The father of a a special needs child has gone to the High Court to try and stop the HSE from placing his son in foster care next week.
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Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn:

Homes and businesses are being urged to take preventative action against expected flooding over the next 24 hours.
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/> Met Eireann has issued a storm warning for torrential rain and high winds tomorrow, with the south of the country most at risk.

Forecasters say conditions could be similar to those experienced during the infamous “Hurricane Charley” of 1986.

Vincent O’Shea from Met Eireann says the storm will coincide with high tides – which could lead to disruption….

/> Post mortems will be carried out on the bodies of two men recovered from the sea off Co. Clare at lunchtime.

The remains have yet to be identified, but it’s thought they are those of the two crew missing from the ‘Lady Eileen’ since yesterday, when she failed to return to Quilty as planned.

One of the missing men is in his early 60s – the Father of three children, while the second man is in his late twenties and expecting a baby next month.

Operations manager of the Irish coast guard Declan Geoghan:

Sport has lifted the heart of the nation during incredibly difficult times, according to the Junior Sports Minister.

Michael Ring has been explaining remarks he made yesterday, when he seemed to suggest the government should invest money in sport, rather than in health.

He was speaking at a reception to welcome home Ireland’s Olympians, but now says he’s been hurt by the negative reaction to his remarks.

Minister Ring says he is human, and makes mistakes.

But he’s insisting he won’t apologise for supporting sport:

Two lotto plus winners from Co. Donegal each collected their quarter-of-a-million-euro winnings today.
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One of them has gone public – retired Post Office worker Pat O’Hagan says he’s been playing the same numbers since 1988.

The other winner though, has decided to remain anonymous.

That person, or persons, purchased their 12-euro ticket in The Paper Post – also in Letterkenny.

Neil Boyle of The Paper Post shop in Letterkenny says he thinks it’s a family that’s won: