Fórsa have said they will resume suspended industrial action tomorrow after HSE Chief Executive Bernard Gloster notified top managers that there is to be a freeze on filling certain new and replacement manager posts due to cost overruns. In a memo to senior staff, Mr Gloster said these are temporary measures to bring about greater controls to ensure alignment with the staffing levels set in the 2023 National Service Plan. You can read the full article HERE.

The community and voluntary sector strike continnues to be covered in the media. The Irish Wheelchair Association staff in Donegal have said they feel they have been "treated as a second class citizen." You can read the full article HERE.

Fórsa members were in attendance at the Seanad yesterday as Justice Minister Helen McEntee addressed the Seanad for the second stage reading of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023. You can read the full transcript HERE.

Hiqa is to investigate the use of unlicensed springs in Temple Street children's operations. The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will also carry out a wider review of the control and oversight of the use of surgical implants and implantable medical devices in the State. 

Problem gambling is an issue for one in 30 adults in Ireland, new figures from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) estimate. 

The Government will focus on slashing waiting times for driving tests before focusing its attention on thousands of motorists who remain on the roads with numerous renewed learner permits, Minister of State with responsibility for road safety Jack Chambers has said.

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On this day in 1961 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" film, based on the novella by Truman Capote, directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, and Buddy Ebsen, premiered: The film is an indisputable aesthetic classic, but is problematic in that it reflects the harmful societal biases that were prevalent in the 60s.