GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.

Abuse victims sue the State

1. Victims of sexual abuse of a principal at a Co Cork national school in the 1960s and 1970s have called on the government to take responsibility for the trauma they suffered as children.

US-Iran peace talks

2. Iran’s chief negotiator has said that the Strait of Hormuz will be administered by Tehran, state media reported, following talks pushing to end the US-Israeli war.

Hot spell

3. Ireland is set to experience some of the hottest weather of the year so far today, with temperatures forecast to climb as high as 29 degrees as a spell of hot and humid conditions takes hold across the country. 

Contraception prescriptions

4. Women will soon be able to go to their local pharmacist to get their repeat contraception prescription rather than returning to their GP, under new legislation being brought forward by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.

House price inflation

5. A new report by property website Daft shows a two-speed market emerging, as Dublin list-price inflation halved to 3% in the year to June 2026.

GPO redevelopment

6. The redevelopment of the historic GPO site will cost between €200 million and €500 million, cabinet will hear today.

Housing bill

7. A coalition of Irish homeless service providers say they are “greatly disturbed” at the speed in which the new housing Bill is “being rushed” through the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Starmer gone

8. The fall of Keir Starmer and rise of Andy Burnham dominates the front pages across the water after yet another big day in British politics.

World Cup

9. Erling Haaland scored his second consecutive World Cup brace to help Norway beat Senegal 3-2 on Monday to punch their ticket to the last 32.