LAST UPDATE | 4 Jul 2019

EVERY MORNING TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day. 

1. #WATERFORD The new mortuary at University Hospital Waterford would have cost €1 million less to build had it been given the green light as recommended two years ago. 

2. #DRUGS Gardaí have said they cannot provide a policing plan for a proposed medically supervised injecting centre in Dublin until planning permission is granted. 

3. #DIRECT PROVISION The office of the ombudsman has received several complaints from asylum seekers living in hotels and B&Bs in Ireland. 

4. #BREXIT Confidence among Ireland’s small businesses has dropped significantly, according to a new survey published today.

5. #ON THE RADIO A listener who complained about presenter Ray D’Arcy saying the Angelus bells reminded him of child sexual abuse had their complaint rejected by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. 

6. #CORK A female motorist who was dragged from her car and beaten in a savage unprovoked attack by a man with 26 convictions against women, has criticised the sentence handed down to him.

7. #PONY Gardaí in Tipperary are appealing for information after a so-called ‘therapy pony‘ was stolen from a property in Clonmel last week.

8. #BONES A garda investigation been launched following the discovery of a skull and bones at a recycling facility in Co Wicklow. 

9. #WEATHER Sunny spells are forecast nationwide with patches of cloud rolling in from the west later this afternoon. 

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