The Mortgage to Rent scheme has been expanded, making it possible for more homeowners in the greater Dublin area to enter the schemePressure mounts on lenders for variable mortgage rate cuts 
Government concern about UK plan to scrap Human Rights ActTheresa Villiers (top, with Lady Tina Stowell, leader of House of Lords) the Northern Ireland secretary at 10 Downing Street: David Cameron previously pledged to scrap the UK’s Human Rights Act and his majority makes it easier for him to do so. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Over 1,100 fatalities in 2011 due to domestic fuel pollution The study said 1,148 deaths of adults in the Republic aged over 30 years were attributable to air-pollution particles in 2011. Photograph: Getty Images
Cut in minimum wage mooted by Department of Finance Minister of State at the Department of Jobs Ged Nash (left), who fronts the Low Paid Commission, has been pushing for a series of pay increases over the next few years but Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton (right) disagrees, insisting this is not the time for wage rises. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
Hiqa urges Varadkar to support Portlaoise hospital proposalsHiqa chief executive Phelim Quinn has called on Minister for Health Leo Varadkar to establish an oversight committee in the Department of Health to ensure the recommendations in the report on Portlaoise hospital are implemented. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
PAC to appeal order to disclose data to ex-Rehab chiefMs Justice Isobel Kennedy ruled last week Anglea Kerins is entitled to certain categories of documents used by the PAC
Strong handshake may mean you will live longer, reports ‘Lancet’The Pure study found that every 5kg decline in grip strength was associated with a 16% increased risk of death from any cause, a 17% greater risk of cardiovascular death, a 17% higher risk of non-cardiovascular mortality and more modest increases in the risk of having a heart attack (7%) or a stroke (9%)
Banking Inquiry: Construction body plays down influence Former CIF director general Liam Kelleher (left) with ex-Progressive Democratic minister and incumbent CIF director general Tom Parlon arriving at the Banking Inquiry. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Dream build with Georgian style for €3.9m in Kilternan
Prince Charles’s letters reveal a man of many interestsA copy of one of the letters that the Prince of Wales wrote to the then prime minister Tony Blair, one of a series of his private letters to government ministers that was published following a ruling by the UK’s supreme court. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA Wire
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Europe Letter: Migrants plan seems pitiable, but it’s a startThe EU initiative requesting member states to resettle 20,000 refugees will do little to tackle the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Photograph: EPA
Catherine Deneuve adds glamour to low-key Cannes Film FestivalActors Catherine Deneuve and Emmanuelle Bercot at a photocall for La Tête Haute (Standing Tall), the opening film of this year’s annual Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Juventus dispatch Real Madrid to book place in final  Alvaro Morata equalises for Juventus in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. Photo: Paul Hanna/Reuters

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