EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #BERKELEY: The body of Olivia Burke, who died in last week’s tragic balcony collapse is due to arrive home in Ireland today. The first funerals for the victims will take place tomorrow.
2. #JOBS JOBS JOBS: Tech firm Evros Technology are to announce the creation of 100 new jobs today.
3. #D DAY FOR GREECE: New proposals are raising hopes that a deal can be reached with the ECB today on Greek debt. The country is less than two weeks from defaulting on what it owes.
4. #AIR JORDAN: Jordan Spieth won the US Open last night after a day of scarcely believable drama.
5. #FIRE: A huge blaze broke out at Dublin’s vacant Ballymun Shopping Centre last night. Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade were needed to tackle the fire.
6. #PHOTO OP: How much money does the Taoiseach’s department spend on official photography each year? Quite a bit actually.
7. #SCAMMED: There has been a huge upsurge in the number of scams aimed at Irish businesses.
8. #FIGHT: Health minister Leo Varadkar had a Twitter spat with Irish GPs yesterday, telling them to ‘cop on’ to themselves over care for the under-6s.
9. #APPLE: The tech giant has backed down after earning the displeasure of Taylor Swift over its new music service over the weekend.
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