Here’s Monday's Evening Round-up: Brexit crisis, nurses' strike, and 'unacceptable' Páirc Uí Chaoimh surface
So that’s nearly Monday wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.
TO INFORM
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has doubled-down on Ireland's hard-line Brexit stance by insisting the Government has no reason to change its backstop position despite growing fears over a no deal crisis in just 52 days time.
INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha has responded to the Government inviting unions to new talks on "issues other than pay", saying it is "massively disrespectful".
The mother of a young woman who battled to be given life-saving treatment has said the kindness and generosity shown to her late daughter will never be forgotten.
Consumer advocates and politicians have stepped up their calls for individual bankers to be held to account for the €1bn tracker mortgage scandal, which involves around 40,000 cases.
A major study into depression involving the data of more than two million people has identified personality types susceptible to the condition.
The Cork Country Board have said the playing surface at Páirc Uí Chaoimh was "unacceptable" for yesterday's League double-header.
TO ENGAGE
Ireland needs to have a real debate about the level of public services and social infrastructure it wishes to have in the coming decades and how these are to be financed, writes Eamon Murphy.
A quarter of the country’s disabled population lives in poverty, while 42% of applications for disability allowance made in 2018 were rejected. It’s unacceptable, writes Joan O’Donnell.
TO ENTERTAIN
RP O’Donnell is convinced that an Uber-style taxi system would, as Jim Daly TD suggests, be a godsend for rural Ireland.
Tributes have been paid to Irish model Alli MacDonnell who passed away suddenly this morning.
MOST READ SO FAR TODAY
A body is visible in seabed video footage of the wreckage of the plane which crashed in the English Channel with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala on board.
