People in the scheme contribute up to 80 per cent of their assessable income and 7.5 per cent of the value of their assets per annum, but this may have to be increased. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Elderly to pay more for Fair Deal care
Pat Carey criticises FF over same-sex marriage campaignPat Carey: “This referendum isn’t going to pass because we wish it to. There’s a huge amount of soft support for it but like any campaign it’ll be fought fairly vigorously and people have to be persuaded to come out and vote and, I hope, vote Yes.”
Sexton worries: What if outhalf suffers another concussion? Johnny Sexton during a training session at Carton House. Photograph: PA
Greek PM yields to EU pressure and agrees to talks with lendersTaoiseach Enda Kenny with Italy’s prime minister Matteo Renzi (left) and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels. Photograph: Reuters
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The west is best for passing a driving testInto the west: Ennis has the highest pass rates for the driving test, followed by Sligo, Tuam, Clifden and Roscommon. Dublin has the lowest. Photograph by Frank Miller
HRT increases ovarian cancer risk, says studyThe risk of cancer falls after women stop hormone replacement therapy
Gender disparity at top of Foreign Affairs highlightedWomen were seriously underrepresented in the more senior ranks at the Department of Foreign Affairs, where they made up 27 per cent of counsellors and 8 per cent of assistant secretary and higher grades. File photograph: Getty Images
Fianna Fáil aims to double Dáil seats at electionFianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin. Party strategists believe they can win almost 40 seats at the next election - double their current standing of 20. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Ryanair needs consent before share saleThe UK Court of Appeal says Ryanair should cut its stake in Aer Lingus to 5 per cent
Ukraine clashes temper West’s faith in new ceasefire dealUkrainian president Petro Poroshenko in a lift as he leaves the Ukrainian peace negotiations in Minsk, Belarus: The White House has called the truce deal “potentially significant”, but urged Moscow to withdraw troops and armour and give Ukraine control over its own border. Photograph: Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA
Strauss-Kahn combative in final day on stand in pimping trialFormer IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his hotel this week in Lille to attend his trial on chages of “aggravated pimping”. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images
An Taisce queries reallocation of unused environmental funds Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney: a spokeswoman for his department said the amendments made “were processed in full accordance with the regulatory and legislative process in place”. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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