Week 26 - Wednesday

WhatsApp is introducing usernames, allowing users to keep their phone numbers private while raising new concerns about scams and impersonation. Households across Ireland face higher energy bills from today, with renewed calls for greater Government supports ahead of the next Budget. A doctor pleads guilty to careless driving causing the death of his six-year-old daughter following a crash on the M6 in Westmeath, while a man also admits the manslaughter of Offaly man Paul "Babs" Connolly.