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Captain of the Ecuadorian Tall Ship ‘Guayas’, Amilcar Villavicencio Palacios, poses for photographers to launch the Tall Ships Festival 2012 in Dublin Port. Photo: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps.
THINGS WE LEARNED
#CLOSURE A Galway nursing home has been shut down over a failure to address ‘risk issues’, HIQA announced today. The Owen Riff nursing home in Oughterard was inspected by HIQA in April, which found issues of concern including nutrition and weight loss and falls management.
#SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA MCD chief Denis Desmond said today that he believes the availability of discount drink is to blame for increased concert violence. He told Today FM that a Robbie Williams gig in the Phoenix Park 10 years ago had been trouble-free, but the difference between that event and the Swedish House Mafia gig was cheap alcohol available to young people before going into the concert. He said a zero-tolerance approach will be taken to public drinking outside this Friday’s David Guetta gig in Marlay Park.
#PUSSY RIOT Police in Russia are said to be pursuing other members of the band Pussy Riot who performed at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral. Meanwhile, chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov has denied accusations that he bit a policeman on the hand during a pro-Pussy Riot protest at the weekend.
#BODY FOUND The PSNI is calling for help in identifying a man whose body was found close to the Ardglass harbour on Saturday. It said that a post-mortem is being carried out to determine the cause of death. The man is 30 – 40 years old, of medium build and may have been in the Republic of Ireland recently as he was carrying euros issued there.
#EDUCATION More than two-thirds of parents believe they will have to borrow to fund their children’s third-level education, new research shows. The website Schooldays.ie said that 50 per cent of parents who responded to its survey said they were not aware of the actual cost of third level education.
THINGS WE LOVED
Pictured at the Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre are, from left, Down Rose Una Matthews, Tyrone Rose Catherine Sherry, Westmeath Rose Aisling Baker and Washington DC Rose Briana Apgar with four-year-old Antonia-Ly Pierce from Kilkenny. Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland.
THINGS WE SHARED
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