The Government has been accused of an “inexcusable” lack of leadership after it emerged that there are 2,600 vacant units across the country in council ownership, despite a mounting homelessness crisis.

Work is to begin at Government level to find ways to remove more than 25,000 students from the private rental market, five months after the Department of Education was alerted to the campus accommodation shortfall.

The Minister for Education is encouraging students to consider all options when looking for University accommodation.

One of the country’s largest residential landlords is tapping strong demand for rental properties thanks to the chronic shortage of housing across the capital and the cost of building new homes.

Ireland’s supply of the BCG vaccine that protects newborn babies against tuberculosis (TB) has run out, with a new batch not expected until July at the earliest.

Middle-ranking gardaí have urged Garda chief Nóirín O’Sullivan to speak out about the staff shortage in the force before a garda is “seriously injured or worse”.

So many of our human weaknesses crystalise around food — what we imagine it to be and how much of it we imagine we need to eat.