EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #BANKERS: The Government promised a banking inquiry yesterday but it will not investigate Anglo Irish Bank until after the trials of former executives according to the Irish Times.
2. #SYRIA: Bashar al-Assad says that Syria is committed to destroying its chemical weapons but that it could take up to a year.
3. #JUNIOR DOCTORS: The HSE and union officials are to examine the rosters of junior doctors in two hospitals today to try to avert planned strike action.
4. #ELAINE O’HARA: Gardaí have interviewed in excess of 120 people and seized 1,600 hours of CCTV footage as part of their investigation into the death of Elaine O’Hara.
5. #BARGAIN: Shopping around for your home insurance could save you up to €362 according to new research from the National Consumer Agency.
6. #JOBBRIDGE: Interns can now do three internships instead of two.
7. #HURRICANE: Tropical storm Miguel has been upgraded to a category one hurricane after battering the Mexican coast this week leading to the deaths of more than 80 people.
8. #SHOOTING: A man is being held at Lucan Garda station in connection with the shooting dead of Dean Johnson in Clondalkin.
9. #BIG MOVE: The sun’s temperature will increase so much that earth will be uninhabitable in 3 billion years according to scientists. Mars will be positively balmy, however, and may be our best bet for escape. [Guardian]
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