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Live BlogEvery day, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you really need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #ARREST Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with the discovery of the body of a woman in her 30s at a flat in Mountrath in Co Laois last night. The man is being held at Portlaoise garda station and a post mortem is due to be carried out on the woman later today.
2. #DRUG SEIZURES Gardaí say that the two men and one woman arrested in connection with a cannabis plant seizure in Dublin on Friday will appear in court on Monday. A man arrested in Cavan has already appeared in court there and was remanded in custody, while another man arrested in Clondalkin on Friday remains in custody at Ballyfermot garda station. All five were arrested as part of an investigation into an Asian organised crime group.
3. #JAPAN The operator of Japan’s stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima has said it expects to bring the crisis under control within nine months, BBC reports. The Tokyo Electric Power Company said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks within three months and cool down the badly damaged reactors within an extra three to six months.
4. #HERD MENTALITY The minister for finance Michael Noonan has said that “dissent was discouraged” and that “a dangerous consensus developed” within Ireland’s political and banking system which ultimately caused the financial crisis, reports the Sunday Independent. He was speaking in anticipation of the Nyberg Commission’s report into the banking crisis which is unlikely to make pleasant reading for some.
5. #NAMA The chairman of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has said that the state agency intends to use the €1 billion at its disposal to kick start the property market in Ireland, reports the Sunday Independent. Frank Daly said that provision of “limited financial support” for the purchase of property was a “natural next step”, the paper reports.
6. #SHOCKING Pounds run by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) are putting down a higher percentage of animals than in private shelters, according to The Sunday Times (subscription). Figures reveal that 18 dogs a day were being destroyed in Ireland in 2009. The ISPCA says the figures are a result of its refusal to give dogs to other welfare groups to rehome in Britain.
7. #SOCCER STARS Former Ireland and Liverpool legends Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton are under pressure to withdraw from an RTÉ programme sponsored by The Irish Sun, reports the Sunday Independent. The Sun is reviled by Liverpool supporters for allegations it made following the Hillsborough disaster in which 96 people died in 1989. The paper is boycotted by many in Liverpool and Whelan and Houghton are under scrutiny for their association with a programme sponsored by the Irish version of the tabloid.
8. #WHOOPS The UK’s Ministry of Defence has admitted that secret information about nuclear powered submarines was made available online. A ‘schoolboy’ error meant that details of expert opinions on how well the fleet would cope with a catastrophic accident were published, reports the Daily Star Sunday. The MoD now says a secure version has now been published and it is working to stop such incidents happening, the BBC adds.
9. #CUBA The communist state which has existed for 52 years may be about to undergo unprecedented changes after Cuban president Raul Castro indicated that top political positions in the country should be limited to 10 year terms. BBC reports that he has he promised “systematic rejuvenation” of the government of Cuba. Castro and his brother Fidel have ruled Cuba between them since a famous revolution in 1959.
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He should be done for wasting police time, in fact, the orange order should be done for wasting police time.
Sure isn’t that all they do
Awaah ….. Lots of police reports lying around that says “loyalist attacks person by accident “
What an idiot.
you’d know if you hit somebody accidentally in a game of hurling or soccer or even putting your coat on, so he knew that he hit his wife accidentally.
“Ulster says No” to this kinda stupidity…………..
That is the best laugh I have had all day. What a clown
Self inflicted eh
Knobend
“Accidentally” hit the wife. Right
Its all fun and games until Nigel Dodds gets a brick to the head
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5bkVhCx683c/UfUHZCeqPtI/AAAAAAAAALI/Grl0RePRmMU/s1600/Nigel%2BDodds.png
:)
Following the line of Glasgow Rangers players Gazza and Duncan Ferguson in beating up their wives. Must be a loyalist thing
Shut up you idiot
Have ye seen the heads on some of those loyalist women fleg protestors? A sniper wouldn’t take them out!! Oops, my bad :)
Never believe an Ulster unionist.
Face like a slapped ass
He’s never going to live down the question which is inevitable. “So, when did you stop beating your wife?”
Have any of ye seen the George Chittick interview, Google it, bloody hilarious!!!!
Unfortunately the type of comments made by Chittick is something that we in the North have to contend with on a daily basis. Anywhere else on this island or indeed over in Britain such displays of hatred by the Orange Order and their hate-filled, bigoted brain dead supporters would be condemned.
It is hilarious but also instructive.
The Orange Order ran the North via its control of the Unionist parties up to the mid 90′s.
It explains a lot of what happened up there.
They are still very dangerous and hateful people even if they do not have the same control as 2 years ago.
That the orange order lad saying tiocfaidh ar la? Hilarious!!!
How the blighty has has fallen :)
He looks a bit like Davy Fitz
Biggest threat to the NI people is Michael Copeland’s elbow.
Only one spelling mistake.
Otherwise, a very good article Paul.
What’s JB’s comment on this? He missing strangely enough. Must be because this article has no way of bashing Sinn Fein!!!
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