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Germany’s centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz has secured party backing to challenge Olaf Scholz for the chancellery in next September’s scheduled federal election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU ally agreed on Tuesday to back Mr Merz,…

The health service watchdog, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will report to the Government next summer on whether emergency department (ED) services in the midwest should continue to be centralised at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). In May Hiqa,…