Follow the latest updates as 300,000 public sector workers are taking strike action around the country over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal.

Gardaí have carried out searches in connection with the investigation into the murders of four members of a family in Co Waterford following an arson attack on their home.

More than 300,000 public sector workers, including nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants, are taking strike action over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal.

Virtually every primary and post-primary school in the country are closed as teachers and SNAs join the public sector one-day work stoppage.

One of the largest pickets in the country has been placed on Cork University Hospital, where around 5,000 people are employed, the majority of them trade union members.