Politics

Public sector strike ‘inevitable’ and will see up to 150,000 medical appointments cancelled

First of two scheduled walkouts will bring widespread disruption, with further escalation possible in November

Rugby

Simon Zebo: Joe Schmidt’s double standards drove me mental, made me dislike the Irish camp

Ireland’s head coach nailed the build-up to the clash with the All Blacks in 2016; if he’d always been like that, I’d never have gone to France