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Emergency services at the scene in Ashe Street, Tralee, Co Kerry

Under the latest Government guidelines, people are advised to wear face masks in crowded outdoor areas (pic: Rollingnews.ie)

Call to make masks mandatory in busy outdoor settings

Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson discussed UK-EU negotiations (file image)

Martin raises request for Finucane inquiry with UK PM

The bodies of Seema Banu and her two children, Asfira and Faizan, were found at a house in Llewellyn Court

Man arrested in probe over murder of mother, children

Indications from Europe are that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are at the top of the queue to be approved

Task force working on Irish vaccination programme

'It was the heaviest loss of life for the British in any engagement of the War of Independence' (Pic: Kevin Egan)

Kilmichael Ambush: This means war

Decade of Commemorations

All stores will have extended trading hours in order to meet pent up demand during the pre-Christmas period (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Penneys to open two stores for 24 hours next week

Ryan Tubridy said the appeal will spread "the Toy Show magic across the year to children who need it most"

Late Late Toy Show charity appeal raises €6m

Hundreds of demonstrators marched through Westminster chanting 'shame on you' and 'freedom', causing traffic disruption this afternoon

Around 60 arrested at London anti-lockdown protest

Adam King said he would like to be an astronaut but that he cannot because he has brittle bones

Hadfield offers to 'talk space' with Toy Show's Adam

Northern Ireland's chief medical officer has insisted that another period of intensified coronavirus restrictions in the new year is not inevitable

Covid-19: Nine deaths and 315 cases in Northern Ireland

Relaxing Restrictions

'Wet pubs' are not going to reopen this time, but they are still able to do takeaway and delivery

All you need to know about the easing of restrictions

The Government has announced an easing of the Covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas, after six weeks at Level 5, the highest level in the framework for dealing with the virus.

Face mask advice is a u-turn on previous recommendation

Household visits will be allowed from 18 December

Explained: What will a Covid-19 Christmas look like?

What's left of the Christmas market for businesses?

Regional

Gardaí discovered two firearms and cocaine and cannabis worth €100,000 during the search

Man arrested after firearms and drugs seized in Dublin

The road is currently closed and local diversions are in place.

Motorcyclist seriously injured in Wexford collision

Scene of the fatal house fire in Ballyleague, Co Roscommon

Man dies in house fire in Co Roscommon

Trevor Birney (L) and Barry McCaffrey outside Belfast High Court today

Journalists settle case over PSNI raid on homes

Tiny kitten Pancho, later renamed Kevin, who was rescued from under a car engine

Kitten saved from cat-astrophe after car engine rescue

The discovery was made at around 4pm yesterday

Two people found in truck at Rosslare Europort

Drugs, cash and a shotgun were found during searches in Waterford city

Gun, €15,000 cash and drugs seized in Waterford

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NPHET brief cabinet ahead of easing of Level 5 restrictions

NPHET brief cabinet ahead of easing of Level 5 restrictions

McEntee tells Dáil she did 'take on board' Varadkar comment about Woulfe

Ireland has led the way in driving numbers down - WHO

RTÉ School Hub and the Ark childrens' theatre help families put plays online

News Lens

Adam King said he would like to be an astronaut but that he cannot because he has brittle bones

Hadfield offers to 'talk space' with Toy Show's Adam

A Popa langur, photographed in early 2020. Photo: Aung Ko Lin, Fauna & Flora International

Meet the world's newest monkey species

Politicians from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party dumped buckets of pork offal on the debating chamber floor during a protest

Pig guts fly in Taiwan parliament protest

Rocky the owl had been nestled inside the Christmas tree for days having weathered the long trip without food or water (Pic: Ravensbeard Wildlife Center)

Tiny owl freed after days in Rockefeller Christmas Tree

The village will be named Fugging from 1 January

Tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name

A musician plays on repurposed military equipment (Pic: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Making music, not war: Weapons turned into instruments

97 whales and three dolphins died in the strandings

100 whales and dolphins die after mass stranding in NZ

Abby O'Reilly's winning entry, showed groups of people celebrating Christmas in three snow globes, together but apart

Art competition reveals children's Covid-19 concerns

12-year-old Abby O'Reilly from Dublin drew a wonderful picture of different families in their social bubbles within snow globes

Dublin pupil 'over the moon' at RTÉ art competition win

The monolith was spotted by state officials who were helping to count sheep from a helicopter
(Pic: Utah Department of Public Safety)

Metal monolith discovered in Utah sparks mystery

Florida Wildlife Federation said that serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida

Man rescues pet dog from alligator in Florida

Eliza Reinhardt's re-imagined version of the 1642 Portrait of Anna Rosina Marquart, by Michael Conrad Hirt

Artist and dog spend isolation recreating famous art