CervicalCheck cancer scandal: A number of individuals affected by the cervical cancer tests scandal revealed that they were in the process of suing the HSE, a cervical screening laboratory and a number of doctors. 8 May - Ryan O'Shaughnessy takes Ireland to its first Eurovision final since 2013, with the song "Together". 9 May – Transport Minister Shane Ross was accused by Mattie McGrath of picking his nose and not listening to rural TDs during a debate on his Road Traffic Bill. 10 May – Tony O'Brien announced that he would resign as director-general of the HSE on 11 May following the CervicalCheck cancer scandal. 11 May Gardaí announced that they are investigating photographs posted online of two men, one dressed as a priest, engaged in sex on an altar of a rural Catholic church in Kildorrery, County Cork. The government announced a package of supports including discretionary medical cards, travel and childcare expenses, and counselling services to women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal. 13 May – A 47-year-old man and a seven-year-old boy were killed in a light plane crash in County Offaly. 14 May – a 14-year-old girl, Ana Kriégel, is murdered in Lucan. 15 May – There were calls to expel the Israeli ambassador to Ireland following the killing of 58 Palestinians on the Gaza border. 16 May The Acting Director General of the HSE, John Connaghan, apologised for the "confusion and alarm" that was created in relation to the CervicalCheck programme, as a result of the failure to communicate with the women affected. Galway GAA hurler Davy Glennon was given 240 hours' community service, in lieu of seven concurrent two-year sentences, after he pleaded guilty to the theft of an estimated €70,000 from his employers to fund a gambling addiction. 17 May – A 41-year-old man was jailed for three years for the harassment of RTÉ newsreader and journalist Sharon Ní Bheoláin. 20 May – A 40-year-old armed man died following a shooting in Cherrywood by Gardaí searching for missing woman Jastine Valdez. 21 May – A body was found in the Puck's Castle area in south County Dublin by Gardaí searching for 24-year-old Jastine Valdez, who had been missing since the previous Saturday evening. 25 May – A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland took place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side. A