which effectively means they can take a free hit in the first few nights and simply eliminate the players they don’t like

ℹ️ Aontú says it will table a motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee over her handling of Garda whistleblower issues. Peadar Tóibín says answers given by McEntee in the Dáil today, over her actions in her previous role as Minister for Justice, are unsatisfactory and accuses her of breaking the law

Jack Chambers tells Dáil debate on public pay dispute that hopes to find a way forward "shortly"

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been jailed for 15 years for child sex abuse offences. The 63-year-old was convicted during the summer of rape, indecent assault and gross indecency involving two girls between 1985 and 2008.

Jack Chambers now saying pay matters can be negotiated upfront is “grounds for optimism” and “a pathway” to resolve issues (as long as other outstanding unresolved issues from last deal are also dealt with), Forsa’s Kevin Callinan tells Morning Ireland

The lump removed from the lung of Pope Leo was cancerous, Vatican confirms

The site closed 7+ years ago and I think The Journal has tweaked the polling software since then - if you just replace ‘dailyedge’ with ‘thejournal’ in the URL you should get this:

The communications minister was hosting an informal meeting of telecoms ministers at the University of Limerick - where he had criticised briefings against him on the basis of his health (he has epilepsy) and insisted he was capable of fulfilling all his ministerial duties.

A “betrayal”…

Dealing with pay ‘as a priority’ is a small olive branch - the unions had previously said they wanted pay to be addressed first and foremost, which Chambers had labelled as a ‘precondition’ which he was not prepared to agree to in advance of full discussions getting underway

Jack Chambers has written to the leaders of the public sector trade unions, saying pay issues can be dealt with “as a priority” in any prospective talks on a new deal, and invited those unions to “intensive engagement” at the WRC tomorrow - all in a bid to avert Wednesday’s proposed strike action

Government sources stressing in response that this is not a climbdown – rather, they have received confirmation from the public sector unions that the Oireachtas will not be given a derogation to operate as normal on Wednesday

The Government is backing down from plans to attempt Dáil sittings this coming Wednesday, and is proposing only two sitting days this week (Tuesday and Thursday). Opposition TDs had threatened a mass boycott of sittings on Wednesday if it meant passing a picket line of public sector workers outside