One in every four consultants working across the public health service is on the new contract

An orange alert has been issued for 18 counties

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Kevin Hyland criticised the Government's proposed legislation, arguing it lacks a range of protections.

Mary Lou McDonald said housing is the party’s number one priority.

OrthoKids Ireland, organised by parents of children under the care of Mr Green, warned their children have been “waiting months” for life-saving treatment due to Mr Green’s absence

Prior to leaving for Limerick this weekend, Sarah posted a photo of her meeting with the police officer who carried her from her bedroom the night her father died

Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid thanked Irish people for their support of Palestinians.

Ryan Cooney (28) was last seen on Thursday morning

The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis is being held at the Technological University of the Shannon’s campus in Athlone, Co Westmeath

Three of Sally Rooney’s books – Normal People, Beautiful World Where Are You, and Conversations With Friends – featured among the most popular reads of the decade

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PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher laid a wreath at the Police Service and RUC GC Memorial Gardens in Belfast

RTÉ had previously said it was not in a position to deliver the document to the Public Accounts Committee

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The party also passed a series of motions on disability rights.

The bodies of a husband and wife were found at the property in Kilnaboy on Thursday

Michelle O’Neill delivered the keynote speech on the first day of the party’s annual conference in Co Westmeath.

Garda Robert Hennessy has pleaded not guilty to assaulting social care worker Michael Finnegan at Cafe en Seine

Matthew Coward (32) pleaded guilty to three counts of the sexual exploitation of three girls and a number of counts of production of child pornography