Fórsa's Kevin Callinan spoke at the AGM of the union’s Kildare Health Branch in Naas yesterday called on the Government to open negotiations on a new public service pay agreement. This was picked up by many of today's papers including the Irish Independent, the Irish Examiner and RTE News. You can read Fórsa's statement here:

Prince Andrew dominates the British press as he is set to pay his accused more than 12 million euro to avoid facing a jury trial. The Irish Independent indicates the money used will be from the bank account of his mother Queen Elizabeth.

A status yellow weather warning is in place for the entire country as thr first storm of the year hits Ireland. Met Eireann has has warned that winds could reach 50 and 65 km/h. This will be followed by another storm as Storm Eunice tracks over Ireland Thursday night.

Replying to questions from Labour leader Alan Kelly on the leaked recordings of a department of health meeting, Taoiseach Micheal Martin confirmed that the HSE staff recruitment is likely to be half of what the funded target is this year. You can read more here.

Laws requiring masks to be worn in shops and on public transport are expected to be dropped and replaced with guidance urging people to continue the wearing of face coverings to protect against Covid as NPHET meets this week.

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The BBC has finally confirmed when exactly the final season of Peaky Blinders will return. The show, led by Cillian Murphy will return on the 27th of Febuary. If you have never watched Peaky Blinders I would highly reccommend it. Attached below is the trailer for the final season.