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Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000
Covid sub-committee meets ahead of Cabinet decision
The Special Committee on Covid-19 Response will meet later today as the updating of the Government's plan on Living with Covid continues, ahead of its publication this week.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:14:44 +0000
Boeing grounds hundreds of 777s after Denver failure
Boeing has called for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes around the world as US regulators investigated a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart over a suburban American city.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000
Justice Minister to publish plan on cutting legal costs
New scales of legal costs are set to be drawn up to give more certainty to those taking court actions as Minister for Justice Helen McEntee publishes a plan to reduce costs.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:53:49 +0000
Covid-19 restrictions to be eased in England next month
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out his government's roadmap for cautiously easing lockdown restrictions in England.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:42:41 +0000
Concern raised over growing colonoscopy waiting list
A consultant in general and colorectal surgery at Cork University Hospital has called for longer working days and weekend lists in endoscopy clinics to tackle the growing waiting lists for routine colonoscopies, with more than 37,000 people awaiting ...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:47:45 +0000
Trump offered Kim Jong-un 'ride home on Air Force One'
Former US president Donald Trump offered North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a lift home on Air Force One after a summit in Hanoi two years ago, according to a new BBC documentary.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:58:51 +0000
Heavy rain and strong winds forecast as warnings issued
Met Éireann has issued a number of weather warnings as a spell of very wet and windy weather is expected to hit western and southern parts of the country over the next few days.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:15:22 +0000
US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths
US President Joe Biden will join in a moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony for Americans who have died due to Covid-19 as nations globally press on with vaccinations, including with Australia giving its first shots.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:17:04 +0000
Sixth night of Barcelona protests over arrest of rapper
Demonstrators faced off with Barcelona police on the sixth consecutive night of protests in support of a controversial rapper jailed over incendiary tweets.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:33:02 +0000
Family calls for FBI to reopen Malcolm X investigation
The daughters of prominent Black activist Malcolm X have called to reopen the investigation into his murder in light of new testimony implicating the New York police and the FBI.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:44:27 +0000
EU sanctions to target Navalny arrest and Myanmar coup
EU foreign ministers are expected to approve sanctions against those behind Russia's crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters, as well as those responsible for the coup in Myanmar.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:24:58 +0000
Moving house: 139-year-old building moved six blocks
A 139-year-old San Francisco house has a brand-new address - six blocks away, thanks to an extensive team of engineers and construction workers.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:58:51 +0000
Dozens of whales stranded at New Zealand bay
Rescuers are racing to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:17:50 +0000
Madrid police arrest lockdown flouters hiding under bed
Partygoers hid under mattresses and in a wardrobe at a packed house in Madrid on Saturday in an attempt to avoid police at one of 227 illegal parties raided in the city over the weekend for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:22:40 +0000
679 new cases of Covid-19 and one more death reported
There have been 679 more cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health and one further Covid-related death.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000
New-found guilt sees #SorryBritney trending
This month a new documentary from the New York Times, 'Framing Britney Spears', has offered a fresh look at the singer's life and the battles she faces with her conservatorship, which has been in place for 13 years.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:24:47 +0000
Extended pub opening hours being considered after Covid
Nightclubs look set to be allowed stay open later and Sunday pub opening hours will be extended under a plan by the Minister for Justice to reform the alcohol licensing laws.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:18:31 +0000
Unionists to mount legal challenge to NI Protocol
The DUP and other unionists are to mount a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland protocol, challenging its "compatibility with Act of Union 1800, the Northern Ireland Act of 1998 and the Belfast Agreement", DUP leader Arlene Foster has announced.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000
Mother-and-baby home burial submissions deadline nears
This week is the deadline for submissions to the Oireachtas committee that will scrutinise proposed legislation allowing excavations, exhumations and re-interment of remains at former mother-and-baby home institutions.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:18:31 +0000
What we think we know about new Living with Covid plan
Ahead of Cabinet sub-committee discussions tomorrow and a Cabinet decision on Tuesday, here is what we think we know about the revised Living with Covid plan - and what restrictions we can expect in the coming weeks.



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