The ICTU is getting over 1,000 emails a week asking for ESB workers to be released from the TEEU.

The Irish Times report that negotiations between the HSE and the two main laboratories that examine smear tests for the CervicalCheck programme have reached a critical phase, with existing arrangements due to run out at the weekend. While the CSO has found that four out of five suicides last year were male.

Coillte profits are up as it pushes ahead with  its Brexit-proofing plans.

Portlaoise hospital's catering department has won two awards including being named the overall national winner for Hygiene and Food Safety at National Q Mark Awards.

The boss of the Spar chain says that shortages of staff are now such an issue that it has become a major factor in deciding where the chain sites new shops.

The potential failure of Brexit negotiations and "unsettled" politics pose a risk to world economic growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

An Atlantic storm could batter the country today. While the Guardian reports that scientists fear 'tipping points' could exacerbate climate crisis.

Have a good day.