LAST UPDATE | 3 May

GOOD MORNING.

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

Housing

1. Construction industry figures have sounded the alarm for ambitions surrounding the building of tens thousands of new apartments.

Middle East 

2. Donald Trump has said he will review a new Iranian peace proposal, but cast doubt over its prospects as he left open the possibility of future attacks on Iran.

House fire

3. Two men and a teenage boy arrested as part of an investigation into the fatal house fire in Co Offaly, in which a woman and child died, have been released without charge.

Big business 

4. Despite being one of the biggest companies the country has ever produced, DCC is almost entirely unknown to the general public.

Travel disruption this weekend

5. There will be major disruption to some train, Dart and Luas timetables this May Bank holiday weekend due to engineering works.

Drugs

6. An executive order signed by Donald Trump to fast track psychedelic drugs for use in medical treatments marks a major shift in US drug policy, experts say. 

GAA

7. Dublin took down Leinster champions Louth with a 10-point win.

Gardaí 

8. A specialist firearm garda has been issued with 17 separate speeding notices as a result of driving to emergency call-outs. 

Politics roundup 

9. A Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, a former TD comes out of the woodwork and a government acting like there’s no housing emergency.