Tributes have are being paid to Fr Con Cronin who died following a freak crash in Cork yesterday.
The Passage West priest was one of two people killed after the collision which also saw a bus driver, 52, lose his life and a young teenager injured.
Meanwhile, a community in Co Monaghan is also in mourning today after a second road crash on Tuesday.
A young man in his 20s passed away in hospital hours after the two-car collision in Castleblayney early yesterday morning.
Here are the main headlines from the Irish Mirror on this Wednesday morning:
Hospitality chiefs to meet Government
Representatives from the hospitality industry are set to meet Government officials today over a number of measures they want to see scrapped.
Pubs and restaurant chiefs will call for a plan to reopen nightclubs and scrap the 11.30pm curfew when they meet later.
Representatives of the sector are demanding a return to normal trading hours and want a plan outlined to them which will detail the phased wind down of restrictions.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has indicated that this return of normalised hours will be at the top of the agenda, while the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland also want a roadmap on this before the end of the month.
It is expected that any further easing of Covid-19 restrictions will be examined by Government later in August.
Tributes paid to hero priest
A hero priest has been named as one of two people killed after a horror crash in Cork yesterday.
Fr Con Cronin was killed after the collision which also saw a bus driver, 52, lose his life and a young teenager injured.
Emergency services rushed to the Strand Road in Monkstown shortly before 2pm after the Bus Eireann driver suffered a suspected heart attack at the wheel and lost control.
The bus ploughed into some cars and hit Fr Cronin. A teenage girl almost became another casualty, however, her father whisked her out of the way just in the nick of time.
A vigil was held in Passage West for Fr Cronin last night, with him remembered as "one of the greatest people on Earth" and "a real gentleman".
Good weather on the way?
Met Eireann has indicated that a spell of more settled weather could be on the way shortly as temperatures hit record highs in Europe.
One of the worst heatwaves seen in some EU nations in decades has been causing certain regions to bake.
This Mediterranean heatwave could extend into the middle of the month, and Met Eireann have hinted Ireland could benefit from some of the warm weather.
High pressure from the Mediterranean Sea is expected to help send warm air northwards in August, and the Irish forecaster has said warmer conditions could be on the way.
Met Eireann said: "During the middle of the month we will have more of an easterly or northeasterly influence on our weather which brings us slightly warmer than normal conditions and light winds.
"Rainfall amounts will be near average as would expect afternoon showers in daytime heating."
