Glassdoor announces 100 jobs for Ireland

100 jobs have been announced in Dublin.

Glassdoor.ie, a website designed to help jobseekers run background checks on potential employers, is to open its first Irish office.

A site has yet to be chosen for the office, which will open early in the new year, but its app for the Irish market is being launched today.

The jobs will be spread over three years, with roughly 35 available over the next twelve months.

One and two cent coins to be phased out from today

One and two cent coins will be phased out from today, as part of the Central Bank's Rounding scheme.

From today, when consumers get change in cash it will be rounded up or down to the nearest five cent - but it will be on a voluntary basis and customers can still ask for their correct change.

President Higgins to plant tree in memory of Berkeley victims on California trip

President Michael. D Higgins will today plant a tree in Berkeley in memory of the six Irish students who died there in June.

President Higgins and Mayor Tom Bates of Berkeley will plant the tree at the Martin Luther King Civic Centre in California.

Accompanied by Sabina Higgins, the President will then meet with the first responders, medical staff and volunteers who assisted after the Berkeley Balcony collapse.

Parents stunt disabled daughter's growth in attempt to improve quality of life

The parents of a severely disabled girl have taken the radical step to stop their daughter growing in an attempt to improve her life.

As well as giving their child hormones to limit her size, Jenn and Mark Hooper also had doctors remove Charley's womb to spare her the pain of having periods.

The New Zealand couple are among a small, but increasing number of families around the world resorting to a highly controversial treatment known as growth attenuation, in bid to make the lives of their disabled children better.

Opponents argue stunting and sterilising the disabled amounts to a violation of human rights.

Refugee taskforce to meet today

The taskforce set up to co-ordinate the relocation of migrants and refugees will meet this afternoon.

The government's plan to accept 4,000 refugees under the European resettlement programme will be implemented by the group, led by the Department of Justice.

The first intake of people from Syria and other countries is expected to begin in the coming weeks.