LAST UPDATE | 24 Jun 2024

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #PILOTS STRIKE Aer Lingus said it is possible customers will be informed of flight cancellations at the departure gate due to upcoming industrial action by pilots. 

2. #MURDER One-time senior Kinahan cartel member Declan ‘Mr Nobody’ Brady has been further sentenced to a nine-year prison term for facilitating the “depraved” murder of Christopher (aka Noel) Kirwan, an innocent man who was shot dead.

3. #CHILD K Former nurse Lucy Letby has taken the stand in a retrial in a case of the attempted murder of a baby girl, known as Child K.

4. #PARTIAL CEASEFIRE The viability of a US-backed proposal to wind down the war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” ceasefire deal that would not end the conflict.

5. #SCAM Bank of Ireland has warned consumers of the need to be alert to potential ticket scams in the run-up to Taylor Swift’s Dublin shows.