Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

- Specialist adult Type 1 diabetes services in Mullingar have been suspended due to staffing shortages, with no firm date for reopening and new referrals currently not being accepted. 
- An Athlone man has received a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a former friend seven times while on bail for a separate violent attack, with the sentence to run consecutively to his existing jail term. 
- Calls are being made for a universal tax-free inheritance threshold ahead of Budget 2027, amid concerns the current system is creating financial difficulties for families inheriting property or money. 

More than 100,000 public sector workers are beginning industrial action today over delays in securing a new pay agreement, with work-to-rule action ahead of two planned strike dates in October. 
A nationwide 15-minute walkout is taking place to highlight violence against women and girls, following the deaths of 10 women in violent circumstances in Ireland during the first nine months of the year. 
New research shows a sharp rise in the number of people receiving ADHD medication through public schemes, increasing by 314% between 2015 and 2024, amid calls for patients to be reimbursed for medication costs