Yesterday's trade union event to mark International UN Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is reported by RTÉ.

Elsewhere, official records show that The Department of Public Expenditure sought to block the approval by Cabinet of the so-called “housing tsar” in April, while the US President throws another lump of red meat to his base, and the media, to distract from the ongoing coup.

Meanwhile, admissions to one of two nursing homes facing allegations of abuse and neglect were halted earlier this year by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) due to “significant concerns”.

Zen

If you were a fan of the podcast, news that Marc Maron is bringing WTF to a close is bittersweet, but what an archive. Always interesting chats.

Have a lovely day.

Niall Shanahan