Fórsa's response to the new SNA plan is also reported in the Irish Mirror, the Irish Examiner, The Irish Times while Andy went toe-to-toe with Ciara Kelly on Newstalk's The Hard Shoulder.

Elsewhere, the Irish Independent reports on the perfusionist industrial action planned for next week, while Linda Kelly's interview on Morning Ireland yesterday prompted the Irish Times to pick up the story.

Meanwhile, some news on the gender pay gap, as a memo to Cabinet yesterday that will make it mandatory for employers to use the new gender-pay reporting website. It comes five years after the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021, which introduced the legislative basis for gender pay-gap reporting in Ireland.

Your Zen this morning is a clip from one of my favourite comedians about his fans. I went to see him last night in Drogheda with my pal Paddy Cole. Paddy and I aren't at all like the men Stewart Lee is describing in this clip. Well, ok, maybe I am a bit.

Have a great day. 

NS