Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (left) has said one more case of swine flu has been confirmed.
This brings the total number of Northern Ireland cases to seven, reports RTE News. The seventh case is in a male who was a contact of a previously confirmed case. He has mild flu symptoms and is recovering at home.
The Public Health Agency is arranging a follow-up of people who were in close contact with him since he developed symptoms.
Laois selector Dermot Murphy says that his players have not got carried away in the fuss surrounding the omission of key forward Donie Brennan from the O'Moore squad for Sunday's Leinster SFC clash with Louth at Parnell Park.
Murphy told Midlands 103 that dropping Brennan for the game hasn't distracted the squad from the task at hand. "We have been getting on with the job. You could have allowed it to be a distraction but with only one week to go to the Championship we couldn't afford that to be a distraction. Players have been keeping their heads down and working really hard and we are pleased about that."
Pint-sized forward Brennan was dropped from the panel prior to a recent training weekend in Clare, which included a game against the Banner County, reports the Irish Examiner. Murphy says that apart from an injury to defender Pauric McMahon in a challenge game against Offaly, preparations are on track ahead of the Leinster SFC quarter-final against the Wee County.
Gardai investigating a fatal shooting in Dublin in February have made an arrest.
John Carroll was murdered in Grumpy Jacks pub in The Coombe in Dublin 8 on the 18th of February, according to the Irish Independent. Two males on a motorcycle pulled up outside the pub and the pillion passenger went inside and singled out 33-year-old Carroll. He then shot him a number of times at short range with a handgun. Carroll died in hospital a short time later.
This morning Gardai arrested a 27-year-old man in the Dublin 8 area in connection with the murder. He is being held at Kevin Street Garda Station under Section 30 of The Offences Against the State Act.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (left) has said one more case of swine flu has been confirmed.
