LAST UPDATE | 1 Sep 2024

GOOD MORNING.

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

Celebrity politicians

1. Earlier this week, it was announced that journalist Alison Comyn will contest the next general election as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Louth. 

The former Sky News and UTV Ireland presenter is the latest well-known name in the new crop of ‘celebrity candidates’ to be wooed by a political party. 

Some sources told The Journal that “Cynthia is the model” in terms of the pathway to success party HQ saw was possible.

Water usage

2. An investigation by Noteworthy reveals that Ireland’s hydropower industry takes up 88% of abstraction across the country.

hese use vast volumes of water for their processes, with twice as much water abstracted annually for Ardnacrusha Power Station as the next biggest abstraction point.

Hostages killed

3. The Israeli military has said that it had found the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, including a US-Israeli and a Russian-Israeli.

Muddy waters

4. Paralympics organisers today postponed the triathlon by a day over worries about the River Seine’s water quality.

International Protection Applicants

5. Human rights groups have urged the Department for Children and Integration to reverse the transfer of a young girl who has shown “signs of trauma” to a former hotel for people seeking international protection in Co Tipperary, amid fears from her mother and her school that it will cause severe setbacks for her recovery.

Ticketmaster prices

6. Dublin MEP Regina Doherty has echoed calls for Ticketmaster to be investigated after Oasis fans were this morning left facing up to a 400% increase in ticket prices on the platform. 

Rescue

7. A teenager is recovering in Galway following a rescue mission which was launched in the water off Barna pier yesterday evening.

Farm accident

8. Two men are being treated for serious injuries at Cork University Hospital after they fell through a roof of a shed while carrying out work on a farm in Co Limerick today.

Refused bail

9. A Dublin father was refused bail following claims he “rammed” his ex-partner’s car with a motorbike as she set off on a crèche-run just two weeks after a “vicious” attack on her sister.