The transfer of over 200 patients from Wexford General Hospital will continue today.
A major emergency was declared at the site yesterday evening, after a section of the building went up in flames.
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The new leader of the Social Democrats says lives are "being ruined" by the lack of progress on solving the housing crisis.
Holly Cairns opened her speech in the Dáil yesterday by describing herself as being part of the first ever generation to be worse off than their parents.
The West Cork TD told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that Fine Gael had vowed to tackle the housing crisis in 2014 but had still not delivered on the promise nine years later.
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A 71 year old man, arrested in relation to the shooting of police officer John Caldwell, has been released from custody.
The detective chief inspector remains in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in front of his son in Omagh, County Tyrone last week.
The New IRA remains the PSNI's main line of inquiry.
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Post-mortem tests will be carried out on the body of a baby found in woodland yesterday near Brighton.
UK Police are still questioning the two-month-old's parents Constance Marten and Mark Gordon - who were first arrested nearby on Monday.
The couple had avoided the authorities since January by sleeping rough and travelling across the UK in taxis.
