Your top stories on Thursday: Gay men ‘hunted’ in Phoenix Park by men with knives; ‘heat dome’ emergency declared in US
Children enjoy a splash pad in Boston, Massachusetts. Extreme heat has smothered central and northeastern US states in recent days. Forecasters predicted temperatures could hit 38 degrees in parts of New England on Thursday. Photograph: Joseph Prezioso / AFPThree gay men walking in the Phoenix Park in Dublin were “hunted” by six men with knives because of their sexuality in an incident this week, the Seanad heard.
Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward said he had been informed by one of the men that he was in the park with two of his friends when they were approached by a group of men.could ask rival airlines to carry passengers whose flights are cancelled as a result of pilots’ planned industrial action, the company has said.Sylvanna McDaniel son’s Dara is due to finish sixth class in primary school next week, but has no secondary school place for next September.
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