It took the recall of the toxic ViraPro hand sanitiser for the HSE to ask another sanitiser supplier whether its product was lawful to distribute in Ireland.

Green Party minister of state Ossian Smyth failed to declare a company directorship in the Dáil members’ register of interests.

The businessman who sold the HSE €3.3 million of unusable hand sanitiser previously owned three companies that were struck off for failing to file accounts.

RTÉ has removed from its player an episode of Nationwide that featured a photograph of a naval employee in blackface at a fancy dress event.

The HSE awarded a Dublin businessman a €3.3 million contract for hand sanitiser that is unlawful to distribute on the Irish market.