Today’s headlines: Houses stand empty as Ukrainians are forced to sleep in tents;  A €40k settlement after an emergency landing left some Ryanair passengers with bleeding ears

Today’s headlines: Houses stand empty as Ukrainians are forced to sleep in tents; A €40k settlement after an emergency landing left some Ryanair passengers with bleeding ears

Here are the morning’s top news stories.

Homes inactive as Ukrainian refugees sleep in tents

Hundreds of homes pledged to help those fleeing the war are stuck in a block of red tape, withdrawn or found unfit. It is now expected that only one in five homes promised to help refugees from Ukraine will actually be used for that purpose.

Consumers face months of price hikes as food costs skyrocket

The fact that the Houses of the Oireachtas will rise for the summer recess today means: it will be well into the autumn before new government measures are taken to ease the pressure on households.

‘Wealth stand out’ led to man’s arrest over PUP scam that involved €50,000 stolen

A suspect is questioned over a massive Pandemic Unemployment Payment scam in relation to the personal data of employees who have worked in a company in the north of Dublin.

First lawsuit over Ryanair emergency landing after cabin pressure drop of €40,000

The first in a series of compensation claims against Ryanair over injuries reportedly sustained in an emergency landing have been settled for around €40,000.

Green minister labeled as ‘detached from reality’ for flying business class

Former Fine Gael Minister John Paul Phelan said Catherine Martin’s jet setting “screamed with hypocrisy” at a time when her party is trying to impose strict new CO2 targets on the agricultural sector.

Revealed: The Provinces With A Covid Incidence Above 400 Per 100,000

The highest number of cases was in the 35-44 age group, responsible for one in five infections.

With highs of 27C on Sunday, it’s really hot for pitchers in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park

In parts of the country, up to 30 degrees is expected in the coming days, with 27C on the card as the umpire throws in the sliotar for the All-Ireland Hurling Final at GAA headquarters.

‘He’s one of us now’ – locals in Galway village love Irish star Bundee Aki

It’s far from his hometown of Manurewa, Auckland, but Bundee Aki has firmly established himself as ‘a parish man’ in Oranmore, Co Galway.

Diageo moves beer and ale production from St James’s Gate to new €200 million brewery

Diageo to build Ireland’s second largest brewerymoving much of its beer and ale production out of Dublin.

Director arranging HSE-funded patient care ‘helps Gardaí’ in fraud investigation

The company secretary of a firm that arranges the treatment of Irish patients in a Spanish hospital confirmed that he is “assisting Gardaí” in connection with alleged fraud.

Scientists discover how skinny people stay slim

Another unexpected outcome of the study was that: super-lean individuals had much higher-than-expected metabolisms when they rested, which the researchers said was linked to higher levels of circulating thyroid hormones.