Cabinet ministers will discuss the cost of living crisis when they meet later this morning.
The government is preparing the summer economic statement, ahead of the Budget in October.
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The HSE spent €13.6m on private ambulance services last year.
According to freedom of information figures, it's a 37% increase on the previous year.
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Nearly 3,900 Irish renters may have been offered accommodation in exchange for sex, in the space of 19 months.
Housing charity, Threshold, says that's based on a study of its prevalence in England.
They'll discuss planned 'sex for rent' legislation at the Oireachtas justice committee today.
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Almost 1 million people haven't come forward for their first Covid booster, according to new HSE figures.
Just under 4 million people over-12 got their primary vaccination - but less than 3 million have got their third dose.
