Funeral of Creeslough victim Martina Martin
The funeral service for mother-of-four Martina Martin, one of 10 people killed in the Creeslough blast, has begun.
President Michael D Higgins and the Taoiseach’s aide-de-camp are among those attending the service.
Mrs Martin, 49, was working in the shop when the explosion took place at a service station in the rural Co Donegal village.
The family walked behind the hearse as it arrived at St Michael’s Church in Creeslough.
Irish inflation drops
Irish inflation dropped slightly to 8.2 per cent in September, down from an annual increase of 8.7 per cent in the previous month, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
This is the twelfth straight month where the annual increase for the CSO's Consumer Price Index has been at least 5 per cent, triggering the worst cost-of-living squeeze in decades.
Taoiseach frustrated by slow pace of planning
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed frustration at the slow pace of the planning and building process for homes and the failure of the system to respond swiftly to innovation.
Mr Martin told the Pat Kenny show on Newstalk that the system was too slow and that there needed to be more modular homes and timber homes, rather than a fixation on conventional building methods.
"The system was too slow given the nature of the current crises in housing and refugees", he added. The system of providing accommodation for students could also be better.
In response to criticism about the handling of plans to move 135 Ukrainian women and children from a hotel in Killarney to Westport, Mr Martin said that there should never be a fear about correcting a situation.
Almost 80% of people support dedicated public transport garda unit
Almost 80 per cent of people support the introduction of a dedicated public transport garda unit, amid concerns over anti-social behaviour, a new survey shows.
The research also found 93 per cent of people have witnessed anti-social behaviour while using public transport.
The survey, which took in the views of more than 1,300 people in Dublin, asked commuters how safe they feel on buses, trains, the Dart and the Luas.
It was conducted by Dublin members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party who sought to quantify anecdotal evidence of assaults and anti-social behaviour on the transport systems.
There have been calls from Fianna Fáil TDs and senators, as well as other politicians and transport workers, for a dedicated garda unit on public transport following high-profile incidents of assault and harassment.
