 1,514 people lost their lives after the RMS Titanic sank exactly 100 years ago today. TheJournal.ie has been covering the centenary commemorations over the past week and this morning has a pictorial record of the aftermath of the tragedy.
8. #HILLSBOROUGH: This weekend also marks the 23rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster during which 96 people were crushed to death at the football stadium. In this morning’s column, spokesperson for the Hillsborough Justice Campaign Sheila Coleman asks us to imagine 23 years of being unjustly blamed for what happened.
9. #BEE GEES: Some sad news this morning as the family of Robin Gibb confirms that the former Bee Gee is in a coma after contracting pneumonia.
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