58 per cent of doctors have signed up to the under-sixes scheme

Figures from the HSE show that 58 percent of GPs have signed up for the under-sixes scheme.

The HSE says that as of Friday just over 1,400 GPs have signed up to the scheme - representing a 58 percent sign up rate.

The programme for free care for the under-sixes is due to come into effect on the July 1.

Irish patients forced to travel for healthcare because of waiting lists to be repaid by HSE

The Government has come in for criticism over the lack of publicity of a new EU cross-border health scheme.

The directive allows public patients to be treated overseas at the expense of the HSE - even if they are not currently on a waiting list here.

According to the Sunday Business Post, the new law enables public patients to access both "public and private" hospitals overseas.

Two further arrests in connection with fatal shooting in west Dublin

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Keith Walker.

Three people are now in custody in relation to the shooting in west Dublin on Friday.

Uncertainty mounts as Brussels talks collapse

The economic uncertainty of Greece is continuing to cause tensions in Europe.

It is reported that the threat of a potential default and an EU exit is sparking disagreements in Germany.

The Greek Government is being asked to sign up to new rules on pensions, taxes and a primary surplus target in exchange for an extension to its bailout loans.

Car bomb kills 10 in Baghdad

10 people have been killed and at least 20 injured following the explosion of a car bomb in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

According to the Associated Press, the bomb detonated near a market and shops in the city's Qahira neighborhood.