The mother of a baby who died minutes after he was being born in hospital has said “little or nothing” has changed in the eight years since his death.

Labour has pledged to increase education funding by €140 million while reducing classroom sizes in a bid to “ensure that every child gets a fair start in life”.

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys has announced the results of the new €2.5 million Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Competitive Fund.

Make no mistake about it, the five-in-a-row is some achievement and Dublin are by any standards a very good team. No doubt the diligence and dedication of both players and management has been key... along, of course, with the €18m in GAA coaching and development grants over the period from 2007 to 2018.

The funds will be distributed to assist libraries in providing support to communities at risk of being socially excluded, marginalised or disadvantaged.

Sport Ireland chief executive John Treacy has indicated that the adoption by FAI members of the major reforms recommended by the Governance Review Group Report will be one of the factors essential to the restoration of funding which has been suspended since April.

It comes after it threatened to shut down its entire care services due to financial difficulties.

Funding worth €250,000 has been announced for an initiative which will allow third level students to spend three months in the Gaeltacht.

Representatives will meet with the Minister for Health this afternoon to seek an extra €2million in funding.

Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan has announced the allocation of €300,000 in funding to social enterprises providing employment opportunities for people with a criminal past.

Directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford will give the cities extra clout when it comes to securing government funding, according to the Taoiseach.

The opposition party's agriculture spokesperson Charlie McConalogue demanded the clarity before Wednesday night's House of Commons votes on all different Brexit options.

Local radio stations could receive up to €250,000 a year in State funding under a multi-million euro support scheme.

Cork County Council is planning to borrow €130m from two European banks for infrastructure projects – which will represent one of the largest loan ever sought outside the State by a local authority.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced details of its 2019 funding allocation under its Sectoral Learning & Development and Sponsorship funding initiative.

The Local Improvement Scheme covers back roads that help people to access their homes and farms.

No-one involved in delivering the most expensive capital health project in the history of the State will be held personally responsible for the financial fiasco it has become, according to the terms of reference of an expert review.

The kind of disdain for the idea of public service, the deep cynicism fuelled by what can only be described as the slapdash, make-it-up-as-we-go-along mismanagement of the National Children’s Hospital project has become a toxic force undermining any remaining public faith in how these vital projects are delivered.

London’s Crossrail development has been described as Europe’s biggest infrastructure project.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Michael Creed, has announced today that funding worth €2.4m will be allocated to 12 marine businesses over the next three years.

The HSE has been accused of being "imprudent" in unilaterally cutting the number of people whose nursing home care will be funded under the Fair Deal scheme next year.