The Cabinet is likely to approve the legalisation of abortion up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy in the new year, in line with the report of the committee of the Eighth Amendment.

More than 18,000 students hoping to start college next month have been approved for financial assistance, to aid likely costs. 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has urged Oireachtas officials to deduct thousands of euro in unpaid Dáil bar debt from TDs and senators’ salaries or pensions, insisting nobody is allowed to blatantly ignore their bills.

Officials in Dublin and Clare last night expressed their willingness to take part in the championship play-off belatedly offered to them yesterday by the Camogie Association - one which finally brought the lengthy saga to an end.