Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.1. The first funerals for the 10 victims of the Creeslough explosion are taking place today.
Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan will tell the Joint Committee on Committee that the council has a “strong pipeline” with designated sites for the delivery of over 15,000 social, cost rental and affordable sale homes, which it plans to deliver in the coming years.HSE The plan includes measures at the level of specific sites to address local needs that were identified by clinicians, managers, hospital and community staff.4. RTÉ Investigates will tonight reveal three new documents written by Richard Flynn, who was acquitted of the death of Fr Niall Molloy, a priest who died on his bedroom floor after being badly beaten.The show has obtained documents containing Flynn’s detailed view of events leading up to the incident at his home in Offaly in 1985.5.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants an “indisputably lawful” referendum to take place.7. At least 36 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide swept through a town in Venezuela over the weekend.