The 9 at 9: Sunday

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day. 

Renting

1. A couple in Galway city were charged close to €14,000 for a year’s renting in added-on service charges by their landlord, but received only a fraction of that amount back after appealing it to the rental watchdog.

MV Hondius

2. The cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak has reached Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea.

Waterford

3. Emergency services remained overnight to tackle a significant fire in an industrial estate in the Tycor area of Waterford city.

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The Liberties

4. One of the residents of Oliver Bond House in Dublin has said the government’s new plan for the complex risks repeating the mistakes of the past by “cramming” families together.

UK

5. A Labour MP has threatened to launch a leadership bid against British prime minister Keir Starmer tomorrow if none of her colleagues do so first. 

Flutter

6. In this analysis piece, Paul O’Donoghue looks at why the share price for the firm behind Paddy Power is currently tanking.

Recovery

7. Lydia O’Connell writes about her experience of Crohn’s disease and how having a stoma has given her her life back. 

The week that was

8. Our political team writes about the four winners and two losers from the political week. 

Quiz

9. How many songs can you think of that reference the month of May? Take our quiz and test your knowledge. 

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