Coverage of the upcoming strike of health workers in the community and voluntary sector continues, this piece in the Irish Examiner outlines  a  disability campaigner's perspective despite the headline Leigh Gath fully supports the workers in this dispute.

The Irish Times leads with findings from its most recent poll: Mary Lou McDonald is the most popular choice for next Taoiseach. 

The poll also finds that just over a quarter of voters (27 per cent) favour a continuation of the present Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Green Coalition after the next election, but more than four in 10 voters want to see Sinn Féin as part of the next government.

House prices continue to rise as supply remains limited. Asking prices for homes inched higher in the third quarter of the year, buoyed by strong demand and a sharp decline in the number of homes listed for sale, according to Daft.ie.

Can Ireland continue to accomodate data centres? Colm Keena delves into the impact of these "energy-hungry" data centres that are now estimated to consume close to 20% of the power on the Irish electricity grid.

And if you have time for a longer, reflective piece The Guardian visits Lampedusa, ten years after over 300 people drowned, a tragedy which shot the island to the top of international news agenda. A decade later the situation on the island is as fraught as ever.