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Dr Holohan stepped aside as the state's Chief Medical Officer last week to spend more time with his family as his wife receives palliative care.

Sage Advocacy says it's disappointed that the former Health Minister, Wicklow T.D. Simon Harris didn't launch an investigation into the care of a nursing home resident, who died two weeks after he was admitted to hospital with an infestation of maggots in a face wound.

A post mortem's due to be carried out this morning on the bodies of two brothers who drowned while underwater diving in a quarry in Tipperary.

A South Dublin County councillor's calling on local authorities to hire social distancing wardens in towns and cities across the country.

The €320 million development will see capacity doubled, and includes a new jetty and the lengthening of an existing river berth.

4.8 million euro in funding is being provided for Covid 19 research to find out why some people get the infection more easily.

Almost a fifth of new coronavirus cases in the last week have been related to travel.

The Acting Chief Medical Officer says social distancing guidelines for schools could be further relaxed over time.

A 'green list' of countries with unrestricted travel access to Ireland could be published this day next week, but not activated until a later date.

Limerick TD Willie O'Dea is the latest to criticise the Taoiseach's appointments.

Mental health service users are still not being provided with adequate facilities, according to a new report.

The government says it will be keeping the date for the full reopening of pubs under constant review over the next 2 weeks.

Seven people were arrested and over a million euro in funds seized in a series of Garda raids in Wicklow and Dublin yesterday, targeting a money-laundering ring working for organised crime.

The Chief Medical Officer's appealing to people with foreign holidays planned to cancel their flight and hotel bookings.

The EU's confirmed the US is not on its list of 'safe' countries whose citizens will be allowed in from tomorrow.

2021 has almost been written off by the tourism sector, according to representatives for the industry.

Almost 900,000 people are still getting a wage subsidy payment from the state.

Four people who tried to cover-up the murder of Patricia O’Connor have been handed sentences varying from eighteen months to three years in prison.

A potential 'green list' of countries people can travel to safely is due to be published in two weeks' time.

A leading chain of hair salons is going to charge customers more to undo the damage caused during lockdown.

Thousands of unused kegs of Guinness are being used to fertilise Christmas trees.

One in seven TDs have hired family members to work with them in the Dáil.

The number of children and younger adults contracting Covid-19 is raising concern among the National Public Health Emergency Team.

A man has been jailed for life murdering his partner’s mother Patricia O’Connor at the home they shared at Mountain View Park in Dublin.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, Jean Eagers.

20 million of that will be administered by the Arts Council, 5 million will be spent on other measures.

The company behind Dublin's newest suburban town has confirmed the first tenants will be moving in before the middle of next year.

The HSE estimates it could spend €1.8 billion on Covid-19 related costs by the end of the year.

The Wicklow Uplands Council has distanced itself from an individual claiming to be associated with the organisation and it’s Wicklow Deer Management Project.

The HSE has confirmed that 20 beds are to reopen at the District Hospital in Wicklow Town.

The National Transport Authority says customers are responding positively to the new rules.

There are calls for a stronger garda presence,  after the remains of a number of lambs were discovered on two separate occasions on private property in County Wicklow.

Childcare providers are being given €75 million to reopen from June 29th, to make sure they don't charge parents more than before Covid-19.

The hosepipe ban may be eased in the coming days after heavy rain recently.

The Education Minister says children returning to schools only one day a week is "not a runner".

It was initially announced on March 29th, with the expectation it would be rolled out in 10 days.

Pressure on the government's finances continues with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The pair have previously indicated their intention to appeal if they were not successful

The number of people who have died on Irish roads so far this year is unchanged from the same period in 2019.

Gardai haven't had to use their new Covid regulations at all over the past seven days.

63 thousand people have closed their claim for a Pandemic Unemployment Payment since last Tuesday.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland has risen to 25,527 with 699 cases in County Wicklow.