EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know with your morning coffee.
1. #THE TROUBLES: Gerry Adams has spent a third night in custody, being questioned about the abduction, murder and disappearance of mother-of-ten Jean McConville in 1972. The Sinn Féin President can be held until 8pm tomorrow.
2. #WAR ON DRUGS: Five people, including a man in his 70s, have been arrested following the seizure of €5.1 million worth of cannabis in Ballymun, Dublin.
3. #CONFLICT: The Ukrainian government has said it ‘will not stop’ as a military offensive resumes this morning, just hours after the country’s bloodiest day since the conflict began.
4. #LEAKY LEAK: Mixed news on the water charges front this morning. Both the Irish Times and Irish Independent report that the government is planning to scrap the mooted €50 standing charge – but that will mean higher bills.
5. #DISASTER: It is feared that more than 2,000 people perished in a landslide at an Afghan village in a remote corner of the country, reports the Guardian. The site has been described as a “mass grave” as rescuers cannot reach bodies in the 30-metre deep mud.
6. #PATENT WARS: Samsung is to pay Apple $119.6 million in a legal case over smartphone patents. Apple claims the result proves that Samsung “willfully stole our ideas and copied our products”. But here’s why the firm may be over-egging it.
7. #LOCALS: According to the Daily Mail, Mary Hanafin is to making a ‘sensational return to politics’ and will run in this month’s local elections for Fianna Fáil.
8. #BYE BYE: The HSE’s financial woes continue. The embattled agency’s chief financial officer Thomas Byrne has quit less than one year into a five-year contract, reports RTÉ News.
9. #WELL HOLY GOD: Two cleaners at a church in Cork recently discovered a surprise behind a statue of St Therese – €16,000 in Irish punts with a note ‘For the Church’.
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