The perfusionist industrial action is widely reported, including a package on RTÉ's SixOne yesterday (see here from 32:40), and on the RTÉ website, Irish Medical Times, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, RTÉ, The Journal and Ocean FM. Please show your solidarity if you are near the James's St, Crumlin, Mater, Galway or Cork pickets today.

Elsewhere, one of the main news stories today is developments since the board of the Rotunda Hospital acquiesced to the demand of Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill that its public-only consultants take on no private work. 

The Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will hear today that plans for data centre expansion could see new data centres use the same amount of power as every other electricity user in the country combined. Robot apocalypse-watch continues as the Government’s controversial plans to reform the triple-lock system will come before the Cabinet for approval today. 

Finally, a story from last week about remote work as new research from the Trinity School of Business suggests remote and hybrid working is (so far) "failing to have the sort of impact on rural and “second tier” locations that many would have hoped for," while the Irish Examiner reports that a survey of Irish employees has found that more than two-thirds of women feel they are underpaid or undervalued in the workplace. 

Your Zen this morning is the jazz drum solo performed by a faulty air conditioning unit.

Have a great day. 

NS