LAST UPDATE | 1 Jun

GOOD MORNING.

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

The Morning Lead

1. Irish consumers are taking on an increasing amount of debt to buy cars.

Dunmahon

2. A man in his 50s has died following a three-vehicle collision on the N52 at Dunmahon, Co Louth on Sunday.

Ambassador role

3. Hundreds of documents relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US are expected to be published this week. 

Housing crisis

4. A game where players guess the rent for one-bed apartments in Dublin has been played over 20,000 times in the last week and a half.

Sinn Féin

5. Sinn Féin TD David Cullinane has said he doesn’t “need anybody to define my politics” when pressed on his party’s left-wing credentials.

Ellen Cassidy

6. The parents of a young woman who died not long after she reached the finish line in the Cork City Marathon last year took part in the event today in her memory.

Downpatrick

7. Police in Northern Ireland have launched an attempted murder investigation after an officer was struck by a stolen police vehicle.

Applus

8. Average weekly revenues at the firm that operates the National Car Test contract last year increased to €2.26m after the first price hike in the cost of an NCT since 2012.

Doug Beattie

9. Former Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has cited a “toxic atmosphere” under the new leadership as he resigned from the party with immediate effect.