Top Four Things you need to know - Tuesday June 22nd

The top four things you need to know for Monday morning, June 22nd.

A judicial review of Cork's €100m Kildare Village-style outlet centre will be be heard in October

The challenge by Cork County Council over a ministerial direction to annul a change to its development plan providing for the retail "outlet" in east Cork will be heard in the High Court.

It relates to a variation of the current plan made by councillors last year.

The Office of the Planning Regulator recommended to the Minister for Housing and Urban Development that the decision should be reversed saying it was premature and should not have been made prior to the preparation of an updated joint retail strategy for Cork.

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The World Health Organisation says there's a 'real chance' the Delta variant will become the dominant strain of Covid-19 in Ireland. 

It comes as the chief medical officer says there's been a 'concerning increase' in cases of the strain here. 

About a fifth of infections in the past week involved this variant, which is more transmissible. 

A total of 284 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed here yesterday. 

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There was a 43% increase in contacts to the Women's Aid support line during 2020, compared to 2019.

29,717 cases of domestic abuse, including coercive control, were reported to them last year.

95% of those who contacted its helpline were women and 5% were men.

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We're just days away from potentially finding out if aliens have visited Earth.

The US Government's expected to publish an official report into UFO sightings this week.

Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid says it's a big moment of validation for people who've reported sightings.

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