The top stories this morning.
- Groups from around the country are meeting in Dublin today to launch a petition calling for the rights of care partners at nursing homes and hospitals to be written into law. The Care Champions group is made up of the families of nursing home residents and aims to find solutions to support residents and their families.
- Dismissed teacher Enoch Burke says he has been stripped of his constitutional right to his religious beliefs. The teacher's facing daily fines after continuously showing up at Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath in the past week, despite being sacked.
- Ireland is obliged to accept people who are seeking asylum here. That's according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, after 55 people who arrived in the country since Tuesday, were not provided with state accommodation.
- US president Joe Biden says he's "outraged and deeply pained" after watching footage of a black man being beaten by police officers. 29-year-old Tyre Nichols died after the attack in Memphis, Tennesse.
