The Indo’s Anne-Marie Walsh reports on “a summer of discontent”, with industrial action expected across Emerald Air, the National Ambulance Service, water services and fire services over the coming months.

A privately owned Dublin Airport landbank is up for sale, raising questions over the future of land seen as a critical national asset. The sale refers to three connecting lots covering 260 acres in the centre of the airport grounds, presenting a strategic and financial challenge to the Dublin Airport Authority.

A man has been killed in a workplace explosion in Co Donegal.The HSA are investigating. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

St Vincent de Paul has said there is enormous pressure on parents to pay voluntary secondary school charges which can range from €30 to over €550 per child.

There has been an increase in the number of people who are at risk of homelessness, a leading housing charity will tell an Oireachtas committee today.

The Health Service Executive has said that fluctuation in spending on the new National Pediatric Hospital at the St James's Hospital campus in Dublin, will have a significant impact on the remainder of its Capital Programme for this year.

And finally, there has been widespread international condemnation of Uganda's draconian new law against homosexuality. Read more on that here.

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The story of the longest-running industrial relations dispute in Irish history hit cinemas last Friday.

406 Days tells the story of the 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers who were made redundant in April 2020 when Debenhams UK Retail Ltd. shut all eleven Irish stores. The documentary makes for makes for both upsetting and inspiring viewing and is an important watch.  You can check out the trailer below.

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