Nearly 27,000 students have registered to vote for the first time in the run up to the upcoming referendum on the 8th Amendment.

I am writing this letter on my journey back to London, where I now live, after a weekend in Ireland, where I grew up.

The Together For Yes campaign have announced the musicians and speakers lined-up to take part in their fundraiser gig being held at the Olympia on May 2.

The ESB says that posters on electricity poles will be removed and that it may have to interrupt electricity supply to do so.

In an editorial in the new issue of Hot Press magazine, editor Niall Stokes has called on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to provide reassurances that the campaigning in the upcoming abortion referendum will not be affected by misleading advertising.

Latest: The date for the abortion referendum has been set for Friday, May 25.

We approved the 13th and 14th Amendments to our Constitution.

The broadcasting watchdog has said presenters can provide fair and objective views during the Eighth Amendment referendum campaign as opposed to having to ensure there is even time for each side in the debate.

Sinn Féin will decide next Monday whether to hold a special national conference to decide if the party will back the Government proposal to allow unrestricted access to abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Save the 8th campaigners are expecting tens of thousands of people to join their march this afternoon.

Latest: A number of pro-choice and pro-life rallies have been held in Dublin today as the Government signed off on a referendum bill.

A survey of almost 500 GPs has found that almost two thirds would not provide abortion pills if the 8th Amendment is repealed.

The Minister for Children Katherine Zappone says she doesn't want the abortion debate to turn into a shouting match.

There are calls for politicians to do as little campaigning as possible on the forthcoming abortion referendum.

Frances Fitzgerald could be appointed as the head of Fine Gael's abortion referendum campaign as part of her return to front-line politics.