A 22-year-old Gazan whose father was killed in a bombing last month is amongst the asylum seeker who have pitched over 50 tents at a new smaller camp along Grand Canal, days after barriers were erected on Mount Street.
thejournal.ie/asylum-seeker-…

Breaking: A young woman has died after falling from a cliff in Co Clare this afternoon.
It’s understood that the woman, a college student, had been visiting the Cliffs of Moher with three friends when she lost her footing and fell.
thejournal.ie/cliffs-of-mohe…

'We've been in hell for the last 7 months'

Emotional scenes as Irish-Palestinian Zak Hania is reunited with his family at Dublin Airport

His wife and 4 sons managed to flee Gaza in November

Zak has thanked the Irish people for the support

More on Virgin Media News at 5.30

Sorry, was off the grid for few weeks
Catching up on unaccommodated asylum seeker figures:
Fri 12 April: no figures
Tues 16 April: 1780
Crooksling formalised as IPAS site between 14 & 21 April
Fri 19 April: 1717
Tues 21 April: 1686
Fri 24 April: 1758
Tues 30 April: 1839 (record)

Marking a somber World Press Freedom Day this year. Remembering all the valiant journalists struggling and dying to tell the story, especially in Gaza.

RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson retires today after 37 years in the newsroom. Mr Dobson says farewell after many remarkable years presenting flagship RTÉ news and current affairs programmes | Read more: rte.ie/b/1447099

Scientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently successful attempt to heal an injury, the first time such behaviour has been recorded rte.ie/news/newslens/…

“I always think people’s families and people’s homes should be out of bounds. It was bedtime for my kids last night when this situation arose, I don’t think it’s appropriate” - Simon Harris speaking in Belfast on a demonstration outside his family home last night Virgin Media News

Breaking: Gavin & Stacey is coming back for a Christmas Day episode.

It will be the finale.

RTÉ's Bryan Dobson retires after 37 years in newsroom rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

📺On Ireland AM with Hannah Murphy
at 7am:

🔴Gardaí continue to investigate alleged attempted abduction of a child in Dublin city
🔴Appeal for information about two vehicles after fatal road incident in #Carlow last week
🔴Turkey halts trade with Israel over war in Gaza

Voters at Milton Road Library get to experience the rare sight of voting from the back of a car as we've had problems getting into the building … hopefully we'll be in soon but for now our polling staff are doing a great job ensuring early voters can still cast their vote!

BBC raises alleged surveillance of journalist by police via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ulster/20…

A poignant vigil for Greta Price-Martin, the 22 year old Co Louth IADT student and cyclist who was killed last week. Family, friends and residents in Dun Laoghaire were told by her father, Breffni: “She should have been safe here.” Her mother Vanessa said: “Keep cycling.”

…but it’s not…

57 year old Richard Satchwell from Grattan St in Youghal will go on trial in April next year for the murder of his wife Tina in Cork in March 2017

Virgin Media News

State supports fuelled new home price growth despite inflation-curbing rate hikes

Home prices plunged worldwide as a result of interest rate hikes, but supports from the government have provided a ‘floor on new home demand’ the Dept of Finance has said

businesspost.ie/news/state-sup…

A queue of taxis line Mount Street, with fences now installed along the pathway.

Read more:
jrnl.ie/6368605t

BREAKING: A critical incident has been declared at a tube station in northeast London after reports several people were stabbed

news.sky.com/story/critical…

Found a lump, got it checked, it was the dreaded Big C, had my testicle removed, I feel like half a man, but I get to see my girls grow up. Get your self checked guys.