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Sunday 28 February 2021
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The changes announced this week related to those with underlying health conditions.
Meath All-Ireland winner and Intermediate Player of the Year Vikki Wall speaks candidly about the regular verbal abuse she has been subjected to on the pitch.
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
A careful, gradual reopening of our society will protect our communities.
Three gardaí were injured at the Dublin protest this afternoon, with one needing hospital treatment.
The defeat all but ended reigning the champions’ hopes of a successful title defence.
At the party’s national conference, Social Democrats voted to call on the government to prioritise addressing survivors’ concerns.
HSE CEO Paul Reid has said there has been “continued improvement” in hospital figures.
An opportunity to buy your own cask of Single Pot Still Spirit, made at Boann Distillery.
Will Connors scored a brace for Ireland as Craig Casey and Ryan Baird made their Test debuts.
Uruemu Adejinmi, who is of African descent, had hoped to run in the forthcoming Seanad by-election. She shares her thoughts on Irish politics.
Some people with specific health conditions will start to be vaccinated from 8 March under the new priority schedule.
42 people, including 27 children, have been freed.
From The42
Ireland tok on Italy this afternoon in Rome in round three of this year’s Six Nations.
Reid has said there has been “continued improvement” in hospital figures today.
The legal action concerned the use of photo face-tagging and other biometric data without users’ consent.
Gardaí seized an estimated €123,000 of cocaine and cannabis herb last night.
Demonstrators had sought to assemble in Yangon and Mandalay.
We speak to an expert on humans perception of time.
From Sunday morning the city’s 1.7 million residents must stay at home except for essential shopping and work.
From The42
The centre says Andy Farrell’s team are determined to develop their offloading game.
Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty recently hit out at the “phenomenal” amount of dog faeces in Irish villages.
One survivor says her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report by the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes.
The story of Ireland’s hat-trick of Italian humiliations in the mid-90s is one of farce and bad planning.
Democrats said the faltering economy and the loss of half a million lives demanded quick action.
Senator McDowell says Ireland can no longer ignore the “clear challenge” of the Chinese Communist Party.
Patrick (60), William (66) and John (59) Hennessy were found dead after an extensive garda operation.
Rory McNab shares his newfound love of collecting litter along Dublin’s Grand Canal, which has provided an unexpected pick-me-up in lockdown.
A woman had found the dogs and reached out to the singer’s staff to return them.
The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use in the European Union in early March.
Jonathan Hill is the FAI’s first permanent CEO since John Delaney, and yesterday he explained how he plans to drag Irish football from its miserable recent past.
The work involves replacing old cast iron water mains.
Andy Farrell’s men take on a youthful but defensively porous Italian outfit at Stadio Olimpico.
This Monday will mark 40 years since Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.
Hundreds gathered online this evening for a prayer service via Zoom.
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus called it a “worrying trend”.
Inpho photographer James Crombie has been announced as press photographer of the year.
The report was released by Joe Biden’s administration this evening.
AS LOCKDOWN ROLLS on and people get out and about more there has been commentary recently about what local amenity measures should be put in place heading into Spring and Summer.
Dublin City Council said last week that it continues to experience “unprecedented and extraordinary” levels of illegal dumping since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Writing for TheJournal.ie today, Rory McNab has spoken about his experience cleaning up litter during the pandemic.
“Spurred on by the sort of geographical Stockholm syndrome engendered by travel restrictions and a noticeable increase in the volume of rubbish appearing in the canal – particularly disposable masks and coffee cups – I pledged to take action.”
Meanwhile, Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty recently hit out at the “phenomenal” amount of dog faeces in Irish villages.
As Level 5 continues and as we face into brighter days outside, we want to know: Have you noticed more litter in your area during lockdown?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Misinformation is now local, global and transnational all at the same time, writes Shane Creevy.
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