Navan hospital is set to receive 50% fewer ambulances as are patients diverted to other local hospitals from today under a new protocol. Fórsa rep at Our Lady of Lourdes, Barbara Kelly, has called for more resources as the bypass protocol feeds extra patients to an already under resourced hospital.

Cabinet has approved the international surrogacy policy proposals aimed at giving 100s of families a 'route to recognition'. Read more on that here.

An Oireachtas Committee will today be told that a greater awareness of workplace supports for people with autism is required.

An apartment block sold to Dublin City Council in lieu of providing social housing in two of the real estate firm’s high-end developments, is uninhabitable due to fire safety defects, according to the council. Read more on that here.

The Times reports that the proportion of school leavers from poorer backgrounds who secured places in higher education dropped this year following a return to traditional Leaving Cert exams.

Student nurses and midwives will be paid at 80% of full rate during their internships, under plans approved by Cabinet yesterday.

Across the water, UK nurses and rail workers are on strike this week over pay and conditions, as public sector pay hits 19-year low in real terms

And finally, a court has thrown out an anti-trans challenge against the Scottish government's definition of a woman in law. Read more on that here.

Zen

Marvin Gaye brings us zen. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is 58 years old this week and still as timeless as ever. 

Have a good day folks.