According to the Irish Independent, People's pension perks are at risk after an expert group advised the Government to scrap lower USC rates, tax reliefs and PRSI exemptions for retirees,  The Commission on Taxation and Welfare has made a series of recommendations that they say would help pay for the ageing population. 

This year's Leaving Certificate grades will at least be as high as last year's record-breaking set of results, which has led to concern within universities over the use of random-selection for high-points courses. Minister Norma Foley has indicated that the results will be 'no lower' than last year, in a move aimed at winning support among students.

Euro zone inflation accelerated to another all-time high, strengthening the case for the European Central Bank to consider a sizeable interest-rate hike when it meets next week. Consumer prices jumped 9.1 per cent, beating the 9 per cent median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists, led by energy and food. You can read the full report here.

The Dublin-Wicklow Dart line is in jeopardy as infrastucture works costing at least 230 million are required to protect parts of the line between Merrion Gates and Greystones.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has admitted that he failed to register a rental property in Dublin for the past three years with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), and only did so late last week after it emerged Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy had also registered a property late.

Lastly festivaly-goers will  be disappointed as heavy down-pours and strong winds are predicted to wreac havoc in Stradbally as Electric Picnic begins tomorrow.

ZEN

On this day in 1954 one of Alfred Hitchcock's classics 'Rear Window' was released. Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly the film follows a wheelchair-bound photographer who spies on his neighbours, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. My favourite of Hitchcock's collection, If you have never seen it, I would highly recommend.