The new Ballyshannon Community Hospital is to open this week following the recent dispute over staffing levels.
Following on from yesterday's Oireachtas committee hearing on the new defence bill, the European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions (Euromil) has joined Irish military representative bodies, Raco and PDForra, in criticising the legislation. ICTU's Liam Berney and Dr.Laura Bambrick made this opening address at yesterday's hearing.
Meanwhile, a thousand tech jobs were lost between November and December last year, according to new CSO data. The total number of jobs in the sector was down 5,800, or 4.6%, compared with December 2022.
Elsewhere, Euronews reports that Access Now - a non-profit digital rights organisation - has said more transparency is needed on how humanitarian aid organisations handle the data of the world's most vulnerable people.
Your Zen this morning is the news that film director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1917, and the only decent Bond film, Skyfall) is to direct four separate feature films, each focusing on one of The Beatles. The project has the full approval of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison.