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Lyra McKee was shot dead during disturbances in Derry in April 2019

From next week, there can be a return to the workplace for specific business requirements, on a phased and staggered basis

NPHET backs further easing of restrictions on Monday

There are 290 people in hospital who have tested positive for the disease

1,413 new cases of Covid-19 with 290 people in hospital

President Michael D Higgins has declined an invitation to the service, which will be attended by Britain's Queen Elizabeth

Govt did not advise President on NI centenary service

A demonstrator holds up a banner during a demonstration against the 'Green Pass' last weekend

Italy to suspend all unvaccinated workers without pay

The letter to Boris Johnson was signed by 36 members of the US Congress from both political parties

Congress members call on UK to scrap Troubles amnesty

The plans include the return of the crown stamp on pint glasses

Frost announces plans to abolish EU laws applying in UK

Minister Simon Harris (L) said Matt Carthy had made comments in the Dáil yesterday that would be defamatory if they had been said elsewhere

Harris 'strongly' considering Carthy comment complaint

Laura Magahy, a senior Sláintecare leader, resigned last week

Radical or redundant - does Sláintecare have a future?

Visitors queue to have their Covid-19 health passes checked before entering the George Pompidou Centre in Paris

What countries have made Covid jabs mandatory so far?

Roderic O'Gorman said he believed the proposed legislation did not go far enough

Bill to improve access for adoptees not opposed by Govt

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Eight new districts are to be built around the Colbert rail and bus station

Consultation for plans for 2,800 homes in Limerick city

Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison

Stripe to create hundreds of additional jobs in Dublin

The statement will be delivered during an interactive meeting of the UNHRC

Victims to raise Troubles 'amnesty' concerns with UN

Self portrait of Thomas Ryan which was part of an exhibition of his work in Limerick in 2019

Limerick artist Thomas Ryan has died aged 92

The R238 is closed and local diversions are in place (file image)

Gardaí investigating Donegal collision after man dies

The most recent America's Cup was held last March in Auckland, New Zealand

Govt delays decision on Cork hosting America's Cup

The Midleton District Drug Unit carried out a checkpoint on the Youghal Road

Gardaí seize cannabis worth €42,500 and arrest two men

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Allegation against Harris 'an abuse of Dáil privilege' - FG

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Allegation against Harris 'an abuse of Dáil privilege' - FG

NPHET to meet in advance of next phase of reopening

Concentrations of major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increases

Man admits helping Estonian hitman in gang feud

Fresh calls for recovery plan for aviation sector

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A modern-day emperor penguin. The prehistoric penguin found in 2006 was much larger, and has been dubbed 'long legs'

Schoolchildren discover new species of penguin

Baby safe after stroller rolls downhill in Turkey

The ban on new relationships will apply during the first 10 years of a prisoner's sentence

Denmark to ban new relationships for life prisoners

Puffins are among the little birds that head south each year to more hospitable but isolated islands

Seabirds starve in stormy 'washing machine' waves

The hunt was said to be the single biggest hunt in the northern archipelago (File pic)

Outcry as 1,400 dolphins killed in Faroe Islands hunt

Woolly mammoths roamed much of the Arctic, and co-existed with early humans

Science firm claims it will bring back woolly mammoth

Cats' time on Earth is often cut short by kidney problems

Japan cat lovers give $2 million to kidney research

'Megapod' of humpback whales filmed feeding

Nitrogen in cow urine breaks down into two problem substances over time - nitrous oxide and nitrate

No bull: Climate researchers 'potty train' peeing cows

A male Western lowland gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia (file image)

Gorillas with Covid getting 'best care' in Atlanta zoo

The cat dangling from the upper deck of the stadium

Spectators catch falling cat at a Florida stadium

Zena Donnelly - "It's onwards and upwards from here"
Photo: Matt Mackey/Press Eye/Press Association

Dublin teenager sounds right note in reopening campaign