Two men quizzed on ‘brutal murder’ of nurse – The Irish News

The Irish News front page this morning – summarised

• Two men arrested on suspicion of ‘brutal and senseless’ murder of ‘devoted’ Co Down mother-of-two: Two men were being questioned by police today on suspicion of murder following the “brutal and senseless” death of a woman in Co Down. Karen Cummings, a 40-year-old deputy sister at Daisy Hill hospital in Newry, died at house in the Laurel Heights area of Banbridge on Saturday evening. The mother-of-two is understood to be the seventh woman killed in Northern Ireland this year.
• Coroner to be asked to hold ‘Lost Boys’ inquests: Lawyers for some relatives of ‘Lost Boys’ David Leckey, Jonathan Aven and John Rodgers will today ask a coroner for inquests to be held into their disappearances in the absence of their bodies. The request will include Thomas Spence “by connection”. A complaint has also been lodged with the Police Ombudsman.
• Israel closes Dublin embassy and accuses government of ‘crossing every red line’: Israel will close its embassy in Dublin in light of “the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government”, foreign minister Gideon Saar has said, accusing the country of “crossing every red line”. His statement said Israel’s ambassador to Dublin has been recalled in the past following what it called the Republic’s “unilateral decision to recognise a Palestinian state”.