GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.
1. Political poll
Support for Sinn Féin has dropped to a level almost on par with Fine Gael, putting the two parties neck and neck as the government faces a decision on when in the next year to call a general election
2. Ukraine
The death toll from a Russian strike on a hardware superstore in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to 11 people.
3. Irish prisons
Prison bosses are in discussions with the Defence Forces to reopen a military prison in The Curragh to ease overcrowding in Irish jails.
4. Nature
In a new documentary film airing this evening, one man is on a mission to record the call of every bird species in Ireland
5. Arrested
A young man was arrested during an investigation into criminal damage caused by fire at a property in Dublin this week.
6. Lucan Lodge
Families of residents of a Dublin nursing home will hold a protest today against people being moved from the home after its registration was cancelled.
7. Ireland-UK relationship
A Fianna Fáil senator slammed comments made by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to Belfast about his relationship with the Irish government.
8. Urban sprawl
An estimate of ‘over €100,000 per home’ is trying to put a figure on the cost of Ireland’s urban sprawl.
9. Georgia
A Georgian journalist targeted by masked men was told she faces ‘revenge’ unless she stops working.
