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EVERY MORNING, THEJOURNAL.IE brings you the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #SHANE GEOGHEGAN: A Limerick man in his early 30s is due to be charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this morning in connection with the murder of Shane Geoghegan. The man is the second person to be charged over the killing. Shane Geoghegan was shot dead outside his home in Limerick in a case of mistaken identity in November 2008.
2. #MOORS MURDERS: Police in England believe Moors murderer Ian Brady may have revealed where he buried one of his victims, almost fifty years after the child went missing. The body of 12-year-old Keith Bennett, who disappeared in 1964, was never found. Brady’s legal advocate has been arrested this morning for allegedly failing to reveal information about where the victim is buried.
3. #TRAGEDY: A 16-year-old Irish boy has died after being attacked by a bull during a festival at a town in Spain. The Irish Examiner reports that Diego Page, who was born in Ireland but moved to the town of Bolea with his parents in 2004, died after sustaining severe chest injuries in the northern Spanish town.
4. #MORTGAGES: Mortgage arrears among homeowners could reach as high as 16.5 per cent, according to a new report from Davy Stockbrokers. Buy-to-let mortgages are forecast to be almost twice as likely to run into arrears compared to owner-occupier homes.
5. #MINERS: At least 30 people have been killed after police opened fire on miners who were on strike in South Africa. Witnesses have said the police opened fire on the strikers, who were armed mostly with clubs and machetes. A police captain described the shootings as an act of self-defence.
6. #TAKEOVER? Ryanair has refused to comment on fresh speculation about its bid for Aer Lingus. The airline, which currently owns almost 30 per cent of Aer Lingus, dismissed the reports as “rumour and speculation”.
7. #PUSSY RIOT: A verdict is expected later today in the trial of three members of guerrilla protest group Pussy Riot who have been charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after they interrupted a church service in Moscow to protest against Vladimir Putin. Prosecutors have told the trial that the women should be jailed for three years.
8. #JULIAN ASSANGE: A spokesperson for Wikileaks has said that Julian Assange is willing to be questioned by video link rather than face extradition to Sweden. The UK and Ecuador are engaged in a serious diplomatic row over the Wikileaks founder after the South American country agreed to offer him political asylum. UK foreign secretary William Hague has said Assange will be arrested if he leaves the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he is seeking refuge.
9. #UNFRIENDED: Bad news for Facebook: shares in the social media giant have hit a new low after some of its early backers got their first chance to sell their shares since the company went public, Reuters reports. Shares in Facebook fell to below $20 to hit a record low, after a huge amount of shares were traded yesterday.
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Waste of time making up a food regulator. We have an energy regulator and that makes no difference the companies just do as they please. Weak government is all we have.
@Colm Sheehan: Spot on Colm. More quangos to provide CS failures with lotto size salaries and pensions. A pure and total waste of time.
Most families might go through 1 or 2 sliced pans a week so i’m sure they will all be absolutely delighted with the 20c reduction in their shopping bill. :rolls eyes:
@Carl Campbell: Tesco own brand bread is for dogs.. dreadful stuff..
FG/FF are in bed with the “market”, they will do nothing to protect hapless citizens who they see as mere production units to be exploited at every hands turn.
I use to buy the Tesco soda water for 25 cents only a few months ago , now Tesco charge 75 cents that’s an increase of 200% ,my question is inflation gone up 200% in the last few monts
It’s only a cartel if you meet up to set prices but if you visit each others supermarkets on a regular basis and charge the same as your competitors it’s called ‘Price Matching’
All salt goods or staple foods, milk, bread, butter, eggs, rice, potato’s, flour, meat, baby food etc should have rigorous price scrutiny if not maximum price bands.
These are not luxury’s they are the basic staples that people need to survive and if they need to be subsidised in the short term, then that should happen.
It is a pity that the EU’s Butter mountains, beef mountains, milk lakes and grain mountains have been run down or we could have received discounted foods from these stock piles like we did from the butter mountain in the 70′s.
Its a sad indictment on our economy that Food Banks are a necessity for so many people including the working poor.
Afraid they’ll be asked to open the books
@Metaljester: can’t remember which film that’s in
They should be going after the electricity companies .These institutions are getting with absolute murder with rip off electrucity costs.When we shop we can decide how much we want to spend.When it comes to electricity we are been robbed of our hard earned and they are getting away with it.Why dont they bring these bandits to book???
@Mike Hooper: Bord Gais sent me a gas bill for €202.98 and the gas hasn’t been switched on in my house since March. Electric bills are similar amounts even though I live on my own and switch off everything bar the fridge every morning before I go to work.
I can’t understand why the bills are so high. They installed a smart meter a few months ago but I don’t think it’s very bloody smart.
@David Corrigan: It took me a bit of time but I created a spreadsheet to recalculate my bills and take more regular meter readings. It was interesting to say the least when I looked at the last 18 months side by side and then compared to competitors rates. The big standout was the varying standing charges. So whilst you think you are getting a better deal on rates it is being wiped by standing charges. Since the same network is being used by all providers this needs to be set by ESB networks so consumers can just compare rates.
@Sal Paradise: Thanks Sal. I will start logging the data also and see what’s going on. It’s crazy to be getting bills that high and not even using the resource.
Electric is the same. I live alone and only use the washing machine once per week. I don’t have an electric shower either. Just a standard pressure shower. Everything bar the fridge is turned off when I leave the house in the morning. Electric bills were €200+ for the last 3 bills.
At this stage I’m thinking, what’s the point t.
Own brand bread is disgusting
@Richard Seager: Not all of it. And sometimes there’s no other affordable option.
I eat Lidl’s own brand Spelt bread. Last I checked it was 99c for a small loaf. Compared to the Spelt bread in Supervalu – €3.50 at it’s cheapest, or up to €5 depending on the mood of the owner.
It’s not bad. I do miss a nice slice of Brennan’s white. But I’ve few other options, really.
It clearly is a PR stunt. Dropping one item out of thousands by 10c and then expecting everyone to jump for joy. Disgusting contempt shown for their customers and what will our “Government” do it about it? Nothing, that’s what because that’s all they ever do to protect the people that voted them in and pay their wages.
Didn’t they just reduce the price of their own brand goods?
@james kelly: but they regain that by raising prices elsewhere
If this was France the public protests would burn down the supermarkets / in Ireland they get asked to attend a discussion and thanked for participating / sure come back end of June and let’s have another chat lads / any chance you being along a few slides showing the profitability in the Irish market and some price comparisons with other EU countries / if you don’t mind we would like to share the reality with the people / who are all experiencing 30/40 % increases at the tills this past 12 months / maybe if they continue to just rip off the public the Irish public will meaningfully protest and demand govt action and more transparency / remember the single market benefits of being in EU are not suppose to lead to excessive local profiteering by eu giants / price controls might be needed
Yup. After exploring people, they treat them as fools.
All groceries should be coming down not only bread government and regulator want to get their act together and sort it
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