Legislation that would allow adoptees secure information about their adoptions should pass through the Oireachtas by the end of the year according to minister for children Katherine Zappone.
The High Court's heard the HSE has yet to admit full liability regarding the botched cervical smear results given to Kerry woman Emma Mhic Mhathúna. Yesterday evening, hundreds gathered at rallies across Ireland expressing their anger over the scandal and standing in solidarity with those affected. Pictured right is a Fórsa contingent outside Dáil Éireann.
The Indo reports Government is to make it illegal to harass patients or protest within a certain distance outside premises providing abortion services.
The National Council for Special Education yesterday published a report making a series of recommendations about the service SNAs provide and called for a new 'school inclusion model' to be established. In response, Fórsa deputy general secretary Kevin Callinan called on the government to provide job security for SNAs. The story was featured on yesterday evening's six one news which you can catch here from 16:09.
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol held a second day of meetings in New York yesterday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.
Yesterday, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed.
A grand jury in Manhattan has voted to indict Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. He was initially charged last week in what was hailed a landmark for the #MeToo movement, nearly eight months after his career imploded in a blaze of accusations of misconduct.
SIPTU members in the Dublin Airport Authority have voted in a ballot counted yesterday by 91% to 9% to accept a Workplace Relations Commission proposal on pay.
Something to make you go 'awww' this morning. Your Zen features a labrador named Fred who happened upon nine orphaned ducklings and took them as his own.
