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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Gaza’s Rafah Crossing to reopen, Trump’s disappointment with Time magazine and a motion of confidence in Simon Harris.
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
Rafah Crossing
1. Hamas has handed over four more bodies of hostages to Israel, leading Israel to allow Gaza’s key Rafah crossing to reopen on Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian territory.
Time magazine
2. US President Donald Trump has expressed his disappointment at the “super bad” picture of him on Time magazine’s cover.
Asian hornets
3. The recent discovery of two Asian hornet nests in Cork and subsequent sightings in Dublin are a sign of the accelerating ecological risks to Ireland’s environment, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Motion of confidence
4. The Government will bring forward a motion of confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris this afternoon, pre-empting a no-confidence motion from Aontú set for next week.
D’Angelo
5. Grammy-winning R&B singer D’Angelo has died at the age of 51.
Deputy principals
6. The Department of Education has been urged to target its “small” allocation of €3 million for additional deputy principals at DEIS and smaller schools.
Connolly profile
7. Eoghan Dalton analyses the life and career of presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly.
Humphreys profile
8. Diarmuid Pepper takes a look at the life and career of presidential hopeful Heather Humphreys.
Hamas
9. US President Donald Trump has said that “we will disarm” Hamas if the Palestinian group’s members refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the organisation to release the bodies of hostages in Gaza.
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