EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #WEATHER: Met Éireann has issued a weather warning from 5pm this evening until 3pm tomorrow with windy and stormy weather expected across the country. Winds in some areas are expected to be as high as 120 kilometres per hour.
2. #ADRIAN DONOHOE: Two men living in New York have been questioned by gardaí in connection with the murder of detective sergeant Adrian Donohoe in Louth nearly a year ago, the Irish Daily Mail reports today.
3. #WEXFORD: A man who was being detained by gardaí in connection with the discovery of the body of a man at a house in Courtown Harbour in Co Wexford on Christmas Eve has been released without charge.
4. #WINTER SALES: The post-Christmas sales are already under way this morning with Grafton Street a busy place at 7am. Retailers around the country are offering discounts of up to 80 per cent on some items. Here is some essential information if you’re heading out today.
5. #ADVISERS: A total of nine ministerial advisers earn salaries higher than public sector pay guidelines, according to details released just before Christmas. People working for ministers including the Tánaiste, Richard Bruton and Joan Burton all earn above the pay cap the coalition itself implemented.
6. #INSOLVENCY: Thousands of people have contacted the Insolvency Service of Ireland in the first three months of its existence according to recently-released figures. The website of the ISI has been visited over 107,000 times.
7. #HEALTH INSURANCE: People who have taken out health insurance at a young age will be rewarded over those who take out a policy in later life under plans being formulated by Health Minister James Reilly, the Irish Independent reports today.
8. #O’CONNELL TOWER: Visitors to the famous O’Connell Round Tower in Glasnevin Cemetery will soon be able to climb to the top of it for the first time in over four decades with planning permission to reconstruct its wooden staircase secured in recent weeks. The nationalist monument was bombed by loyalists in 1971.
9. #INDIA: An Indian gangster linked to dozens of murders escaped from police custody after apparently serving food laced with sedatives to officers guarding him. AFP reports that Vikram Paras carried out the daring escape as four armed officers were escorting him from the busy Old Delhi Railway Station in the capital yesterday.
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