Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be in Cork today to visit two rural businesses in the Cork east region, it has been confirmed.

The Taoiseach will be visiting Cork East tomorrow and going to a small rural business to see how it has expanded and developed in rural Ireland.

He will also visit a dairy farm outside Fermoy.

The Taoiseach is in Kilkenny this morning to attend the launch of the Brewhouse refurbishment project on the Abbey Quarter.

The Taoiseach will be joined in Kilkenny by Minister for Housing and Local Government Eoghan Murphy the day after the latest homeless figures were released by his department.