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Saturday 10 June 2023 Dublin: 17°C

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# Wildfires
Department of Foreign Affairs updates travel advice for Greece as Irish honeymoon couple caught up in wildfires
While the woman has since been hospitalised, the man remains missing.
# Complications
Ireland to pause use of transvaginal mesh after 'understandable public anxiety'
Thousands of women across the world have suffered complications after having a vaginal mesh device implanted.
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# Dublin Bay North
Catherine Noone to join Fine Gael ticket in the 'group of death'
She was selected to run alongside Education Minister Bruton.
# scorchio
'Stay out of the sun' - Britain's heatwave is nearly at national emergency levels
Temperatures in London are topping 30 degrees.
# The Estate of things
Eoghan Murphy defends St Michael's plan after colleague calls it 'overdevelopment'
Murphy’s own party colleague, junior minister Catherine Byrne, said that the plan “looked like overdevelopment”.
# Ware the streets
Planning permission granted for refurbishment of warehouse that used to belong to U2
It will contain a 311 square metre restaurant.
# Spring Forward Fall Back
Should the clocks go forward and back? The EU wants your opinion
The majority of EU states operate summertime arrangements.
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# In Service
Work to start soon on three service stations delayed for years
The work is expected to take four months.
# Quiz
Quiz: Are you in Ireland or abroad?
Could you tell the difference if pushed?
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Here’s what had people talking today.
# Overturned
M50 southbound closed after horsebox overturns
The truck overturned between junction 12 Firhouse and junction 13 Sandyford.
# water safety
'It can end in tragedy' - Public warned about jumping into unguarded waters
A group of young people were spotted jumping from a bridge in Dublin’s docklands into the Royal Canal.
# RIP
Former Education and Economic Planning Minister Martin O'Donoghue dies aged 85
O’Donoghue was elected to the Dáil in 1977 as a TD for Dun Laoghaire.
# m11
Gardaí stop driver who was going 158kph on 100kph road
The speed limit on the road is 100kmph.
# Listowel
Man in his 90s killed in Kerry farm accident
It is understood the accident involved a tractor and machinery.
# Derry
Appeal for information on 'shocking' video of teen throwing petrol bomb at van
The incident happened last week in Derry.
# Content warning
Minister tells Facebook he is 'appalled and disgusted' over harmful content
Naughten said that the company needed a “step change” in their practices.
# Data Breach
PSNI says it has 'no report' of private data being handed to loyalist paramilitaries
The Irish News says it has seen the data.
# For Sale
The K Club is up for sale - with a price tag of €80 million
Ever wanted to own a Ryder Cup venue?
# Sorry
Emotional Ian Paisley apologises for 'total failure' to disclose family holidays
Paisley said the statement came with “profound personal regret and deep personal embarrassment” .
# postcode lottery
The average house price is lower than €250,000 in just TWO Dublin postcodes
The county with the lowest average house price was Longford at €101,587.
# abstentionism
'A wee bit of nonsense' - Sinn Féin deputy leader hits back over MPs refusing to sit in Westminster
The party has seven MPs elected to Westminster.
# Headford
Woman dies in Galway farm accident
It is understood that there were livestock in the field at the time.
# Rock On
Hard Rock Hotel to open in Dublin in 2020
It will be based in the city centre.
# RNLI
Father and sons saved by lifeboat after getting caught in rip current
All three were taken to hospital.
# Down and drought
Showers across the country today - but drought warnings remain in place
There will be little change to soil moisture.
# clutching at straws
Ikea is getting rid of single-use straws from its stores and restaurants
The company aims to remove all single-use plastic products by 2020.
# Leitrim
Man in his 40s killed after van hits tree
He was the sole occupant of the van.
# feeling hot hot hot
Showers throughout the week, but heatwave-level weather to return for the weekend
By the weekend, there will be highs of 27 degrees.
# Dail Quizness
Quiz: How much do you know about this Dáil term?
They’re off on their holidays.
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Here’s what had people talking today.
# Skerries
Teenager mugged after passenger jumped from car wielding a baseball bat
It has been reported the girl was returning from the Longitude music festival.
# novichok
'Painstaking and vital work' - Police investigating link between Novichok death and Skripal poisoning
They say that 400 items in total have been collected.
# It's a race
Sinn Féin WILL run a candidate in the presidential election
The party made the announcement today.
# gorse
Residents allowed return to their homes as Bray Head fire under control
The fire broke out in front of a tent on Bray Head.
# blood cancer
'I thought I was just tired - but it was blood cancer'
Rare MPNs account for around 10% of all blood cancers in Ireland.
# darts suspended
Efforts to fight Bray Head gorse fire hampered by drones
Gardaí said that emergency helicopters cannot safely assist in until all drones are out of the air space.
# Lissarda
Nine fire units battling blaze at Cork timber factory
The fire broke out this morning at Lissarda, west of Cork city.
# Bogside
'A miracle officers weren't injured' - Police say Derry rioters tried to murder them
Disorder broke out in the city for the sixth night in a row.