EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #BOTTLED: Supermarkets as far south as Dublin are being cleared out of water as the shortage in Louth and Meath enters its sixth day.
2. #PERSONAL INJURY: There was a sharp increase in personal injury suits last year, and the highest award given was €9 million.
3. #ROOM TO BREATHE: The UK is to ban the sale of all diesel and petrol cars by 2040 “to clean up dirty air on roads”.
4. #MELBOURNE: A top Vatican cardinal has denied all charges of child sex abuse on his first appearance at a court in Melbourne.
5. #LUAS: More traffic disruptions are on the way in Dublin, as further testing takes place on the new Luas line.
6. #WORKER RIGHTS: A report on the pay and conditions of Irish stable workers described staff as “vulnerable, scared, overworked and underpaid”.
7. #GOVERNMENT: The Cabinet will meet for the last time until September today, where it is expected to nominate a new Chief Justice, reports RTÉ.
8. #TRUMP: The US President appears to be mulling over whether he should fire his Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
9. #CLONMEL: A paramedic is said to have been left 100km from base after a “disagreement” with a colleague who then drove off.
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