New laws to protect victims of domestic violence come into effect today.
The Domestic Violence Act creates the new offence of coercive control - which offers protection from psychological abuse.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says the new legislation is a hugely important step forward.
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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) claims 2018 was the worst year on record for hospital overcrowding.
Figures released today by the organisation say a record 108,227 patients went without hospital beds last year - a 9% increase on 2017.
The figures show Limerick University Hospital was the hospital worst affected by overcrowding.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said 2019 "must see real changes in policy and funding".
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House prices are expected to rise by around 5% in 2019, according to the latest house price report from MyHome.ie.
It shows prices nationally fell by 0.9% in the last 3 months of 2018 and were unchanged in Dublin.
The average house price across the country is now €266,000.
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A man and a woman are still in hospital with serious injuries after a suspected terror attack in Manchester on New Year's Eve.
They were stabbed at Victoria Station, along with a police officer who went to help.
A 25-year-old man has been detained under the UK's Mental Health Act.
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Experts at NASA are analysing data sent back from the most distant object ever explored in our Solar System.
The New Horizons probe successfully zoomed past the celestial object known as Ultima Thule yesterday.
It's 1.5 billion kilometres further away than Pluto.
