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- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to this morning’s fatal shooting of a man in Ballyfermot, Co Dublin to come forward. Separately, they have also renewed their appeal for information surrounding the death of a taxi driver who was seriously assaulted on Dublin’s Pearse Street last week.
- It was day six of witness evidence at the Leveson inquiry today. Singer Charlotte Church said that press coverage of her private life has destroyed her credibility, while TV presenter Anne Diamond said that within an hour of her discovering that her baby son had died, reporters were outside her door and climbing over her gate.
- Further tributes have been made to the late Gary Speed, whose death at 42 was announced yesterday.
- Minister Phil Hogan has confirmed the “restructuring” of the motor tax system and we’ve been asking if an increase in the tax would lead you to change or give up your vehicle. At the time of writing, over 40 per cent said it wouldn’t make you do either, while just under a third (29 per cent) said you would wait and see what the Budget brings.
- And on that note – would you be interested in joining TheJournal.ie‘s virtual panel for Budget 2012? Further details here.
- Egyptians have been heading to the polls today in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak from power in February. Here’s a slideshow of voters turning out as polling got underway this morning.
- An iPhone user in Australia was more than a little startled to discover the device glowing and emitting smoke as their plane landed in Sydney this week. Cabin crew quickly extinguished the “red glow”.
