Commuters will today endure a 21st day of the Bus Éireann strike as a Labour Court recommendation aimed at ending the dispute is not due until lunchtime, meaning services cannot run until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

A desperate mother has pleaded with Health Minister Simon Harris to legalise medicinal cannabis and allow her daughter access to potentially life-changing treatment.

The organisers of the weekend demonstration against water charges says it has rattled the Government.