The Health Service Executive has apologised to a Tipperary woman whose breast cancer was missed three times over an 18 month period.
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/> 56 year old Olive Fahey of Rahinch, Littleton, Thurles sued Barringtons Hospital in Limerick, the HSE, and various medical professionals for negligence.

Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:

The Catholic Church dioceses of Meath, Raphoe and Ossory have been criticised in an audit of child protection guidelines.
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/> The review – carried out by the Health Service Executive – examined how the church is handling cases of abuse allegations.

It found that while all dioceses have made improvements – there are still significant weaknesses in three of the twenty four.

The Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald is concerned by some aspects of the findings in the report:

A man and a teenager have been charged in connection with an assault on a off duty Garda in Limerick last month.
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/> The man suffered a serious head injury in the assault which happened as he walked home with his wife in the early hours of September 16th.

Michael Fitzgerald, of Cloughnadromin, Ballysimon, was charged with assault causing harm and was remanded in custody with consent to bail.

A 15-year old boy was charged with stealing the victim’s wife’s handbag.

He’s been remanded to Oberstown Detention Centre until October 16th.

/> Turkey’s Prime Minister says a Syrian plane, intercepted by the Turkish military last night, was carrying Russian-made weapons.
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/> The passenger jet was travelling from Moscow to Damascus when Turkish fighter planes forced it to land in Ankara.

It was allowed to continue its journey after some of its cargo was seized.

Greece‘s unemployment rate hit an all time high of 25% in the month of July.

Latest official figures also show the country’s rate of youth joblessness has risen to 54%.

1.26 million Greeks were without work at the end of July, with more than 1000 jobs being lost there every day over the past year.