Ireland

• 
  17 mins ago

  Hospital staff member up at 4am to prepare patients' food before joining strike

  There was no rest for Joan Costelloe, a cook employed at University Hospital, who awoke before dawn to prepare “special meals”, for patients unable to eat or swallow hard food.

• 29 mins ago
  

  Why is the Irish backstop such a key issue in Brexit talks?

  A business group has been set up by the Government to look into alternatives.

• 35 mins ago
  

  Government to analyse Eir’s broadband claims, Varadkar tells Dáil

  The Taoiseach said it was a ‘big turnaround’ for the telecommunications firm.

• 1 hour, 23 mins ago
  

  More than 600,000 people in Ireland live in poor housing conditions, say Engineers Ireland

  More than 600,000 people in Ireland live in poor housing conditions with leaks, damp or rot while almost two million housing units will require retrofitting, according to Engineers Ireland.

• 1 hour, 42 mins ago
  

  Protesting students occupy University College Cork president's wing

  A group of University College Cork (UCC) students protesting on-campus over an incoming increase in the university’s capitation fee have occupied the president’s wing this afternoon.

• 1 hour, 46 mins ago
  

  Health Minister signs legislation to legalise use of medicinal cannabis

  The Minister for Health has signed legislation which will allow for the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme on a pilot basis for five years.