Ending of Good Friday alcohol prohibition saw consumer spending jump

New figures from AIB shows Irish people’s spending habits

Review suggests special winter funding for health service last year came too late

The analysis found emergency department presentations have increased on average by 3.9% annually over the past two years

Storm Ophelia caused almost €70m worth of damage

Three deaths, €45m insurance claims and a tree nursery faced with disaster

Storm Ophelia: ‘It was like someone got into a bad mood and smashed the whole place’

One year on: Owner of Co Cork tree nursery says it will a decade to build his stock back up

Connemara locals shocked at Swiss woman’s death as caravan swept off coast in storm

President Higgins expresses condolences over woman’s death in Claddaghduff

Taoiseach urged to declare homelessness national emergency

Plans in place to move homeless families to commuter towns during papal visit

Catching the wave: harnessing Ireland’s water power

Offshore wind is seen as the current ‘most immediate’ contributor to meeting Ireland’s 2030 renewable energy targets

My mother is obsessed with the weather, but thinks it’s better on the BBC

Niamh Towey: Whenever I ring, she muses on precipitation a good three minutes

HSE structural reform to be considered by Cabinet

Board restoration and management review to be part of plan to rebuild public confidence

Met Éireann launches new app for our ‘weather-obsessed’ country

App will predict weather seven days in advance and on a ‘parish by parish’ basis

Sergeants and inspectors concerned at number of suicides in Garda

Agsi conference to hear call for suicide prevention programme

Bumbling gun-lovers, world’s richest women and yet more billboards

Planet Business: How Ophelia beat Emma, and Frances McDormand’s ‘inclusion rider’

Last of the worst-hit schools prepare to open after snow

Local farmers dig in to help reopen schools in Wexford and Kildare

Cutting holidays to make up time unfair, say schools

Department of Education allows three days holidays to be used for tuition

Is extreme weather in our business forecast?

Cantillon: Should State money be ploughed into protection against snow and floods?

Power outages affecting 24,000 homes could last until 8pm Friday

ESB crews reconnected 83,000 customers overnight and continue to work today

Schools may not cut Easter Holidays over snow closures

Official guidance allows schools to shorten holidays to make up for lost tuition time

Gerald Fleming: Weather is about managing risk, not certainties

Forecasters consider not just the severity of the weather event but the impact it could have on society

Health staff may have to use leave to cover weather absences

HSE memo says this week’s expected weather event is different to Storm Ophelia

Parents told to be ready for alerts from schools over potential closures

Decisions on whether to close to be made by individual schools

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