Good morning colleagues,

The Irish Times reports that a finding against the Irish Government, for not paying members of the Defence Forces premiums for public holidays and overtime, has been described as “highly embarrassing" by Lieut Col Conor King of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (Raco), which took the case to the European Committee of Social Rights. Its decision was published on Monday. The Indo also reports.

The paper leads today with news that Garda suspensions more than doubled last year, while the fallout (I think we're way past 'omnishambles') at Downing Street continues.