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  • Nurses union warns of ward closuresNurses union warns of ward closures

    15:50 The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has warned that whole hospital wards could close as a result of an overtime ban on its members. The protest, which the Health Service Executive (HSE) says is “unnecessary”,  is over its proposals for compensation to nurses who are injured during the course of their work.

  • Two children found dead in Scotland

    20:32 Scottish police are investigating the deaths last night of two young boys whose bodies were found in a parked car outside Glasgow.  The bodies of the two-year-old and six-year-old were found in the car in Lennoxtown on the outskirts of Glasgow.

  • Burma cyclone death toll rises to 351

    16:48 At least 351 people are feared dead after a cyclone hit Burma's Irrawaddy delta and the former capital of Rangoon, a government official said today, citing state media reports in the capital, Naypyidaw.

  • Microsoft abandons $47.5 bn Yahoo bid

    11:34 Microsoft Corp has withdrawn its offer to buy Yahoo after the Internet company turned down its latest offer to raise the price by $5 billion (€3.23 billion pounds) to $47.5 billion (€30.72 billion). 

  • Two held after Limerick gun find

    09:21 Gardaí investigating organised crime in Limerick arrested two men in their twenties and recovered a loaded handgun after stopping a stolen car on the outskirts of the city last night.
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