A "major interal incident" has been declared at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) due to a "record high attendances" at UHL's emergency department.

There have been 17 additional cased since the last update on the 7th of December 2022 in Ireland.

45 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 9th of November 2022.

There has been an increase of 1 probable case of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 8th of December 2022 from the HPSC.

There has been an increase of 2 probable cases of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 16th of November 2022 from the HPSC.

There are a total of 56 confirmed cases as of the 7th of December 2022 in Ireland.

There has been an increase of 1 probable case of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 2nd of November 2022 from the HPSC.

3 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 2nd of November 2022.

There has been an increase of 1 probable case of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 12th of October 2022 from the HPSC.

9 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 12th of October 2022.

15 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 28th of September 2022.

There has been an increase of 2 probable cases of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 28th of September 2022 from the HPSC.

A former NASA director has said that a telescope in county Offaly, Ireland could be the first to detect signs of extraterrestrial life.

The HSE has issued meningitis advice following two deaths in Ireland, with a total of 4 cases being investigated.

6 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 21st of September 2022.

There has been an increase of 1 probable case of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the last update on the 21st of September 2022 from the HPSC.

NASA has successfully crashed a spaceship into an asteroid to try and alter it's trajectory as part of planetary defence.

There have been no new probable cases of hepatitis in children of unknown origin since the update on the 14th of September 2022 from the HPSC.

4 additional confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland the HPSC has said in their latest update on the spread of monkeypox since the last update on the 14th of September 2022.

For the first time water with an extraterrestrial origin has been found in a meteorite that fell to Earth in the United Kingdom.