A round-up of today's other home news in brief ...
Game, set and match ticket
An Irish tennis fan camping out 60 hours for a Wimbledon ticket was told to go home by local council officials – because he was breaking health and safety rules by queuing too early.
David Bosquette (31) from Galway city arrived at the All-England Club, southwest London, at 10.30pm on Friday to camp out for the 500 Centre Court tickets available at the gate this morning.
However officials from the local Merton Council turned up and told him and his friends to pack up their tents. After tennis officials intervened, the fans were allowed to stay – and Mr Bosquette is first in the queue for tickets to see Roger Federer open the tournament on Centre Court today.
Landlords warned of "drug factories"
Landlords who own houses in rural areas have been urged by gardaí to ensure they are not being used as drug factories. The warning comes after a Vietnamese national was convicted last week of turning a rented house into a cannabis-growing factory.
Son Van Hoaing (57) admitted cultivating cannabis plants at Lissacull, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, in August last year. Gardaí found 180 plants inside the house and cannabis herb worth about €124,000.
Gardaí fear similar factories have been set up around the State. “The people who rent these houses make sure the rent is paid on time and do nothing in the community which might attract attention,” said a Garda spokesman.
Man (35) charged with murder of Pole
A 35-year-old man appeared in court charged with murdering a Polish man in Northern Ireland.
The killing happened in the Balfour Street area of Newtownards, Co Down, last Tuesday.
School tribute to Air France victim
Past pupils of the Ursuline secondary school in Thurles revisited the school at the weekend to pay tribute to the late Dr Aisling Butler(26) from Roscrea, Co Tipperary, who was one of the victims of the Air France tragedy.
Dr Butler studied there for six years, finishing in 2001. Her class and the class of 2000 gathered in the convent chapel near the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, for a Mass celebrated by Fr Emmet O’Hara of the Pallottine order.
It was attended by Aisling’s parents, John and Evelyn Butler, her sister, Lorna, and her grandmother, Jo.
School principal Sr Berchmans pointed to the book of condolences opened at the foyer of the school which was signed by numerous people. There were also photographs of Dr Butler taken during her time at the school.
After she left the school, she studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.
Many teachers from Dr Butler’s time at the school also attended the Mass.