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EVERY MORNING TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
1. #FIRE: Dozens of residents had to be evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out in an apartment block in Clondalkin in Dublin in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services are still on the scene. RTE News reports that the fire may have been started maliciously.
2. #ABORTION: A Fine Gael TD has moved out of his home after a large group of anti-abortion protesters demonstrated outside it, the Herald reports. Derek Keating said he found the incident “frightening” and he feared for his safety after the protesters banged on his doors and windows and shouted at him to come to the door.
3. #DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The number of people applying for safety and protection orders has grown by 19 per cent to 12,655 last year, following the widening of laws relating to domestic violence.
4. #OHIO: The three women who were held captive in a house in Ohio for a decade have released a YouTube video thanking the public for help and financial support they have received since their release.
5. #TRAGEDY: A woman in her 80s fell to her death from an apartment block in Dublin’s north inner city last night as she cleaned her window sill. Emergency services were called to the scene on North Cumberland Street at about 9 o’clock last night and the woman was brought to the nearby Mater Hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
6. #SO CLOSE: Osama Bin Laden was stopped for speeding 8 years ago – but a Pakistani police officer accidentally let him go. That’s one of the details in a leaked Pakistan government report into the killing of Bin Laden in 2011, which accuses intelligence services of incompetence and negligence in the hunt for the one-time most wanted man in the world.
7. #UNDER PRESSURE: Homeowners who don’t pay the new water charges due to be introduced in 2015 won’t be disconnected – but will face having their water pressure reduced, the Irish Times reports. The move is targeted at people who choose not to pay rather than people who cannot afford to pay.
8. TOUCHDOWN: Croke Park is set to host ‘multiple’ American football college games with high-profile teams after the success of last year’s Emerald Isle Classic.
9. #DRY WARM SUNNY: A weather warning in Ireland is usually ominous – but not this time. Met Éireann has warned (!) that temperatures will exceed 27 degrees Celsius every day this week. Yes, every single day. Get out there and enjoy the sunshine (and don’t forget to send us any good pics of the sunshine: mail tips@thejournal.ie).
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I don’t understand why these anti choice loons aren’t arrested for harassment and/or trespassing? If it was any other group of people they would be reprimanded but because its”pro life”they get away with it?! Why are they being tolerated and getting preferential treatment?!
I fully agree Amanda, it’s not fair to drive a person from their home. Arrests should be made.
Anti-abortion zealots.
Interesting that An Garda Siochana apparently told him that they were unable to guarantee his security. That has yet to be verified but, if it is true,
Then it is shocking.
Of course, you could not risk an escalation by arresting an anti abortion activist. That would cause mayhem.
As we curtail all of the social, practical and economic supports for pregnant women, we concern ourselves with legislation.
What those pro life nuts did is terrorism. Ireland does not negotiate with terrorists.
#7 My water pressure is already ridiculously low. Does that mean I won’t have to pay?!
same here mary, not only is our water pressure low the water is full of limescale, have to de-scale our kettle every week (using lemon juice overnight , it’s much safer than chemical descalers and you only need rinse out the kettle once next morning.) ourshower head has to be done eery couple of weeks and we gave up on electric kettles ,they only lasted a month before the limescale rotted them, out emersionelement is replaced every 12 months too otherwise it blows all the fuses. we used to getgreatpressure here untill about3 yrs ago when the council replacedthe water meteres since then its been inconsistent to say the least, only hopewhen they replace the meteres this time they do the job properly for a change.
meanwhile the youth defence website has been hacked :)
Anti-choice terrorist filthbags up to their old tricks again. Check out what they’re saying now! http://www.youthdefence.ie/index.html
They have to be mentally unstable.
It does not make sense to me why these pro life people are protesting. Isn’t the sole purpose of this legislation to clarify the x case ruling in the courts 20+ years. And the TDs that want to get the suicide clause removed! That’s the whole point of the legislation! Removing that would totally defeat the purpose of passing it at all!
Derek Keating one of the local pillars of the Catholic Church in Lucan, considering he is a Eucharistic Minister there I’m surprised the pro-aborts are so defenisive of him & concerned for his wellbeing.
We’re concerned for his well-being because he’s a living human being, and not a cluster of cells that are a potential threat to a woman’s life.
What he does in his spare time is his own business.
What’s not surprising is that you and your youth defense ilk don’t really seem to care about actual living people.
Yeah, your Facebook page isn’t too private.
What irony, a practising Catholic being harrassed and threatened by anti-abortion people. This legislation is for the whole of Ireland. TD’s have a duty to legislate according to the will of the people. Micheal Martin in allowing a free vote allowed TD’s in his party to evade their parliamentary duty.
#3 the domestic violence link is not working
Hmm, it seems to be working ok at this end. I’ll push a few buttons and see if something needs to be fixed.
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