GRA adopts no formal position on Labour Court pay deal
The Garda Representative Association has decided to adopt no formal position on the Labour Court pay deal.
The Central Executive Committee of the GRA made the decision at a meeting today. A ballot of rank and file members on the €40m deal will be begin next week.
It is expected to be completed by 28 November.
The GRA has called off its strike action, while the ballot takes place.
Two protests over Eighth Amendment at Kenny event
Two separate groups of demonstrators have gathered outside an event attended by the Taoiseach in Galway tonight.
Rival protests - pro and anti changing the 8th Amendment - outside event being addressed by the Taoiseach in Galway tonight. pic.twitter.com/K7xo0gMwPz
— Pat McGrath (@patmcgrath) November 10, 2016
Enda Kenny is addressing the 1916 Centenary Conversations event at NUI Galway.
One group of students is calling for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
A second group from Yes to Life, which opposes any proposal to alter the Constitution, is also protesting.
Full Capacity Protocol in place at Letterkenny hospital
Non-urgent elective procedures have been deferred at Letterkenny University Hospital today due to the emergency department being extremely busy.
The "Full Capacity Protocol" has been implemented at the emergency department, where management says significant numbers of patients are awaiting admission to the hospital.
A hospital statement says that all efforts are being made to identify patients who are appropriate for discharge.
It is encouraging people to attend the emergency department only in the case of real emergencies and has apologised to those experiencing delays.
Cultural centre to mark 1916 opens in Galway
The Taoiseach has opened a new cultural centre at Pearse's Cottage in Ros Muc, Co Galway.
Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh is one of a number of projects around the country to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising.
The centre features a number of exhibits, multimedia displays and artefacts that highlight the language and culture of the Gaeltacht.
It has been built close to the holiday home used by Patrick Pearse for a number of years.
The centre was opened as a major conference on the impact of the 1916 Rising got under way in Galway.
Computers and documentation seized by CAB in Carlow
Ten searches have been carried out by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Carlow area as part of an investigation into an organised crime group.
Three of the searches were at private residences and seven were at professional offices.
CAB officers seized a large volume of documentation and computers which are to be examined in the coming days.
Report on motor insurance costs due next month
Minister of State Eoghan Murphy has told the Dáil that the report of the working group into motor insurance costs will be published next month.
Responding to questions from Fianna Fáil's Michael McGrath and Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty, he said that the report will contain 40 or so recommendations.
He expects the detailed report with the recommendations, details of an action plan and how it will be implemented next month.
Mr Murphy indicated that legislation will be required to bring in some of the recommendations.
It is expected the issue will be discussed by the Oireachtas finance committee next week.
Talks on teacher dispute to continue
The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland is to meet the head of the Teachers' Conciliation Council again later today to explore possible solutions to the union's disputes over equal pay for all teachers, as well as payments for supervision and substitution duties.
The ASTI and the Department of Education met with Anna Perry yesterday, hosted by the Workplace Relations Commission.
It is expected that both sides will make preliminary submissions to the commission before any direct, face-to-face talks take place.
All industrial action has been suspended for the duration of the talks.
SIPTU holding national conference in Dublin
Around 200 SIPTU delegates from across several sectors are meeting at Liberty Hall in Dublin today for their biennial conference.
Renegotiation of the Lansdowne Road public service pay agreement are high on the agenda.
Delegates are debating the issues of pay restoration, recruitment and outsourcing in the public service.
SIPTU General President Jack O'Connor has said that the union will authorise ballots for industrial action among its 60,000 members in the public service unless the Government sets an early date for the opening of talks on pay and related matters.
British 'Flash Crash' trader pleads guilty in US
The British financial trader accused of manipulating markets and causing the 2010 "Flash Crash" in US stocks has pleaded guilty in a Chicago court to fraud charges, authorities said.
Navinder Singh Sarao, a 37-year-old working out of a modest suburban home in Hounslow in west London, allegedly made tens of millions of dollars with a computer program that could automatically manipulate prices.
He was extradited to the United States on Tuesday and entered the guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of "spoofing," an illegal stock manipulation technique, in the Chicago federal district court, the Justice Department said.
Sarao agreed to forfeit nearly $13m in gains and faces up to 30 years in prison, spokeswoman Erica Lacy said.
