Today’s headlines: emails reveal power struggle over ‘new Nphet’; and most children with severe hepatitis were previously healthy

Here are the top stories for the morning from Independent.ie

Emails reveal power struggle over ‘new Nphet’

Serious tensions between Health Secretary Stephen Donnelly, his chief officer Robert Watt and chief medical officer Tony Holohan over a new group set to replace Nphet are revealed in newly released documents.

Most children with severe hepatitis were previously healthy – HSE

It emerged yesterday that most children who have contracted a severe form of hepatitis – which has resulted in one death in Ireland and another child who has required a liver transplant – were previously healthy.

Food prices follow fuel and electricity bills as inflation surges to its highest level in 22 years

Food prices are starting to rise due to rising fuel, utility and airfare costs. Consumers have been warned that inflation will continue to rise in the coming months.

Brooke Scullion says she is “extremely proud” even though she missed the Eurovision final with an electric performance

Ireland’s Eurovision woes continued in Turin last night as Brooke Scullion’s That’s Rich failed to reach Saturday night’s final.

SSE wants to freeze prices for vulnerable customers

Energy supplier SSE Airtricity has promised not to hike prices for vulnerable customers who are struggling to pay their bills. It comes after the utility imposed double-digit price increases on its electricity and gas customers from earlier this month.

Wagatha Christie: Coleen Rooney is set to stand up today after Rebekah Vardy says she threw agent ‘under the bus’

Rebekah Vardy cried several times on the witness stand after she was accused of leaking stories and throwing her agent “under the bus” during her High Court testimony.

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Patient jailed for one-punch attack on security guard

A hospital patient who hit a security guard after becoming unhappy about his release has been sentenced to three months in prison.

Warning of rise of Omicron subvariants in Africa as Biden laments US death toll

Subvariants of omicron and an easing of public health measures are leading to a surge in infections in southern Africa, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned.

One bridge too far for Russian invaders as almost an entire unit was wiped out

The Russian army’s attempt to build a pontoon across the Siverskyi Donets river went so disastrously wrong that a large part of a battalion was wiped out in the process.

The EU and the UK are heading towards total collapse to reach an agreement on the North’s special status

EU Brexit negotiator Maros Sefcovic has accused the UK of not being honest in talks about implementing Northern Ireland’s special trade status.