These are the main stories on Independent.ie this morning.
Abusers risk 10 years in prison under €360 million domestic violence strategy
Criminal penalties for domestic violence will double to 10 years in prison and double the number of refuges will be created under a €360 million plan to try to end domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
‘It Begs Faith’ – Lender Backs Bid to End ‘Psychic Conman’ Debt Deal
A couple’s secret ownership of a luxury Spanish property when they successfully filed to write off millions of euros in debt “beggars believe,” their mortgage lender has told the Supreme Court.
Joe Brolly: Croke Park-eye-gouger gets one-year ban, but GAA must take action against ‘out of control’ Armagh
Joe Brolly says Armagh’s ostensible eye-gouger will be banned for at least a year, but the GAA must investigate “deliberate attacks” on Galway players during the game.
The Indo Daily: The Sunday Shame – Joe Brolly on Blindness and Violence at GAA Matches
The Indo Daily: The Sunday Shame – Joe Brolly on Blindness and Violence at GAA Matches
Highest percentage of Covid now among 35 to 44-year-olds as the number of hospital admissions with virus continues to rise
The highest rate of Covid-19 is now seen among 35- to 44-year-olds as the number of hospitalized patients with the virus continues to rise.
A ‘terrible’ attack has left at least 10 dead, while a Russian attack destroys a shopping center full of civilians
A Russian missile destroyed a busy shopping center in central Ukraine yesterday, continuing Vladimir Putin’s attacks on civilians living far behind the front lines.
Nicola Anderson: Silicon Docks may be bustling again, but even wealthy workers struggle with housing
Despite the rise of remote working, the demand for living and working in Grand Canal Dock is still very much alive.
New rules for young tractor drivers are proposed
Award for AIB chief just one week after bank’s record €97 million tracker mortgage fine
AIB chief executive, Dr Colin Hunt, receives a business leadership award at dinner just a week after his bank was hit with a record €97 million fine for his role in the mortgage scandal.
Truss does not regret voting for protocol as ‘we had to get Brexit done’
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she doesn’t regret voting for the Northern Ireland Protocol, which she says is now disastrous, suggesting she endorsed it with the expectation of it being changed.
Two brothers have a rare condition, but one avoided serious disability with early testing and treatment
Liz McMahon, of Mornington, Co. Meath, has two sons with a rare degenerative muscle condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). But while Luke (4) has a serious disability, Sean (2) is perfectly healthy because he received early treatment.
Lawyers allege Jill Dando may have been the victim of mistaken identity
Jill Dando may have been accidentally murdered by a hit man hired to kill another blonde BBC journalist, according to documents filed in a French court