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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. A number of restaurants have said they will cut the prices on their menus as a thank you to customers after the government slashed their VAT – but the industry does not expect many to follow suit.
2. The inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe has been adjourned in an “unprecedented” move.
3. Crowds gathered at Dame Court in Dublin’s city centre last night in protest against the end of Yamamori Izakaya’s DJ and nightclub events.
4. Both members of British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan have launched separate legal proceedings against the BBC in the High Court in Ireland.
5. El Nino will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency has warned.
6. The disorder that followed a stabbing in Belfast was coordinated “primarily” online by a mix of different figures, senior police officers have said.
7. Elon Musks X has accused media watchdog Coimisiún na Meán of “kicking the can down the road” and damaging its reputation in an investigation into the online platform that has been ongoing since December 2025.
8. Gonçalo Ramos headed a stoppage-time winner and Josko Gvardiol had an equaliser controversially disallowed as Portugal beat Croatia in a thrilling World Cup last-32 contest in Toronto.
9. A former US Olympian was charged with vandalising Washington’s newly renovated – but already peeling – Reflecting Pool and could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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