An investigation is due to get underway after a fire at an ESB sub-station in Ringsend broke out in the early hours of this morning.

Opposition party Sinn Féin says they'll do their upmost to stand up the government on the possibility of thousands more redundancies in the public sector.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said the Government's mid-term fiscal plan to make cuts of €3.8bn in next months Budget will not work.

The Enterprise and Jobs Minister has indicated that any reform of JLCs may only apply to newly hired workers.