Week 40 - Monday

- Specialist adult Type 1 diabetes services in Mullingar have been suspended due to staffing shortages, with no firm date for reopening and new referrals currently not being accepted.

- An Athlone man has received a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a former friend seven times while on bail for a separate violent attack, with the sentence to run consecutively to his existing jail term.

- Calls are being made for a universal tax-free inheritance threshold ahead of Budget 2027, amid concerns the current system is creating financial difficulties for families inheriting property or money.