Wednesday morning briefing: Schools to shut down 'over €6 per teacher per week'. Catch up on all the headlines
IRELAND
The Garda Ombudsman will have to obtain a High Court order to access documents from the O’Higgins Inquiry after the Department of Justice told the watchdog that it was legally prevented from releasing documents to it.
Trips and falls cost Cork City Council more than €4m in compensation last year, with average payouts higher than ever at close to €25,000.
Talks aimed at averting tomorrow's strike by ASTI secondary school teachers resume this morning in Dublin.
An illegal abortion pill was brought into the Dáil by TD Bríd Smith during a debate on repealing the Eighth Amendment.
WORLD
A brother and sister were among four adults who were killed when a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia's east coast.
An ad in Britain for the delivery service Diet Chef has been banned for presenting a "socially irresponsible" approach to women's body image.
A father who said he violently threw his crying baby daughter onto the sofa in a fit of temper has been convicted of her murder.
Donald Trump pledged to bolster the US government's investment in the space programme - a boon to the space coast of Florida.
SPORT
Pep Guardiola is refusing to budge in his dispute with Yaya Toure's agent - despite wanting to recall the midfielder.
Some 15 years before claiming Olympic gold, an 11-year-old Katie Taylor offered a humble prediction in a letter she wrote to a fellow female fighter.
One thing Anthony Foley’s tragic passing highlighted over the last week was just how small and tightly knit the European rugby community is.
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell believes newly appointed managers Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will be a perfect fit for Clare hurling, insisting “they work brilliantly together and as good as you can get.”
OPINION
There is now a newly empowered, self-appointed populism, a protectorate of the people, which in fact is the greatest threat to our democracy in decades, writes Gerard Howlin.
BUSINESS
A leading marketing and PR company, which has been placed in examinership, is restructuring its operations in the hope of trading out of difficulty.
PM Group, the Dublin- and Cork-based-management services group, is eyeing acquisitions in the US and western Europe as part of its five-year growth plan, which began last year.
LIFESTYLE
Men die six years younger than women and are more often victims of suicide. Rita de Brún meets the Australian trying to change all that.
SHOWBIZ
Justin Timberlake appears to have avoided a possible criminal investigation into a selfie he took while voting in the US presidential election.
VIRAL
Eight-year-old Jeremy Miller has given us total costume goals, all thanks to his dad Ryan.
Whether it’s a crocodile, a luxury ocean liner, or a majestic seahorse, Dom can draw it. But his dad’s pretty creative too.
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
If you saw €4,000 worth of money on the ground, would you take some?
TECHNOW
: There are few games we're more excited about this year than Dishonored 2.
: Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake is in cinemas now and it's an essential drama which should be seen by everyone.
: Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer which has yet to really break out in Europe, but that could be about to change.
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A member of staff at a nursing home was suspended for two weeks after an anonymous tip that she was on heroin but it later emerged that the claim was entirely false.
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