GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
Shooting
1. Four people have been killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in California on Saturday night, US police said, calling it a “targeted incident.”
Cattle disease
2. The first suspected bluetongue virus outbreak in Northern Ireland is under investigation.
Bus crash
3. Two people have died after a coach and a car were involved in a serious road traffic collision in Co Fermanagh.
Herzog Park
4. A motion to rename Dublin’s Herzog Park because it is named after an Irish-born, former president of Israel has been slammed by Israeli president Isaac Herzog, the son of Chaim Herzog, who the park was named after.
Gaza deaths
5. Family members said two Palestinian boys were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza today, with Israel’s military saying it had identified two suspects “posing an immediate threat”.
American Embassy
6. Consultants for the United States Embassy in Ireland have cited security risks behind the need for 40 additional car spaces for US Government cars and embassy staff cars at the nearby former Jury’s hotel site to serve the embassy in Ballsbridge in Dublin 4.
RIP
7. Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has died at the age of 88.
Child sexual abuse
8. A midlands man accused of producing child abuse material and online sexual exploitation after he blackmailed and “controlled” a 12-year-old girl in Poland has been refused bail.
Weather
9. A Status Yellow rain warning is in place in Kerry, Cork and Waterford.
