The 9 at 9 Man killed in crash at Dublin Airport, stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz and the Taoiseach flies to Cyprus…

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Dublin Airport 

1. A man in his 60s was killed when he was hit by a shuttle bus at Dublin Airport just after midnight. 

Census 

2. The 1926 Census records indicate that over half of the 16,000 people recorded as being in institutions at the time were confined to mental hospitals.

EU leaders 

3. Taoiseach Micheál Martin is heading off to Cyprus today – the member state which currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.

War

4. The deadlock in the Strait of Hurmuz has continued today after Iran said it seized two ships and the US military said it turned back 31 vessels. 

Inner city 

5. The crime rate in Dublin’s south-west inner city is more than twice the national average.

HAP scheme 

6. There were just 14 properties available to rent within the limits of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme across 16 local authority areas last month. 

Head-on collision

7. At least ten people have been injured in a train crash in Denmark. 

Journalist killed 

8. An Israeli strike killed a journalist and wounded another in Lebanon, even as a nominal ceasefire remains in place. 

Los Angeles 

9. Officials in the US have confirmed that a 14-year-old girl found dead in US singer D4vd’s car died from “multiple penetrating injuries”.

 

Close