Workers in community and voluntary sector organisations, funded by the HSE and other State agencies, are to take indefinite strike action from Tuesday 17 October.
The Scoliosis Advocacy Network has called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to respond to their request to meet to discuss orthopaedic surgeries at Temple Street Children's Hospital.
The Director of the National Women's Council of Ireland has said it is "not a surprise" that a proposed referendum to replace the constitutional reference to women's duties in the home has been postponed.
The three coalition party leaders, as well as the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, will meet later today as preparations intensify for Budget 2024.
Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after three decades on the run, has died in hospital in central Italy, local officials have confirmed.
A new publicly-funded fertility treatment scheme will include the transfer and storage of all embryos arising from one cycle of IVF, the Health Service Executive has confirmed.
The HSE's emergency department winter overcrowding plan is in doubt, after a private hospitals umbrella group said its members may not be able to provide help set to be sought by the public system.
Leona Maguire hailed the fighting spirit of her team-mates as Europe retained the Solheim Cup after a 14-14 draw with the United States at Finca Cortesin in Spain.
