5 things you need to know today

1. More questions for Garda Commissioner

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan will today face further questions on the O'Higgins Inquiry report when she attends a meeting of the Policing Authority, the body charged with oversight of An Garda Síochána. There was relief in Government circles yesterday when Ms O'Sullivan issued a statement clarifying her instructions to her lawyers at the inquiry. However, she will likely be asked to explain failures in policing and management when she meets the authority. The Garda Commissioner asked the Minister for Justice to refer allegations that senior officers sought to mislead the inquiry to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc). The fallout from the report of the O'Higgins commission report is not over. The Dáil will today continue its debate on the report, and last night there was some trenchant criticism of the Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan and some pertinent questions to which answers have not yet been supplied.

2. Man engineered his arrest due to fears after Hutch murder

A man who presented himself to gardaí after the murder of Gareth Hutch did so because he feared he would be shot dead when people saw detectives searching his house after the killing. The Irish Times understands the man has claimed he was not involved in the murder but effectively engineered his arrest for questioning to avoid being attacked in revenge. The man is from the north inner city and his home was searched on Tuesday after Hutch (35), a father of one, was shot dead in the locality. Hutch family members, many of whom have no involvement with criminal activity, have been warned their lives are in danger because of their name, sources in the north inner city have said. There are believed to be well over 100 extended members of the family in the area and even those with no links to criminal activity are in fear of their personal safety as the feud with the Spain-based Kinahan cartel continues. With gunmen working for the Kinahan drugs gang murdering on the streets of Dublin, apparently undeterred by the increased armed Garda presence, the prospect of ending the bloodshed soon seems remote.

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3. Tesco to remove Irish food section from UK stores

Tesco in the UK is to remove a section of its supermarkets specifically stocked with Irish products and reduce the amount of food brands from Ireland on offer. From July, the Irish food area will be removed from the larger "World Foods" section in many of the chain's bigger supermarkets. Tesco has said the most popular of the products will continue to be stocked on the main shelves. However, it could not detail how many of the brands would remain. The news comes as a strike by Tesco workers belonging to the Mandate trade union which was due to be held on Thursday has been called off pending further talks between the parties. As many as 5,000 workers were due to take part in the industrial action on Thursday, according to the union, but both parties have now agreed to take part in further talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

4. ‘No fry zone’ near schools opposed by council bosses

A ban on fast-food outlets setting up within 400m of schools, parks or playgrounds is being opposed by Wicklow County Council management. Wicklow councillors are due to vote on the proposed ban in the coming weeks. The ban, written into the council's draft development plan last November, received 206 submissions during a period of public consultation, 202 of them in favour, two calling for more debate and two – including one from Kentucky Fried Chicken – against. Pressure for the ban came from Greystones-based No Fry Zone 4 Kids, a campaign group formed after the council granted planning permission to McDonald's for a restaurant, drive-thru and takeaway on a site immediately opposite a three-school campus. While most submissions in favour of the ban came from the public, others came from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland's Policy Group on Obesity, the HSE, DCU, TCD, UCG, the Irish Heart Foundation's Nutrition Council, Safefood, and the Association for the Study of Obesity, among others.

5. O’Neill to leave final Euro 2016 selection until deadline

Martin O'Neill says that the majority of his players will know if they are going to France well before next Tuesday's game against Belarus, but the remaining squad members look set to learn their fate after the game in Cork, with the manager still anxious, it seems, to resolve some dilemmas, primarily in relation to central midfield. "I won't announce the squad but by the weekend 90 per cent will already know if they are travelling," said the manager after the extended group had trained in Abbotstown. It should make for a hectic night in Cork with the game scheduled to finish less than 90 minutes before Uefa's deadline for the submission of squad lists for the finals. O'Neill said telling some of his Republic of Ireland players they will not be going to the Euro 2016 finals will be one of the hardest parts of his job to date. Meanwhile, France has revealed a 90,000-strong security force for the tournament amid fears of attacks.