Your Friday lunchtime catch-up

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

TOP STORIES

Fine Gael says it wants to end the passive welfare culture in Ireland.

Around half a million households eligible for the water conservation grant have yet to apply for it.

The Government is continuing to oppose calls for a special public holiday next year for the centenary of 1916.

The EU is being asked to provide guidelines in trademark law, in light of the Supermac’s dispute with McDonald’s.

WORLD

One person has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University, officials have said.

The English parents of a child who was taken away after they were wrongly accused of abuse are unlikely to ever see their baby again, according to their lawyer.