In other news today, the majority of TDs and senators have experienced abuse and harassment, as 94% of politicians and 72% of political staff reported some form of threat, harassment, abuse or violence.

The Irish Times reports that the Government has agreed 9,000 social housing leasing deals with property funds that will cost a “whopping” €3.24 billion, last for 25 years and the funds will own the properties at the end of the lease.

News from the PDFFora conference in Cavan includes a report on Irish soldiers accessing medical treatment in the North under a unique €1.50-a-week scheme.

Elsewhere, the Taoiseach has said the full range of supports provided to refugees and asylum seekers, including accommodation for those with permission to remain in the State, is to be reviewed.

Zen

Your Zen moment today welcomes the Palestinian women's football team to Ireland this week. They will play a friendly against Bohs tonight in Dalymount Park, in their very first European fixture.

The match is taking place on the 76th anniversary of Nakba - which means "catastrophe" in Arabic and refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Have a great day.

Niall