EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #SURROUNDED: A garda operation involving armed units supported by the army surrounding a house in north Donegal has ended without an arrest.
2. #PIPS: A month in, the Insolvency Service of Ireland has 52 Personal Insolvency Practitioners (PIPs) working around the country but four counties have none at all.
3. #MIGRANTS: The Maltese Prime Minister has told the BBC that European waters close to Africa are turning into a cemetery after another boat laden with migrants capsized killing an estimated 50 people.
4. #MARCH: A union supported anti-austerity pre-budget march is planned for Dublin today. SIPTU’s president Jack O’Connor was reluctant to predict numbers.
5. #SNOWDEN: Former US secretary of state Hilary Clinton has said that a “sensible adult conversation” is needed about state surveillance in the wake of the leaking of secret NSA files.
6. #DETENTION: Construction of the new juvenile detention facility in Lusk, Co Dublin will begin on Monday. It comes as pressure from human rights groups led to a Government closure order of St Patrick’s Institution.
7. #MEDICAL CARDS: The issue of discretionary medical cards was placed firmly on politicians’ agenda this week as the Dáil heard a number of horror stories.
8. #DO THE MATHS: A fear of maths is hurting Ireland’s economy but it could also damage society according to the national director of MathsWeek.ie.
9. #CHEVRON: The memorial service will take place today of former Pogues guitarist Phil Chevron who was also a founding member of influential Dublin punk band the Radiators from Space.
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