The Government has unveiled an €8.5 billion Budget package bringing public spending to a record €125.6 billion next year.
Tighter spending controls on policing major events after a review of the policing operation around last year’s Europa League final in Dublin, Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly is expected to tell an Oireachtas committee.
A workplace dispute involving HIV Ireland has heard evidence about tensions within the charity and a decision to withdraw from a major HSE awareness campaign.
Swimmers in Lough Derg talk of skin irritation and respiratory problems from blue-green algae.
Presented by Andrew McNair
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