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IRELAND
Private hospitals in Cork, Kilkenny, and Mullingar have been asked to support public hospitals as part of the latest Health Department and HSE efforts to tackle overcrowding at Ireland’s emergency departments.
Junior jobs minister John Halligan has said the rate of social welfare should be increased and the minimum wage should be raised to €11.50 an hour. Mr Halligan also says that if Britain’s position or its economy actually benefits through Brexit, then TDs here will begin calling for Ireland to leave the EU.
A post-mortem is due to take place today on the body of a boy stabbed to death in Dublin yesterday.
AIB has set aside €190m to compensate customers wrongly moved off tracker mortgage loans. The bank also admitted 14 people had lost their home as a result of the error.
WORLD
The US Vice President Joe Biden has told Donald Trump to grow up. Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations that Russia was involved in cyber hacking around the US election later today.
SPORT
Leo Cullen has shrugged off the much vaunted new World Rugby laws relating to head contact, by suggesting nothing has changed with regard to how he’ll coach his team.
The GAA’s national match officials coordinator Pat Doherty has warned referees “can’t afford to be as inconsistent as we were” with their application of the black card.
Arsene Wenger insists all of his Arsenal players care as much about winning as Alexis Sanchez after he defended the forward’s furious reaction to Tuesday’s draw at Bournemouth.
Everyone knows who the sports superstars were in 2016. But countless players, coaches and officials flew under the radar, failing to get the plaudits and praise their efforts deserve.
OPINION
Noel Baker speaks to Vera Twomey, who caught the imagination of the nation when she set out to walk from Cork to the Dáil to win the right to use cannabis oil, which has had a dramatic effect on her daughter’s health
Why do we take to the streets in massive numbers to protest over water charges and not over such utterly appalling conditions in our health services? asks Alison O’Connor
BUSINESS
New company start-ups surpassed 20,000 for first time in almost two decades last year according to a new report.
Aggressive growth strategies by leading discount carriers are poised to overthrow Europe’s established airline order.
LIFESTYLE
While we are low on cattle-ranchers to lasso thieves we have no shortage of homegrown heroes, writes Rita de Brún
SHOWBIZ
David Bowie only discovered his cancer was terminal three months before he died, a new documentary reveals.
EXAMVIRAL
Cork mum Valerie Costelloe was devastated when she showed up on the wrong date for the Santa Experience in Dunnes Stores on Patrick Street, Cork. She phoned The Neil Prendeville Show on Cork’s Red FM to tell them the heart-warming story of what happened next.
This is the moment a grandma is left in open-mouthed disbelief by her grandson’s New Year’s revelations.
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
2017 is here and it has brought with it some very clear weather patterns which has made the skyline of Cork city stand-out more than it normally does.
TECHNOW
: Gamers of a certain vintage, rejoice! Now you can play a new version of a really old game which will make you feel like you're still down with the kids!
: Mother and daughter Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher sadly passed away within days of eachother over the Christmas period, leaving behind millions of fans and an unrivalled entertainment legacy. Now we get to see them together one last time.
: Cats have been looking for a way to bypass human interaction for decades, and now it's finally here - with the smart feeder.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
A mother-of-two who had to take a cheese grater to bed to relieve a non-stop itch caused by her chronic liver disease is celebrating after having a successful liver transplant over Christmas.
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