August 14: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Teenager due in court over Temple Bar assault
A teenager is due before court this morning in relation to a robbery and serious assault in Dublin city centre on Friday night. Three tourists from the UK, all aged in their 20s, were taken to St James’s Hospital following the incident on Fownes Street Upper, in Temple Bar. The men were treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries and have since been released from hospital. The men are members of amateur soccer club St John’s Sports from Aylesbury in England, which had travelled to Dublin to play a pre-season friendly against a team from St Kevin’s FC in Whitehall. The match, which was due to have been played on Saturday, was called off following the incident in Temple Bar.
RTÉ

Revised plan to overhaul direct provision to be presented to Cabinet next month
A revised plan to overhaul direct provision is to be presented to Cabinet next month. Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman is to present a new white paper on ending the controversial system, just two years after the first plan was launched. It comes as the Government is facing another difficult period in finding accommodation for 5,000 refugees who will have to be moved out of student accommodation in the coming weeks. Prior to the war in Ukraine, the Government was working on ending direct provision by the end of 2024 and replacing the system with not-for-profit accommodation. But, department officials are now working on a new timeline, with sources admitting it is unlikely to achieve the target of 2024 due to the impact of the war in Ukraine and a surge in the number of international protection applicants seeking asylum here.
The Irish Examiner

Apartment owners threatened with legal action if they don’t pay €5,000 for fire safety works
Owners of apartments in Swords have been warned that they may face legal action if they do not begin to pay part of the €15,000 needed for fire safety works. The Broadmeadows apartment complex is one of thousands of boom-era developments with fire safety defects. Last year, The Journal reported that owners of apartments in the complex were told that they would have to pay €5,000 for the fire safety remedial works each year for three years, with the total amounting to €15,000. Apartment owners must pay for the works despite not being responsible for the fire safety defects.
The Journal

Up to €8bn may be diverted from new sovereign wealth fund for home-building
The Government is discussing moves to divert as much as €8 billion from the new sovereign wealth fund into housing, as part of a fresh push to boost the supply of social and affordable homes. The money would go to the State-controlled Land Development Agency (LDA) as it enters new partnerships with private developers to build on public and private land.
The Irish Times

DAA responds to claims of long delays at Dublin Airport for passengers waiting for taxis
DAA, the operator of Dublin Airport, has said it is actively monitoring taxi driver activity after complaints that few taxis are servicing the official rank in the early hours of the morning. While scores of people are standing at an empty rank, many taxis that are summoned using mobile phone apps may be waiting in a car park. Multiple flights are arriving from holiday destinations after midnight, and, on one occasion recently, there were 60 adults, as well as many children, queuing at the official taxi rank.
Independent.ie

When a ‘fire hurricane’ hit, Maui’s warning sirens never sounded
Lahaina, once Hawaii’s royal capital, is now a crematorium. “We pick up remains and they fall apart,” said Maui County police chief John Pelletier on Saturday, four days after a massive wildfire tore downhill through dry brush and grass and engulfed the island’s western edge. Close to 100 deaths have been confirmed, making the Lahaina wildfires the deadliest in the US in more than a century. But just 3% of Lahaina’s charred ruins have been searched so far, stoking fears that the death toll will continue its sharp climb.
BBC News

Niger’s coup leaders say deposed president could face treason charges
The leaders of Niger’s military coup have said that the country’s deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, could be charged with “high treason” and undermining state security.
The Guardian

Mark Zuckerberg says ‘time to move on’ from Elon Musk cage fight
The two tech billionaires have traded plenty of verbal blows on their social media platforms – but the prospects of their mooted clash happening looks further away than ever. On Sunday Zuckerberg wrote on Threads: “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.”
Sky News

Today’s forecast
This morning, outbreaks of rain will affect East Munster and south Leinster and will be heavy at times. The rain will clear later in the morning. Otherwise today will be bright with sunny spells and occasional showers, some heavy. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees with mainly light west to northwest breezes. Tonight will be mainly dry with showers becoming isolated. Some patches of mist or fog may form. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees with light northwest breezes.
Met Éireann