Morning Briefing

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: Merrion Hotel abandons plans for staff housing due to the ‘prohibitive’ costs, and the French robin that found its way to Co Cork

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: Patrick Freyne reviews Rivals and how drones could play a ‘first responders’ role in Dublin

Here are the stories you need to stary your day including: Dublin Portal to New York shuts permanently and Keith Duggan reports on Barack Obama’s campaign rally in Wisconsin

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: Ten ideas to revitalise Dublin city centre; and Maïa Dunphy on being ‘terrified of becoming a single parent’

The latest news from Ireland and abroad, including: New Luas line to Finglas could be running by 2031

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: Irish restaurants battle for survival and why remote working may be costly in the long run

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; how to get the best deal from your mobile phone provider and the rise and rise of the 2 Johnnies

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: How working abroad can make it easier to get a mortgage in Ireland; and how parents should handle having a favourite child

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: drivers warned about bogus parking QR codes and parents talk about their baby loss during pregnancy

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; Maureen Dowd outlines what Kamala Harris needs to do to win the US election

Here are the stories you need to start your day including: Who is Kinahan ally Sean McGovern?; How will the Dublin Airport passenger cap affect your holidays?

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; how a ‘global forum’ promising billionaires turned into a small Dublin hotel event with muffins

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; gardaí cannot access seized Bitcoin now worth €350m; woman found dead in Belfast reported she victim of violent crime

In the first episode of Conversations with Parents, a new Irish Times podcast, Brendan O’Connor discusses how becoming a parent changed him

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; security staff start patrolling Dublin Bus buses and Irish property asking prices ‘rising at fastest rate in two years’

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault; e-scooter users angered by public transport ban; and fresh Israeli attacks in Beirut

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; are online polls rigged and legislation is being fast-tracked to allow for a possible November general election

Here are the stories you need to start your day including Israel vows sharp response to Iranian missiles and Cork chip shop Jackie Lennox’s to close after 14 million bags of chips

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; Nicole Morey’s sister calls for tougher laws on XL bully dogs

Here are the stories you need to start your day including; Dáil bike shed leaps onto political agenda and bomb threat against Helen McEntee investigated