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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. #ADOPTION: it has been revealed that at least 126 children adopted from St Patrick’s Guild in Dublin were incorrectly registered as the biological children of their adoptive parents. One group has said this number is just the “tip of the iceberg”.
2. #ISRAEL: Israel said it struck 25 more Hamas “military targets” in air raids in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket and mortar fire, part of the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war.
3. #SAVITA: The Dublin City Library and Archive has confirmed that the messages of support left at a mural of Savita Halappanavar are to be preserved, catalogued and digitised.
4. #HARD BORDER: Rank-and-file gardaí stationed in border counties are concerned that there will be a surge in crime in the event of a hard border.
5. #RUSSIA: Russia has rejected calls at the United Nations to accept responsibility for the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine after an investigation found that a Russian army missile was used in the attack.
6. #ROSEANNE: Actor Roseanne Barr has apologised to cast and crew after her popular tv show was cancelled over a ‘racist’ tweet she sent regarding a former Obama aide.
7. #DRUMM: The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm will continue their deliberations today. Yesterday, they were told that they must give unanimous verdicts in the court case.
8. #WEATHER: Yesterday was the hottest day of the year across Ireland, but cloudier, more humid and wetter weather is on the way.
9. #ATTACK: Belgium’s interior minister has said that a gunman who shot two police officers dead and another bystander yesterday killed a fourth person the day before the attack.
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