Storm Austen cuts power to thousands and halts buses
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Storm Austen has arrived to remind the country that winter is approaching, leaving several thousand homes and farms without electricity and forcing the cancellation of national bus services. While clean-up crews in Cork begin their work, the energy sector is reportedly finding itself once again reliant on Britain to keep the lights on.
An investigation into health service finances found that pharmaceutical companies owe the state millions of euros in unpaid debts. The Health Minister, meanwhile, has turned his attention to hospital performance, noting that the reality is there are some hospitals that have not shown improvement.
A new bill proposes ten-year sentences for drink spiking after a 92-year-old man was targeted in a rural pub. Separately, the government faces uncomfortable questions from an EU envoy, who claims an Irish refinery is undoubtedly supplying the Russian military-industrial complex.