LAST UPDATE | 26 May

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news you need to start the day.

Water safety

1. Beaches have been thronged in recent days amid an early-summer warm spell, but lifeguard recruitment challenges and an outdated calendar mean swimming spots at Ireland’s seashores, lakes and rivers aren’t monitored until June.

Burrow Beach

2. The teenage girl who died in a tragic drowning incident after getting into difficulty while swimming at Burrow Beach on Sunday has been named locally as Abbie Carmody-Pepper, from Poppintree in Ballymun, Dublin. 

Newry Crown Court

3. The trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is set to get under way later.

Cabinet

4. The Occupied Territories Bill will be brought before cabinet for government approval later, with the aim of enacting it before the Dáil summer recess.

Byelections

5. When Mary Lou McDonald arrived at the RDS count centre late on Saturday afternoon, she was dismissive of the idea that her party was in trouble.

Peace talks

6. US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, US Central Command said, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk and casting new doubt on a deal to end the Middle East war.

Suicide prevention

7. The new national suicide reduction policy is set to place a “stronger focus” on those bereaved by suicide.

Seamus Maguire

8. A search is set to get under way later for one of the final four members of the Disappeared who remains missing. 

Forecast

9. Met Éireann has said that temperatures could reach 30 degrees in some places, with Munster and Leinster set to experience the hottest weather.