The country's psychiatric nurses have suspended their industrial action.

It followed talks between the Psychiatric Nurses Association and the HSE yesterday.

Nurses had been on an overtime ban since Thursday because of a dispute over recruitment and retention issues.

The PNA's Peter Hughes says the HSE has promised to fill vacant mental-health nursing posts.

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It's reported regulators in the US are preparing to impose a record fine on Facebook.

The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to 87-million users.

US media is reporting that the social media firm is set to be fined 5-billion dollars to settle the case into data privacy violations.

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A former Environment Minister is welcoming Bord na Móna's U-turn over laying off peat staff in the midlands.

On Thursday, the company said it was letting go of 148 workers at Mount Dillon, Co Longford.

Yesterday, it suspended its decision to lay off 70 of the permanent staff, but 78 seasonal staff are still being let go.

It's due to the temporary closure of an ESB power plant at nearby Lanesboro.

Local TD Denis Naughten says yesterday's news is welcome.

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Police in the UK have launched a criminal investigation into the leaking of emails from the British Ambassador to the United States.

Kim Darroch stepped down from the position this week, after the publication of messages in which he described the White House administration as "dysfuctional."

President Trump had earlier said the US would no longer deal with Mr Darroch.

But Mr Trump says he wishes him no ill will.

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A 'rapid review' is to be undertaken into the latest CervicalCheck controversy.

The HSE says it will start quickly and be chaired by someone outside the Irish health service.

It'll investigate how 800 women who had rechecks didn't get their results because of an IT problem with a US lab.

Fine Gael TD Peter Burke says HSE chief executive Paul Reid has made the right decision.