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An Oireachtas committee will hear today there's "no evidence" the Department of Health secretly compiled dossiers on children with autism involved in legal action.

It follows allegations made in a recent RTE Investigates programme. 
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Younger people are living 'wasted lives' in nursing homes due to a lack of State support, according to the Ombudsman.

Peter Tyndall says a significant number of under 65s who have a disability are living in homes against their wishes.

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ESB Network technicians are out on the picket line again this morning as part of nationwide strike-action by around 550 members of the Independent Workers Union.

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Former police officer Derek Chauvin has asked for a new trial, two weeks after he was found guilty of killing George Floyd.
 

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