Abortion vote in the Dáil

TDs are to vote this evening on a bill to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.

Several Labour TDs are threatening to support the bill - in spite of instructions from Joan Burton (pictured) that it must be rejected.

Burton says the bill is in breach of the Constitution, but several Labour TDs are believed to have serious concerns about voting against the bill.

Workplace Equality search begins

Tomorrow sees the start of the hunt for Ireland’s best workplace for gay, bisexual and transgender staff.

Ireland’s first Workplace Equality Index will be launched

The Index aims to highlight discrimination in the workplace, as well as offering advice to employers.

Holocaust survivor to speak at WIT

A holocaust survivor will speak at Waterford Institute of Technology on Tuesday.

Tomi Reichental was awarded Ireland's International Person of the Year 2014 and will give a public talk at WIT at 11am.

Tomi was 9 years old when he was taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, run by the Nazis.

35 members of his family died in the holocaust.

Tomi has lived in Ireland since 1959 and he and his wife have raised three sons here.