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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.
1. Three in five Irish people get to work by car – and their commute is now a lot more expensive than it was just two months ago.
We asked our readers how they’re getting on amidst the fuel crisis and received many responses.
2. An Irish citizen is due to go on trial today for their alleged role in a break-in at a German subsidiary of an Israeli arms firm.
Daniel Tatlow-Devally is one of five young Berlin-based activists who have been charged with trespass and property damage at Elbit Systems Deutschland in the southwestern city of Ulm.
3. A 33-year-old man was remanded in custody after being charged in connection with the death of his mother in an assault at the weekend in Galway.
Milena Ostojic, aged 65, died at University Hospital Galway in the early hours of Saturday morning after an assault at her home on Friday night.
4. Former Fianna Fáil TD Jim Glennon came forward as the former politician who gave sex offender Daniel Ramamoorthy a character reference.
Glennon, a former Irish international rugby player, was a TD for Dublin North from 2002 to 2007. He apologised for providing the reference and said he would be resigning all employment.
5. The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner sent writings to family members minutes before the shooting referring to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” and railing against Trump administration policies, officials said.
6. The high cost of electricity is the biggest barrier to uptake of heat pumps in Ireland, the director of retrofitting at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) said.
And while soaring oil and gas prices since the US and Israel attacked Iran nearly two months ago are likely to have many homeowners thinking about retrofitting to reduce their energy bills, the conflict could also push up prices in the sector.
7. An Garda Síochána has strong female representation compared to other European countries – within policing in Ireland women make up roughly a third of sworn members and an increasing presence across supervisory and senior ranks.
Yet for two experienced gardaí active within the Garda Representative Association (GRA), the working environment all gardaí face is becoming more challenging, and when it comes to balancing family life, “it’s women who take the career hit”.
8. US President Donald Trump has used a shooting at a gala he attended in Washington to push his plans to construct a huge ballroom next to the White House that has faced legal challenges.
But he found himself on the backfoot when parts of the shooter’s manifesto appearing to criticise a “rapist” in the administration were read to him on 60 Minutes, causing him to angrily reject the presenter’s question that the gunman’s allegations.
9. A car which exploded outside a police station on the outskirts of Belfast over the weekend had been “hijacked” and the New IRA is believed to be responsible, senior police in the region have said.
Political leaders from across the island have united to condemn the incident, which resulted in the evacuation of nearby homes, including two babies.
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