The Taoiseach has ruled out the idea of deferring a planned rise in the carbon tax.
He was speaking as the Dáil debated a motion from Sinn Féin last night calling for the planned rises this year to be deferred.
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There were nearly 7,600 reports of assaults on HSE staff last year.
Over 5,800 were physical, while 41 were sexual and nearly 1,700 were verbal.
According to freedom of information figures, almost half of the victims were nurses.
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A Cork mother says her two sons are nervous about the thought of the end of the facemask mandate.
Caroline Murray from Bandon was speaking after the Government decided the end the mandatory wearing of masks on public transport, in shops and in schools from next Monday.
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The US President says Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine are the "beginning of an invasion".
Joe Biden's comments follow the Kremlin's decision to recognise the independence of two regions.
