LAST UPDATE | 3 Sep 2020
EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. #CORONAVIRUS: Public health officials have expressed concern at a recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among older people.
2. #CO-LIVING: Property developer Bartra Capital has sought a meeting with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien to challenge what it has described as “sustained misinformed public commentary”.
3. #DRUGS: Two leading members of a Lithuanian gang responsible for the sale of millions of euro worth of heroin in Ireland are on the run following garda raids last week.
4. #LITERATURE: Irish author Anna Burns is on the shortlist for this year’s prestigious International Dublin Literary Award, which is sponsored by Dublin City Council.
5. #MILAN: Former Italian prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for Covid-19 after a precautionary check.
6. #WHITE HOUSE RACE: Joe Biden will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin today to help “heal” the city shaken by racially charged unrest as his campaign announces record fundraising.
7. #TYPHOON MAYSAK: Rescue crews are searching for a livestock ship carrying 42 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle off the coast of Japan.
8. #MENTAL HEALTH: More than a quarter of Irish children and adolescents say they do not have a high satisfaction with life.
9. #BLOODIED FIELD: The GAA has launched a major initiative to remember the victims of the Bloody Sunday attack at Croke Park in 1920.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
have your say