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LAST UPDATE | 21 Apr
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.
1. A €50 million bridge first approved during the Celtic Tiger era is moving closer to construction – despite no clear evidence of updated environmental checks along its protected river corridor.
2. The economy is expected to continue growing, even if the war in the Middle East persists for a long time.
The Tánaiste will brief Cabinet today on a range of economic scenarios that could develop as a result of the conflict and the global energy supply crisis.
3. The United States and Iran both warned they were ready for war as the clock ticked down on a ceasefire, with uncertainty over whether talks that US President Donald Trump had announced would resume in Pakistan.
4. US singer D4vd pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his apparently abandoned Tesla.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s Office said the 21-year-old D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, was charged with first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts with a person under 14 and mutilating a body.
5. Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as the company’s CEO in September.
In a statement, the technology giant said its vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus will succeed Cook as chief executive.
6. The Minister for Housing was urged to carry out an audit to find out how prevalent licence agreements are in the country’s rental market.
It comes after The Journal reported that a former office on Dublin’s Clare Street has been converted into a residential property, with up to 22 bed spaces available to let for up to €890 each per month.
7. The late Pope Francis had given his blessing for a Popemobile he used for a 2014 papal journey to the Middle East to be converted into a mobile health clinic for the children of Gaza.
But a year on from Francis’s death, the vehicle of hope has not yet entered Gaza, despite being ready for many months. It lies parked a few miles from Gaza, awaiting permission to enter despite repeated pleas.
8. The first census of the Irish Free State was released over the weekend, giving us a sense of what people’s lives were like in 1926.
We’re asking what you’ve discovered in the 1926 census about your own family, or if you have anything of interest about your local area or otherwise.
9. A gunman killed a Canadian tourist and wounded six other people at Mexico’s famed Teotihuacan archaeological site yesterday, authorities said.
The gunman killed himself after opening fire at the heavily visited destination in central Mexico, home to pre-Aztecan pyramids, according to a security official.
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