All eyes are healthcare in the community and voluntary sector as Fórsa, the INMO and Siptu attend talks at the WRC today, as the Irish Times reports that More than "300,000 civil and public servants will receive pay increases of more than €1,000 per annum from Saturday as the latest instalment of last year’s public sector pay deal comes into effect."
Elsewhere, Jack Power reports on the range of private companies contracted by Tusla to provide emergency accommodation for children in state care. Fifteen companies shared €56 million in payments from Tusla last year to run unregulated accommodation.
With geopolitics seeming more febrile as each day passes, Tánaiste Simon Harris is to bring draft legislation to Cabinet tomorrow to modify the triple lock on Irish troop deployment and remove the need for UN Security Council approval for peacekeeping missions abroad. The move follows last week's announcements on increased defence spending.
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Here's a clip from Friday night's broadcast of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. While it was recorded before that Oval Office debacle on Friday night, it captures the blend of evil and absurdity at work, and still manages to be funny.
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