Carechoice say the current approach by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in relation to nursing homes will only serve to deepen the crisis at the country's hospitals.
Cork University Hospital is once again the second most over crowded hospital in the country and part of the difficulty is the access to step down beds in the community.
Carechoice owns Beaumont Residential Care which earlier announced that it has had no choice but to leave the Fair Deal Scheme.
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A UCC food economist says prices will fall across other grocery products in the coming weeks.
Retailers have been battling it out with each other, cutting the price of milk, bread and butter.
Despite the price reductions, the cost of these household staples are still substantially higher than they were in recent years.
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One in six people are waiting over three months for a dental appointment.
A survey from the Irish Dental Association shows more than half of patients are being forced to wait longer than three months for specialist care.
It comes as members voted no confidence in the Minister for Health and Department of Health officials at the association's pre-conference AGM, which took place last week.
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Enoch Burke won't face criminal prosecution for trespassing at the school where he used to work.
The teacher was arrested for alleged trespass in January, days after being let go by Wilson's Hospital School in Co. Westmeath.
He was dismissed after a long-running dispute over his conduct, which stemmed from his refusal to address a transgender student by their preferred pronouns.
The Irish Independent has seen a statement from Gardai confirming it's report to the DPP recommended there be no prosecution in the case.
