Gardaí will be stepping up their bank holiday campaign as they crack down on speeding and drink drivers.
Assistant Garda Commissioner with responsibility for Roads Policing Paula Hillman says risk of a fatal or serious road traffic collision is highest in the early afternoon.
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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says it needs 12,000 donations over the next four weeks
The country's blood supply has been negatively impacted since the start of the year due to the outbreak of flu and back to back storms
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Tracker mortgage holders are set to benefit immediately from the latest ECB interest rate cut.
The European Central Bank has indicated it may announce further interest rate cuts this year.
It's after it cut its base rates by a quarter of one per cent.
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The US President has questioned the role of the Black Hawk helicopter pilot in the fatal mid-air collision, which resulted in the deaths of 67 people including the three military personnel in the chopper.
Donald Trump blamed government diversity policies for the collision, which left the plane in three pieces in the Potomac river.
