EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you up to speed with the five things you should know as you head out the door.
1. #PUBLIC SECTOR: A union representing university staff is seeking legal advice over the Haddington Road Agreement, which it says is a ‘rushed job’ and may not be constitutional. The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) said the proposed public sector pay deal, which replaces the Croke Park 2 agreement after its rejection by the majority of unions, excludes non-union staff.
2. #DEAN FITZPATRICK: A man aged in his 40s who was arrested in connection with the killing of Dean Fitzpatrick in Dublin on Saturday night has been released without charge. Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, was found with stab wounds at Northern Cross, Malahide Road in Dublin at around 11.20pm on Saturday night. The victim was the brother of 15-year-old Amy Fitzpatrick who went missing in Spain five years ago.
3. #SWEDISH RIOTS: The recent riots in Sweden, mirroring those in France in 2005 and Britain in 2011, should serve as a warning to Ireland of the importance of integration policy and practice, the Integration Centre has said. Killian Forde, CEO of the organisation said that in order the integration to be successful, “it has to be a two way process of learning from and about the host and immigrant culture”.
4. #AUSTRALIA: The leading figure in Australia’s Catholic Church has admitted that a fear of scandal and a greater concern for reputation led to a systemic and massive cover-up of abuse within the organisation. Facing a formal inquiry by Victoria’s parliament, Cardinal George Pell said he was “fully apologetic and absolutely sorry” for how the Church dealt with abusers and victims – and that there had been awareness of the abuse as early as 1988.
5. #JFK: The National Library of Ireland is trying to identify a little boy photographed smiling at John F Kennedy during his visit to Ireland in June 1963. The library plans to use the photo in the upcoming JFK Homecoming exhibition, and want to name everyone in the photo. Do you know who the little boy is?
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