The 9 at 9: Tuesday

GOOD MORNING.

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

Morning Lead

1. In The Journal’s Morning Lead, Patricia Devlin reports on the suicide forum facilitating the deaths of vulnerable people in Ireland. The online platform, restricted in the UK, is operating freely in Ireland and can be linked to the deaths of at least two Irish people.

Carlow

2. A man in his late teens has died after falling from an e-scooter in Carlow town yesterday evening.

Malaga collision

3. Tributes have been paid to three people from Mullingar who died in a collision in Malaga in the early hours of Sunday morning. The deceased have been named locally as Amy McCullagh, Mark McCullagh and Michaela Newcombe.

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Rural Ireland

4. The government will finally sign off on its one-off rural and Gaeltacht housing draft guidelines today. The new planning statement will make it easier for families to build one-off homes in their locality.

Monaco

5. A parcel bomb blast wounded a Ukrainian oligarch and two others in Monaco on Monday, authorities said, in an unprecedented act that has rocked the super-safe principality.

Middle East

6. Donald Trump said Iran requested a meeting today in Qatar, despite Tehran denying any direct negotiations were planned with Washington on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war.

Luas disruption

7. Red line Luas services are currently not operating between Red Cow and Belgard due to a signal fault.

Heatwave

8. Europe’s most severe heatwave ever has broken temperature records in eastern parts of the continent and forced Ukraine to order power cuts to cope.

World Cup

9. Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of Paraguay in the last 32 after losing 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw.

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