Two men have been injured in a shooting outside a pub in County Clare overnight.
Gardaí said the attack happened shortly before 12:20am in Sixmilebridge village.
Two men, aged 21 and 66-years-old suffered apparent gunshot wounds and were taken to University Hospital Limerick.
Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
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Gardaí are continuing to appeal for information on the killing of 20-year-old Cameron Blair in Cork city on Thursday night.
A murder investigation's been launched after the student was stabbed to death at a house on the Bandon Road.
No arrests have been made, while Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan is calling for the firearms act to be extended to include knife possession:
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Drivers are being warned to take extra care on the roads this morning after temperatures fell to minus -4C in some areas overnight.
A Status Yellow ice warning will remain in place across Leinster and Connacht until 11am this morning.
Brian Farrell from the Road Safety Authority said drivers should “ease off on speed” until conditions improve.
“In sheltered areas, frozen water, which is actually like a polished road surface, doesn’t at first look like ice but obviously is black ice and is potentially dangerous,” he said.
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The US has started screening passengers arriving from central China for a new virus which has so far killed two people.
Scientists believe the respiratory illness has affected nearly 50 people in the Chinese city of Wuhan is a type of coronavirus, that may be related to SARS.
It has also spread to Thailand and Japan.
Tourists coming from Wuhan into airports in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York are being checked.
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The number of women travelling for abortions in the UK has fallen dramatically since terminations were legalised in Ireland.
The Irish Independent is reporting that 31 women who were under 12 weeks pregnant travelled to UK clinics in 2019 - the figure was 747 in 2018.
The fall in those seeking abortions beyond 12 weeks was less significant - down from 236 to 115.
A report on the number of abortions carried out here is scheduled to be published in the next few months.
