The top four things you need to know for Thursday May 20th.
A Status Yellow wind and rain warning is in place for Cork this morning.
Motorists to take extra care with fallen debris in many areas.
Up to 50 millimetres of rain's expected to fall in parts of the country today.
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Last week's cyber attack on the HSE is continuing to impact on services at Cork University Hospital.
However patients waiting on urgent referrals are being told not to panic as these referrals are still being made on their behalf.
Dr John Sheehan says urgent referrals are being faxed through to the hospitals.
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Changes to stamp duty for the bulk buying of houses and duplexes came into effect overnight.
Purchases of 10 houses or more will now have a 10 per cent stamp duty rate.
Opposition parties have said the move doesn't go far enough.
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Irish consumers are being conned out of as much as €50,000 by new crypto-currency scams.
FraudSMART's launchign a new campaign warning scammers are creating bogus companies and promising people they can get rich quick
on investments.
