IRISH TIMES
- Belfast unrest and fallout
- Police deployed water cannon for a second night to quell anti-immigration rioting at the Sandyknowes roundabout in Newtownabbey; more than 200 gathered, missiles were thrown, and fires lit.
- A Department for Infrastructure depot near the area was broken into and a vehicle set alight; officials condemned the violence as racist intimidation and “thuggery.”
- The Belfast knife attack victim is stable; the family expressed disgust at the disorder.
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Residents, including migrant families, reported fear after homes and cars were attacked and set on fire.
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Dublin protests
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An anti-immigration march to the Dáil rallied against the EU migration pact due to take effect Friday; speakers labeled the Government “treasonous,” with chants of “Get them out.”
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Food safety
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Seven closure orders were issued in May; inspectors removed a rat carcass from an area near the kitchen of the Sheela Palace restaurant at Liffey Valley, among other breaches across several outlets.
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Courts and crime
- A 30-year-old man was jailed for 3½ years for stabbing a 14-year-old’s hand with a glass shard during an attempted e-scooter robbery.
- A young woman won High Court permission to challenge her rejection from An Garda Síochána over vetting concerns about her “sphere of influence.”
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A psychiatric report was ordered for a Nigerian man accused of obstructing deportation who claims gardaí mistook him for one of nine identical brothers, in a first-of-its-kind prosecution.
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Education
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Leaving Cert higher-level history exam deemed “very challenging,” with students facing fewer familiar topics and more niche areas than expected.
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Road safety
- A man in his 80s died in a car–truck collision on the N2 at Edmondstown, Ardee, Co Louth; gardaí appealed for witnesses.