LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Simon Coveney reveals housing plan; Dr Peter Boylan resigns

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IRELAND: State-owned land is being opened up for development in a bid to ease the housing crisis.

IRELAND: Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin has said it is "hugely disappointing" that Dr Peter Boylan has resigned from the executive committee of the National Maternity Hospital.

IRELAND: Joan Burton has started giving testimony in the Jobstown false imprisonment trial.

WORLD: Thai prosecutors are to ask police to issue an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull fortune if he does not turn up to face charges over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer almost five years ago, officials said.

BUSINESS: The main Irish subsidiary of US technology giant Oracle went into the red last year in spite of revenues increasing by 8% to €8.7bn.

SPORT: Tipperary will be without Kieran Bergin for their Munster and All-Ireland SHC defence.

SPORT: Bernard Dunne’s appointment as High Performance Director of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has been confirmed by the association.

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