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33,000 thousand homes and businesses are without power this morning, as Storm Barra hits the Atlantic coast.

New Covid-19 restrictions for the hospitality and live events sector come into force from today.

The PUP has re-opened with five levels of payment ranging between 150 and 350 euro

Taxi drivers are calling for a promised fare hike to be implemented.

Anyone arriving into the Republic of Ireland from overseas will now need proof of a negative Covid test.

Hospitality groups will meet with the Tanaiste and Minister for Tourism later to discuss supports for the sector.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee will meet this evening to discuss approving Covid vaccines for children aged between five and 11.

Nightclubs will have to close from December 7th to January 9th, while bars and restaurants must revert to rules in existence prior to October 22nd.

There's a call out for eyewitnesses to a shooting in west Dublin earlier which has left a man in his fifties seriously hurt.

The Justice Minister says there has been a delay in the introduction of mandatory Covid testing for all passengers arriving into the country.

Truck drivers claim Irish hauliers are being illegally undercut by UK-registered truckers coming across the border to work in the Republic.

Just 28 percent of Ireland's municipal waste is recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Hospitality groups will call for a reversal of cuts to pandemic supports Today.

NPHET's recommending new restrictions on household visits and indoor hospitality to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

The regulator says the bank failed to put proper systems in place to protect its services from significant IT outages for 11 years.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is being urged not to delay approving Covid vaccines for children.

The Dáil has started to debate the return of mandatory hotel quarantine.

A woman has been killed and three others have been seriously injured following a crash in Co. Kilkenny.

The Tánaiste says he's not convinced more Covid restrictions are needed - ahead of a vital NPHET meeting this morning.

The Justice Minister is asking anyone with information about a missing person's case to come forward.

One of the eight samples sequenced to date has been identified as B.1.1.529 (Omicron).

The Education Minister says children who don't wear face masks to school will be sent home.

Around 350 thousand households are facing an energy price hike today, as two providers introduce increase their rates.

Most football referees don't report their assaults to the gardai, due to fear of a retaliation.

Nearly 123,000 Covid cases were reported last month - which is 17 per cent more than the previous peak in January.

The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme is being cut by up to 147 euro a week for each staff member today.

Road traffic and footfall in Dublin is down by around 7% since work-from-home advice returned.

There has to be a balance between keeping schools open and children socialising, according to the Ombudsman.

New legislation will link increases in Rent Pressure Zones to 2% a year or the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices.

Irish people have given more money to charity than corporate bodies and businesses over the past five years.

The calculated grades system used in the Leaving Cert for the last two years has damaged the education system as a whole

Cabinet ministers will decide this morning whether all passengers arriving into Ireland should need to have a negative Covid test.

A report into the cancellation of 999 calls to Gardai has found some officers were sent to wrong locations because information wasn't accurately recorded.

The cancelling of plans for subsidised antigen testing has been described as a dereliction of duty.

Ireland will just have to dream of a white Christmas this year, as forecasters rules out the possibility of snow this festive season.

Antigen testing for primary school children begins today.

Coalition party leaders will meet with NPHET later to discuss the new Omicron covid variant.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has recommended Covid booster vaccines for everyone over the age of 16.

Primark is creating 700 new jobs in Ireland over the next three years as part of a 250 million euro capital investment.

Irish consumers are expected to spend 25,000 euro a minute today.

The European Commission's proposing member states ban air travel from the southern African region due to the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant.

It'll be towards the end of December before Covid-19 vaccines will be rolled out to children aged between five and 11.

New figures show almost 4,500 drivers have been arrested for drink driving so far this year, with some found to be four times over the legal limit.

The amount of heroin in particular seized in Ireland's latest drug bust has been described by Revenue as "significant".

It's given the green light to Pfizer to allow reduced doses in 5 to 11 year olds.

Garth Brooks has announced a third date in Croke Park next year.

The number of first-time home buyers under the age of 30 has more than halved in the last 16 years.

The European Medicines Agency's expected to give the go ahead for the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on children aged between five and 11.

A requirement for children to wear masks in primary schools will be considered by NPHET when it meets this morning.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has said no health service in the world could deal with the current demand for PCR testing.

The Department of Education is due to meet with teachers' unions today to discuss students serving as substitute teachers.

The head of the HSE will warn of the challenges facing hospital staff due to Covid-19, when he appears before an Oireachtas Committee later.

Hauilers are making their way to Kildare Street in Dublin to protest against rising fuel costs.

Former Debenhams workers have accepted an offer of a three million euro training, upskilling and business start-up fund.

Jonathan Dowdall, with an address on the Navan Road in Dublin, was brought before the Special Criminal Court this morning.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is recommending the suspension be lifted, and that it be used on everyone over 18.

The funding is being given to projects in areas including the north and south inner city, Dundrum, Balbriggan, and Adamstown.

The Garda Commissioner is to look again at the resourcing of public order units and push for the early vaccination of gardai against Covid 19.

In a joint statement issued last night, the football associations here, Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland welcomed backing from the UK government for the bid, describing it as an "incredible opportunity".

19 counties had an increase in vacant business premises in the final three months of last year.

Wicklow County Council has rejected a claim that boxing coach Pete Taylor should be granted an injunction, preventing the council from terminating either his or Bray Boxing Club’s legal interest in a premises previously used by them at the harbour in Bray.

Members of the public are being asked to give their input on a Masterplan for Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains National Park. 

Dublin Airport is seeking contractors as part of expansion plans worth up to €50 million.

A former teacher at Terenure College in Dublin has been jailed for eight years for abusing 23 boys at the private school between 1973 and 1990.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee's recommending that any currently authorised Covid 19 vaccine can be given to adults of all ages, including those aged 70 and older.

New laws on mandatory hotel quarantine have now passed all stages in the Oireachtas.

Gardai are reminding people they will continue to patrol public amenities and parks to ensure compliance with public health guidelines.

It makes Ireland the world leader in share of the grid from onshore wind energy.

Six people died on Irish roads last month despite a significant drop off in traffic volume.