A national housing charity is answering one call every twenty minutes from private renters facing eviction.
Threshold's latest report shows its advisors are handling an average of 472 queries a month from people being told they have to leave their rented properties.
60 per cent of notices issued to renters were because the landlord intended to sell the property.
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Tusla, the child and family agency, has placed 158 unborn children on its Child Protection Notification System deemed to be at risk of significant harm over the past 18 months.
The figures, which were provided in response to a Freedom of Information request, show 112 unborn children were placed on Tusla's Child Protection Notification System last year followed by 46 for the first six months of this year.
The CPNS is a national record of all children for whom a plan has had to be devised in order to make sure they're protected.
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A Catholic Priest insists he would have engaged with those who walked out of a controversial sermon he delivered in Listowel, County Kerry at the weekend.
Fr Sean Sheehy has already been removed from the parish rota after condemning same sex-couples, abortion and transgenderism from the alter at the weekend.
A number of parishioners walked out of the church as a result of the comments and says he shouldn't have to apologise for what he describes as 'the truth'.
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The Irish economy will continue to grow, despite the cost-of-living crisis.
In its latest quarterly outlook, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation says high inflation, rising interest rates and volatile energy markets are significant challenges for the global economy, but Ireland should still see growth of 3% next year.
