The top four things you need to know for Tuesday May 25th:
The European Council is calling for the immediate release of an opposition journalist whose Ryanair flight was hijacked over Belarus on Sunday.
Roman Prota-sevich was arrested after the plane was forced to divert by fighter jets to Minsk.
The EU has agreed for all flights from the country to be banned from entering the bloc's air space.
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There's been no evidence so far that patient data taken in a cyber attack on the HSE has appeared online, after the deadline for ransom expired last night.
Gardai have received a number of reports about potential breaches, however there's no conclusive proof they're linked to the HSE attack.
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It would take 52 years to strengthen all of the roads in county Cork.
That's according to a report from All Island Observatlory at Maynooth University which found that Cork County Council is not getting its fair share of Government funding for its size and population.
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An oncologist is warning recent disruption to cancer diagnosis and treatment could increase mortality for the "next decade".
Professor Seamus O'Reilly says 73 additional consultant oncologists will be needed to meet demand on services.
Prior to Covid-19, cancer diagnoses were increasing by 5% per year.
