Gardaí appeal for information after body found in Dublin canal
Gardaí are working to identify the body of a man discovered in the Royal Canal in Dublin on Sunday.
Officers retrieved the body from the water at Ballybough Bridge at about 12.30pm. It was later removed from the scene to the city morgue in Whitehall. An examination of the scene has taken place.
There is no indication yet as to the cause of death or if foul play was involved. A postmortem is due to be carried out and the results will direct the course of the investigation. The body is not believed to have been in the water for long.
An Bord Pleanála should be scrapped, Minister says
An Bord Pleanála should be scrapped and replaced with a new “fit-for-purpose, modern organisation” that can make decisions quickly, a Government Minister has said.
Minister of State Niall Collins said the fundamental problem with the planning authority was that it was not required to decide on any application by a defined date.
The Limerick Fianna Fáil TD said the authority constantly missed deadlines and as a result was a barrier to progress and development.
"[An Bord Pleanála] has the option and the ability to keep pushing out the due deadline date by which it must make an adjudication on an appeal or planning application. That’s causing huge delays on the ground," he told RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne.
Father and son injured after assault by large group of people in Co Kildare
A father and son are receiving treatment in hospital after being severely beaten by a large group of people in Co Kildare.
The younger victim (29) is believed to be in an unresponsive state in Tallaght Hospital and to have suffered serious head injuries. His father, who is aged in his 50s, suffered less serious injuries.
According to The Irish Times, gardaí believe the men, who are from Limerick and had travelled to Kildare for a family gathering, were attacked in Monasterevin by as many as 10 people following a verbal row in a bar.
Concern as Ukrainian refugees begin to leave student housing
Ukrainian refugees housed in student accommodation have begun to vacate campuses to make way for students ahead of the new academic year.
Around 2,500 refugees will have to move elsewhere by the end of this month. However, the secretary general of the Irish Red Cross, Liam O’Dwyer, has said charities do not know where the refugees who are leaving student halls will go.
Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr O'Dwyer said it had always been known that student accommodation would have to be vacated in the autumn.
It is hoped that many refugees will be able to move into pledged accommodation in the next two weeks, he said.
Mr O’Dwyer said it was a cause for concern that the Red Cross and other charities had not been told where the refugees will be housed next.
Prices for dairy products rose by almost 53% this year - CSO
Producer prices for dairy products rose by almost 53 per cent in the year to July 2022, according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Domestic producer prices for manufactured goods were on average 9.5 per cent higher in July 2022 compared with a year earlier, while producer prices for exported goods increased by 6 per cent.
Wholesale electricity prices rose by 86.3 per cent annually and 47.0 per cent since June 2022.
While producer prices for food products rose by 10.8 per cent in the year to July, and the Food Products, Beverages & Tobacco index saw an increase of 10.3 per cent.
Some of the most notable changes in producer prices for food products in the year were dairy products, which rose by 52.9 per cent, and fish products which rose by 19.7 per cent.
