BUS ÉIREANN school bus cuts on the way for students in rural areas. Free article

ALL-IRELAND youth organisation SpunOut launches new ‘Find Help’ online tool to help young people access information on support services across Ireland. Free article

CONNOLLY HOSPITAL in west Dublin – one of the busiest medical centres in the country with an A&E that serves a population of over 330,000 people in Dublin and Meath – is suffering seriously from the Fine Gael/Labour Party Government’s health and austerity cuts, writes PAUL DONNELLY. Free article

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY students have backed a Sinn Féin college initiative and overturned a Students’ Union decision to put €10,000 into building a Labyrinth ‘quiet reflection area’. Free article

Belfast 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration – Address by Sinn Féin Party Chair Declan Kearney Free article

SEVEN MILLION EURO of taxpayers’ money will be handed over to two private toll road operators by the Fine Gael/Labour Government because there’s not as much traffic as they’d expected and despite the toll roads continuing to operate at a profit. Free article

THERE has been widespread outrage and shock across the north-west as a man who led a protest walk from Donegal to Dublin in opposition to austerity measures and unemployment had his dole payment cut. Free article

THE Irish Times says it has seen briefing notes used in the preparation of the report by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland into the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme that libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds. ROBBIE SMYTH looks at RTÉ TV and what’s going on. Free article

LONDON POLICE ‘anti-terrorist’ squad had badges made by BNP activist on Norway massacre man Anders Breivik’s mail list. Free article

Expressing condolences to the family and friends of Barney McKenna, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: "Barney McKenna, through his 50 years on the road with The Dubliners, made an enormous contribution to Irish music and culture. Almost single-handedly, Barney first gave the banjo a central place in Irish traditional and folk music and his skill was world class. Free article