The Government has been warned that protests against accommodation for asylum seekers could escalate amid tensions within the Coalition over the response to the migration crisis. This was discussed on Morning Ireland.

The Dublin InQuirer have written a piece on Dublin City Council struggling to keep staff and provide essential services. 

The surge in the cost of living is driving motorists to cut back heavily in key areas, a new survey has found. These areas include deliberately cutting back on mileage, skipping or delaying their cars service and putting off buying a new car. 

The home of the popular Metro Cafe on Dublin’s South William Street has been acquired by a private Irish investor with its adjoining premises on Chatham Row for €2.35 million.

The Garda ‘thin blue line’ is getting threadbare amid difficulties with recruitment and retention, the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has warned. Ronan Slevin, deputy general secretary of the body, told RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland there are 700 fewer gardaí now than there were in 2020 and that recruitment targets have been missed repeatedly. You can listen back HERE.

The Council of Europe has pledged to stand by Ukriane for as long as it takes for them to win the war against Russia.

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On this day in 1973 Stevie Wonder released the music single "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life", which went to #1 and won him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.