At least 24 people have died following flash floods in Texas, with rescuers searching for a number of girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials have said.

New data released by the HSE in relation to funding to cut public waiting lists, has revealed that three companies received over €70 million during a period of over two years.

The funeral will take place this morning of Brother Kevin Crowley, the founder of the Capuchin Day Centre who died earlier this week at the age of 90.

There are a few politicians in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael who will spend this weekend contemplating revenge, maybe even plotting it, writes Micheál Lehane.

Mourners are gathering in Porto, Portugal for the funeral of soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, who died in a car crash this week.