Mean Girls show cancelled mid-performance after power cut at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Announcements were made to evacuate Dublin venue after the electricity went off
CMAT cancels Paris gig in advance of Electric Picnic headliner
Artist due to perform on Main Stage at Co Laois venue on Saturday from 9pm to 10.15pm
Heavy rain warning in place for six counties
Dublin also faces chance of thunderstorms, intense downpours and surface flooding
Some people face choice between seeing a doctor and buying food, Dr Mike Ryan says
Former WHO chief tells webinar on universal healthcare that making patients pay is ‘single worst way’ to fund health services
‘Worsening’ prison overcrowding is reducing rehabilitation opportunities, campaigners say
Average annual cost of single prison space rises to €103,334, Irish Prison Service annual report shows
Car drives off M50 bridge, causing closure and major traffic disruption
Motorway reopens as gardaí attempt to establish how incident occurred
Met Éireann issues yellow rain warning for five counties in southeast
Though summer season approaches its end, Met Éireann predicts further high temperatures and humidity
Active travel: NTA report highlights economic benefits of walking and cycling to work
Report outlines how investment in active travel infrastructure ‘puts money back into people’s pockets’
Teenage cyclist dies in hit-and-run in Co Meath
Crash involving van and bicycle took place near Kells at about 8pm
Readers’ views: Motorway off-ramp spikes among suggestions to tackle wrong-way driving
Matrix sign alerts also suggested by readers in wake of recent incidents that led to fatalities and serious injuries
Maynooth-led sleep research will examine links with mental health
DataGenChrono programme to bring together leading researchers from 12 organisations in Europe and Canada
Electronic tagging contract awarded following delays
Pilot scheme to be rolled out on phased basis to alleviate pressure on prisons
Friedreich’s ataxia patients await HSE funding decision: ‘It shouldn’t come to money’
Patients and families are calling on the HSE to fund Skyclarys, a treatment they say could help slow progression of the rare disease
Theatre director Patrick Sutton dies
Sutton was founder and ‘driving force’ behind restoration of Smock Alley Theatre
Leaving Cert results: Tears and joy as students receive results; grades down compared with last year
Leaving Cert results have been delivered to more than 730 second-level schools, and are available online now