Housing costs are expected to push more Cork families into poverty.
Roughly a fifth of the country's population's living below the poverty line when housing costs like rent are factored in.
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The Irish Medical Organisation is expressing concern over the number of staff off due to having Omicron or being a close contact.
It says it's putting huge pressure on the health service, with more than 10 per cent of the workforce off sick on covid-related leave.
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic is to be released from quarantine in Australia immediately after winning his court battle against the government over a cancelled visa.
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Nine children are among 19 people who've died in a fire in a high-rise apartment block in the Bronx area of New York.
More than 60 people have been injured - with around half that number in hospital where 13 are in a critical condition.
