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- Ireland’s Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald tests positive for Covid-19
The leader of Ireland's Sinn Féin party Mary Lou McDonald has become the latest politician to fall victim to Covid-19. The nationalist leader confirmed that she’d tested positive for coronavirus but is already recovering well. - Irish govt extends lockdown until May 5 – PM VaradkarIreland is extending stay-at-home restrictions intended to slow the spread of coronavirus until May 5, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday. “The restrictions we introduced two weeks ago were due to expire on Sunday. Today the expert...
- Kicks and mortar: Conor McGregor urges authorities to grant permission for people to move into social housing in DublinHaving posed for photos with residents and developers, Conor McGregor has claimed homeless people are "eagerly waiting to move in" to a new property project in Ireland and appealed to the city council to avoid a hold-up.
- Irish minister says people ‘will have to live alongside the virus’ at some pointIreland’s health minister expects to be advised on Friday to keep restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus in place for a period of weeks, but he suggests the country will have to move onto a “different terrain”...
- Ireland’s restrictions may go beyond April 12, deputy PM saysThe highly restrictive measures Ireland put in place last week to slow the spread of coronavirus may well be extended beyond the initial deadline of April 12, Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar...
- ‘Sick and wrong on so many levels’: Irish broadcaster lambasted for ‘Operation Covid Nation’ show pitchThe Irish state broadcaster RTE’s bid to combine reality TV and its coverage of the coronavirus crisis has been met with sheer horror online by a viewing public appalled at the title choice – ‘Operation Covid Nation’.
- British govt announces policy reversal on investigations into Northern Ireland Troubles killingsThe British government has said it will not fund probes into unsolved killings dating from the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, backtracking on an earlier agreement with the Irish government and NI political parties.
- US to suspend all travel to UK & Ireland from Monday night due to pandemicThe United Kingdom and Ireland will soon be added to the list of nations that are banned from traveling to the United States, as the country tries to contain its Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.
- Irish government cancels St. Patrick’s Day parade over coronavirus fearsThere will be much less green in Ireland this March than in previous years, as its government has cancelled the St. Patrick’s Day festival and parade amid growing concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country.
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