The race is on to replace Robert Troy as Junior Minister.
Names being bandied about include West Cork TD Christopher O' Sullivan.
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The Ukrainian President says Europe came close to 'catastrophe' after power was cut from a nuclear power plant.
It happened at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility which has been occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the invasion.
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The level of new mortgage lending has declined again.
Latest figures from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland shows just over 5 thousand mortgages were approved in July, with first time buyers accounting for 45.2 per cent of those.
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Bin charges are to rise for around 360,000 households who are customers of Panda Recycling.
It's bin-lift prices are to rise by 12% from September 5th while its also hiking its service charges.
