before the new series has even started.

It is not known if all the main parties will ultimately nominate a candidate or if they will decide to endorse a candidate from outside their respective parties.In recent Presidential elections in Ireland, there has been a growing trend of independent candidates seeking a nomination and some have contested elections, including the 1970 Eurovision song contest winner

Anyone wishing to contest the Irish Presidential election must be nominated by at least 20 members of Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) or Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) or receive nominations from at least 4 local authorities.Former or retiring Presidents can nominate themselves, but not after serving two terms.A hospital trust and a staff member have

of health and safety failings over the death of a young woman in a mental health unit.Alice Figueiredo, 22, was being treated at Goodmayes Hospital, east London, when she took her own life in July 2015, having previously made many similar attempts.

Following a seven-month trial at the Old Bailey, a jury found that not enough was done by the North East London Foundation NHS Trust (NELFT) or ward manager Benjamin Aninakwa to prevent Alice from killing herself.

The trust was cleared of the more serious charge of corporate manslaughter, while Aninakwa, 53, of Grays in Essex, was cleared of gross negligence manslaughter.She believes South Sudanese models are in demand not just for their physical beauty, but for their "resilience" too.

Goi was born in Juba but as a child she moved to neighbouring Uganda, like Akol and hundreds of thousands of other South Sudanese.Many fled in the years after 2011, when South Sudan became independent from Sudan.

There were high hopes for the world's newest nation, but just two years later a civil war erupted, during which 400,000 people were killed andAlthough the civil war ended after five years, further waves of violence, natural disasters and poverty mean people continue to leave.