Morning Briefing – Irish Times
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DUP MP defends photo with masked men: Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart defended standing with masked men at a counter-protest in Scarva against a pro-Palestine march. She faced cross-party criticism from Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard, Alliance leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna after hundreds opposed the “Great March for Gaza.”
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Dalkey WWII ÉIRE sign restored: The second World War “ÉIRE” coastal marker above Vico Road, Dalkey, has been refurbished after wear from growing visitor numbers. The heritage site’s popularity surged during the pandemic.
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Death in Garda custody linked to Liffey case: Lee McDonnell (34) died after becoming unresponsive while detained in a Dublin Garda station for bail breaches. Gardaí suspect he stabbed a man who then jumped into the River Liffey and later died. The Garda and watchdog Fiosrú are investigating.
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Birmingham Six campaigner dies: Paul May, a central figure in major miscarriage-of-justice campaigns including the Birmingham Six, has died aged 74. Families hailed him as “the heart and backbone” of the movement.
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Yves Sakila family seeks independent review: Relatives of Yves Sakila, who died after being restrained in an alleged shoplifting incident, say a UK pathologist raised concerns that the Irish postmortem did not follow best practice for suspected restraint deaths. The Garda investigation continues.
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Jerry McCabe remembered 30 years on: Det Garda Jerry McCabe, murdered by the IRA during a 1996 post office raid in Adare, was commemorated in Limerick. Tánaiste Simon Harris paid tribute, and a senior officer said the inquiry remains “very much live.”
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Katie Taylor at Croke Park set to sell out: Stadium director Peter McKenna expects all 82,300 tickets to go for Taylor’s September bout, the first boxing at Croke Park since Muhammad Ali in 1972. Broadcast plans, including possible free-to-air TV, remain unclear.
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Fatal crash in Co Cork: A woman in her 20s died in a single-vehicle crash on the N73 near Kildorrery early Sunday. The road was closed for a technical examination; a postmortem is due.
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Serious assault in Portarlington: A man in his 60s is in hospital with serious injuries after an attack on Main Street around 1.15am Sunday. A man in his 40s was arrested; Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and camera footage.
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Corbyn on Labour’s “deep crisis”: Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Irish Times there is “huge” disillusionment with Labour, arguing its leadership contenders show little difference and that the party has continued Tory-style policies failing poorer communities.