Mourners wore red and white to Co Westmeath service in memory of Martin Greene (15)

Minister says fire started by human activity and ‘zero tolerance attitude’ now taken toward such activity

Peter Burke says women should not be asked the reason for their pregnancy loss

Report on whether plant’s products are ending up in Russian military equipment is due to be published shortly

Six-week hosepipe ban issued for six counties

Priest tells mourners in Co Westmeath how mother of three loved to make special moments for her children

Congregation hears how Michaela Newcombe’s world revolved around her nanny Francie and grandad Eddie, with whom she had lived since age three

Ruling from Sweden’s tax authority states all of Rusal’s operation in Europe, which includes Irish plant, should be subject to EU sanctions

INMO says cut to frontline posts has been ‘catastrophic for a hospital already under significant pressure’

Robert Pether remains in Baghdad after being released from prison a year ago

‘He’s just going to have to face the music when he meets his maker,’ Jason Clancy says of serial sex abuser

Board proposed annual salary of about €360,000 for David McRedmond’s successor

Any indication that woman missing since 1995 might be found gives family immense hope, says priest

Children’s Rights Alliance chief Tanya Ward says failure to investigate abuse earlier led to more victims

Seán Daly says hospital allowing public-only consultants to do private work was on basis of legal advice, and says ‘so much misinformation’ over issue