"The leaders of the two main parties have been accused of “speaking out of both sides of their mouths” by unions representing S39 and other voluntary sector workers whose long-running pay dispute was highlighted by Charlotte Fallon’s encounter with Simon Harris over the weekend" - Unions met department officials yesterday on the community and voluntary pay issue. RTÉ also reports.

As featured in Morning Ireland's newsppaper round up, Mick Clifford writes in the Examiner about Fórsa's members in the prison chaplaincy, following the closure of the Catholic chapel in Mountjoy prison: "The chaplains’ union Fórsa said its members are “deeply distressed, both by the haste with which this has occurred, and the complete lack of engagement or consultation between prison management and the chaplains.”

Zen

A new season of Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters is now streaming. If you watched the first season you'll know this charming comedy is also as dark as a comedy can be. With a uniformly brilliant cast, it stands apart. The second episode of the new season ends with a real shock, and Sinéad O'Connor's Thief of Your Heart plays over the action. The song (written by Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer and some chap called Bono) was composed for the film In The Name of the Father.

Have a great day.

Niall