Good morning colleagues, 

The Irish Times top news stories this morning include news of the death of Robert Deegan, a former Irish soldier from Newbridge, Co Kildare, in Ukraine. The report into the death of Aoife Johnston at UHL also features prominently today.

The Irish Examiner reports that "thousands of staff at voluntary organisations providing health and social care services on behalf of the Government are to be balloted on industrial action following a breakdown in pay negotiations."