LAST UPDATE | 6 Jun

GOOD MORNING.

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

Aughinish Alumina factory

1. There are growing concerns among gardaí and security officials that renewed international attention on a Russian-owned factory in Co Limerick could increase the risk of protests or an attack on the facility, sources have said. 

Online betting

2. The value of regulated online betting in Ireland has breached the €1 billion mark in a single quarter for the first time, in the same period that the value of traditional betting hit a sharp decline. 

Triathlon tragedy

3. The chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Sport is to raise the fallout from the Youghal Ironman tragedy with fellow members this week, ahead of a possible invite for both Sport Ireland and Triathlon Ireland to appear before it. 

West Bank

4. A seven-month-old baby boy was killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday in the occupied West Bank.

Middle East

5. New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran’s football players had received visas for the World Cup.

Catholic Church

6. Pope Leo XIV this morning departed from Rome for a seven-day visit to Spain, with which include meeting with abuse victims and migrants.

Shark attack

7. A shark killed a diver off the coast of Western Australia on Saturday, the country’s fourth fatal shark attack this year.

Carlow

8. Locals in a Co Carlow town say they’re devastated after the developer behind a new social housing estate switched almost half the new homes to the private market, weeks before they were expected to become available.

Henry Nowak

9. JD Vance said there should be “righteous anger” in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, which he partly blamed on “the mass invasion of migrants”. His extraordinary comments triggered a response from Downing Street, which hit out at “people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets”.