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EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #COURTS: Norwegian man Magnus Meyer Hustveit has been given a 15-month jail term for raping his girlfriend multiple times while she slept after the Court of Appeal found his previous wholly suspended sentence was “unduly lenient”.
2. #BAIL: Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm blew a kiss to supporters in court today before being released on bail
3. #QUASHED: Two former Anglo Irish Bank executives have had their convictions quashed for furnishing false information to the Revenue Commissioners and conspiring to delete bank accounts.
4. #STAY PUT: Residents set to lose their homes in Cruise Park, Tyrrelstown have been advised not to leave the houses until they can find alternative accommodation.
5. #MANGO COULIS: A Dublin takeaway has started doing delivery food for dogs.
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Do you see that Journal format convention the “The 9 at 9″ with accompanying photo of toast, butter and hot beverage? It reminds me of when I was seven and pretended I was the post man, cycling round the neighbourhood stuffing letters into the neighbours’ post boxes with things like, “News Flash, why did the Kerryman put a box of Daz on the Telly?”. “News Flash” was scrawled in large crayon. I thought I was the town crier, a vital and urgent news service. But I was neither, I was a small child who nonetheless felt very important. Which is ironic, because “News Flash” is actually far more cogent and comprehensive to any reader than “The 9 at 9″ with accompanying photo of toast, butter and hot beverage. Unless of course you’re main objective is solely to conjure a sense of smug, self satisfied, buttery contentment with your lot as opposed to all the horrible death, misery and inequality that exists in the world. Anyway The Kerryman couldn’t get any Aerial.
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