Every weekday evening, TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you really need to know by 5pm.
1. #CYSTIC FIBROSIS: An announcement by Health Minister James Reilly that a long-delayed new unit in St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin will only have 20 dedicated inpatient rooms for vulnerable CF patients is causing huge concern. An expert medical group has consistently concluded that a unit with at least 34 dedicated rooms is vital.
2. #R.I.P.: The body of a woman in her 40s was found in a house in Cabra this morning – the State Pathologist was called to the scene in north Dublin.
3. #DAIL EIREANN: Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has prompted Taoiseach Enda Kenny into retracting criticism he levelled against the government press office while Fine Gael were still in opposition. References to the Yes, Minister television series abounded during the Dail session.
4. #ECB: A board member of the European Central Ban has said Irish people should stop whingeing about having to foot the bill for the banking collapse. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi wrote about the responsibilities of the Irish taxpayer in today’s Financial Times.
5. #SURVEY: A new OECD survey of 26 countries finds that Irish people are among the kindest in the world – but also the most slovenly. We have been asking our readers about their housekeeping habits – are you Hoover-happy or mop-shy?
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