Australia's Prime Minister says the wildfires raging across the country's east coast are 'simply terrifying'.
Firefighters are still trying to contain bushfires which have killed at least three people.
More than 70 blazes are still burning across New South Wales and more than 150 homes have been destroyed.
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Hate speech is poisoning Irish society, according to the Labour leader.
Brendan Howlin has accused the Taoiseach of sending mixed messages on the treatment of asylum seekers.
It comes in the wake of a number of protests against the housing of asylum seekers in several parts of the country.
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The Taoiseach is to take part in the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Enniskillen in County Fermanagh today.
Leo Varadkar will be joining others in marking the 32nd anniversary of the Enniskillen bombing which claimed the lives of 12 people.
He'll lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in the town, before attending a Remembrance Service in Saint Macartin's Cathedral.
President Michael D Higgins, meanwhile, will attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin this afternoon.
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The head of the HSE says the agency has too many managers - and layoffs will begin in the New Year.
Paul Reid has told the Sunday Business Post central administration in the health service is "out of kilter" with the needs of the front lines.
He also says the health service will have to offer more money to get the best people for management jobs.
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Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Donnelly says the state should have full control over the governance of the new National Maternity Hospital.
It comes as the Religious Sisters of Charity group says it's confident the smooth transfer of its shares in St Vincent's Healthcare Group is imminent.
It says that, in line with canon law, it's required to seek formal approval of its decision from the Archbishop of Dublin and the Vatican.
