A round-up of today's other home news in brief ...
Party for older people to field local candidate
A new political party that aims to be a voice for senior citizens is to field its first candidate in the local elections in June. John Wolfe will run for the Senior Solidarity Party in Malahide, Co Dublin.
The party was founded by Mr Wolfe, a former Fianna Fáil member and has 160 members.
Talks focus on home protection
Talks between unions and the Government on a new social partnership deal on economic recovery yesterday centred on proposals to give greater protection to home owners.
The unions sought new arrangements under which lenders would not engage in legal proceedings for at least two years after house owners went into arrears.
Non-Irish voters in EU elections
The European Parliament office in Dublin last night launched an information leaflet for non-Irish citizens from other parts of the EU, but living in this State, to explain how they can use their vote in the European elections.
The elections take place here on June 5th, but counting votes will not begin until June 7th and no results can be released until 9pm on Sunday night.
HSE move not enough, say unions
Trade unions have said that revised proposals put forward by the HSE to control employment levels in the health sector represent movement in the right direction but that they remain inadequate.
Human rights prize for Northern group
An organisation that monitors human rights in the North has received the PACE Human Rights Prize for its work by the Council of Europe.
British Irish Rights Watch is a non-governmental organisation which has worked in the North for over 20 years. Reports on the Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright cases were among those compiled by the organisation.
It was chosen for its “courageous and outstanding work in monitoring and bringing to light human rights abuses”.