Homeless figures top 10,000 for the first time ever
The number of homeless people in Ireland has topped 10,000 for the first time on record.
According to the latest Government figures, there were 10,264 people accessing emergency accommodation in the State in February.
The figures include 3,784 children and 6,480 adults.
It means the number of homeless people rose by 277 - including 160 children.
UK Parliament rejects all eight options put to it in bid to find majority on Brexit
The UK House of Commons has rejected all eight potential Brexit scenarios put to it in a series of ‘indicative votes’ aimed at finding a way forward on Brexit.
The majority of the votes were heavily defeated.
It comes after the UK Prime Minister told Conservative MPs that she will quit if the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement is passed by the House of Commons.
Theresa May made the pledge in a speech to the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs.
Over 2,300 women waiting on smear test results
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has revealed that more than 2,300 women are still waiting on repeat smear test results.
It follows an issue with a number of HPV tests that were carried out "beyond the recommended timeframe" by US-based laboratory, Quest Diagnostics.
The lab is blaming a technology system, which it says took longer than expected to set up.
Cervical Check wrote to some 4,459 women at the end of January, inviting them to have a repeat smear test.
Children of Dublin school join calls to relocate planned injection facility
Pupils of a Dublin 8 school have added their voices to objections to the country's first Medically Supervised Injection Facility.
6th class children at St Audoen's National School witness some of the worst of Dublin's drugs crisis by virtue of its proximity to a number of services for people living with addiction and homelessness.
Cook Street sees many of them using the road to travel to these services, chiefly Merchants Quay Ireland, which is just metres away.
One boy told Newstalk: "One time I saw a fella passed out on the path with a needle sticking out of his thumb, and like, it's hard to stop thinking about it."
At least 619 people were outside Cookstown hotel on night of disco tragedy
Police in Northern Ireland have said that 619 people were in the queue or car park of a County Tyrone hotel on the night three teenagers tragically died there.
Connor Currie (16), Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard (both 17) died in an apparent crush at a St Patrick’s Day disco at the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown.
A police investigation into the incident is ongoing.
In a statement this evening, the PSNI said it had interviewed now interview 267 of those – with further interviews to follow.
