A round up of today's other stories in brief...
Man killed working in waste facility
A 64-year-old man died at the weekend while working at a waste management company in Co Limerick. John Wright Glenmore, Caherdavin, Co Limerick, was fatally injured at Mr Binman's waste facility in Grange on Friday.
It is believed the incident may have involved a dumper truck. Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating.
Chief executive of Mr Binman Martin Sheehan extended his deepest sympathies to Mr Wright's family.
He confirmed that the company is working with gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority to determine the cause of the accident. Mr Wright is survived by his wife Eileen, sons and daughter.
Three arrested after drug finds
Three men were arrested after separate seizures of heroin and cocaine in recent days. In Limerick, a 36-year-old man was arrested on Friday following the search of a house in Moyross. Gardaí seized just over 2kgs of heroin and a small amount of cocaine with a combined street value of €500,000.
The man was arrested at the house. He was later released and a Garda spokesman said a file was being prepared for the DPP.
A second operation in Co Laois on Saturday resulted in the arrest of two men in their 20s. They were detained at Portlaoise Garda station after officers seized heroin with an estimated street value of €300,000.
Gardaí rule out foul play in death
Following a postmortem examination, gardaí investigating the death of a 22-year-old man, whose body was discovered at the rear of a house on College Road, Cork on Saturday are satisfied there was no foul play involved.
INO criticises closure of ward
The Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) has criticised a decision to close a 31-bed medical and surgical ward at the Mercy University Hospital Cork until the end of the year, insisting the move paves the way for additional cuts in the coming months.
The INO says the closure of the ward will result in patients suffering, an overloaded A&E unit and an increased workload for nurses. Management took the decision to close the ward in a bid to reduce a debt of €7 million. The hospital is struggling to claw back €4.6 million of a €7.2 million accumulated deficit.
Spokesman for the INO, Michael Dineen said: "I would be concerned that there would be further cuts, because my understanding is that management there have been advised that there will be a non-replacement of staff of vacancies arising etc.
"It is hard to see how there will not be further cuts in the service by the end of the year."
Unions backing hospital
Trade unions in Co Monaghan have made a countrywide plea for participation by workers in next Saturday's rally in Dublin to highlight concerns over the future of services at Monaghan General Hospital.
Campaigners who are fighting for the retention of emergency services at the hospital claim they have received a new blow from the HSE, writes Patsy McArdle. They say a decision to close a ventilation unit at the hospital from July 7th next could lead to fatalities in the region.