MORNING BULLETIN: Cabinet set to clear €180million public pay increase; Hospitals face closure under new targets law
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Public and private hospitals will be shut if they put patients lives at risk or fail to meet key targets under controversial new licensing plans.
Cabinet will today sign off on public sector pay increases due to come into force from next month.
An eight-month-old boy was lucky to escape with his life after he, along with his mother and teenage uncle, were blasted with a shotgun in broad daylight.
Eight Munster research projects are to share a €30.5m regional funding programme managed by Enterprise Ireland.
Patient voices are valuable for improving healthcare services, explains Rachel Flynn
The family of a man accused of setting off a pipe bomb in a crowded New York City subway corridor have said they are heartbroken and deeply saddened by the suffering the attack has caused.
The decision to bring forward the date of the All-Ireland hurling final to mid-August was a mistake, according to Tipperary manager Michael Ryan.
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