Historic grenade made safe in Rosslare
An historic, viable grenade has been made safe outside Rosslare in Co Wexford this evening.
The device was found during excavation work on a private residence in the townland of Ford of Lyng near Rosslare Strand.
An Army Bomb Disposal Team carried out a controlled explosion on a beach and the scene was declared safe before 5pm.
The type of grenade discovered was early 20th century in origin and was used during the War of Independence, the Civil War and the world wars.
Arrests in Waterford arson investigation
Two arrests have been made by gardaí investigating an arson attack in Waterford.
A fire damaged St Saviour's Boxing Club in Ballybeg last night.
A 25-year-old and a younger man were arrested around 6pm this evening.
IMO doctors accept revised pay proposals
Consultant and junior hospital doctor members of the Irish Medical Organisation have voted to accept revised proposals on pay and career structures for consultants.
The fresh proposals reduce from 12 to nine years, the incremental period it takes to reach the top of the pay scale.
Late last year, the IMO rejected Labour Relations Commission proposals for a new pay scale of between €127,000 and €175,000 for consultants.
The IMO had recommended acceptance of the fresh proposals.
Nine dead in attack on Tripoli hotel
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned a "heinous" attack on a hotel in Tripoli that left nine dead.
An American, two Filipinas, a French citizen and a South Korean national were among those killed when gunmen stormed the luxury Corinthia Hotel in the Libyan capital.
The Tripoli branch of the Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on Twitter, according to SITE which monitors jihadist media.
Patients join nurses in hospital protest
Nurses and midwives staged a one-hour protest outside the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar and threatened to continue industrial action if the overcrowding problem is not tackled.
The nurses were joined this afternoon by patients and families who called for urgent action to relieve overcrowding by opening step-down beds in Longford and Mullingar.
There were 30 patients waiting on trolleys for beds at the Midlands Regional Hospital this morning and the INMO claims safety standards are being threatened by continuous overcrowding.
UAE airlines suspend Baghdad flights
United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines Etihad and Air Arabia have both suspended flights to Baghdad in compliance with security guidance from the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, the companies said.
The Dubai carrier flydubai earlier said that damage had been discovered to the fuselage of one of its aircraft "consistent with small arms fire" after it landed at Baghdad yesterday.
With immediate effect, we have suspended all flights to #Baghdad. The safety of our customers and employees is always our first priority 1/5
— Etihad Airways (@EtihadAirways) January 27, 2015All passengers disembarked normally and no medical attention was required.
An investigation is under way to establish what happened, a flydubai spokesperson said.
Three with radical group links arrested in Belgium
Belgian police have detained three men in the western Belgian town of Kortrijk with links to "radicalised groups" and found weapons while searching their homes, prosecutors said.
Earlier this month police killed two gunmen in Verviers in eastern Belgium during one of several raids against an Islamist group which officials said was about to launch attacks against police.
Confirming the detentions, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors said they were checking whether there was any link between the three men and that Islamist group.
