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Wednesday 16 June 2021
A meeting of the Oireachtas Transport committee last week heard from numerous experts advocating their use.
The HSE chief said it is planned that the second doses of AstraZeneca will be completed by 19 July.
The stunt was a protest against German car manufacturer Volkswagen.
The NI Secretary said it was ‘vital’ that cross-community commitments to culture and language made in the New Decade New Approach deal are honoured.
Two former Ikea France executives were convicted and fined over the scheme and given suspended prison sentences.
Suggestions that Weinstein instead be arraigned by video were also rejected.
Digitally-signed source code documents will go under the hammer as a non-fungible token.
An own goal by Mats Hummels was the difference between the teams.
Actors gathered to mark their opposition to plans to turn the ‘House of the Dead’ into a hostel.
Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster has said the provision of counselling should be underpinned by law.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo promised fireworks across the state tonight in celebration of the progress.
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
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Nottingham Street was sealed off earlier while the shell was removed.
Dublin City Council has announced the eastern side of the village will be pedestrianised on a 24 hour basis in the two summer months.
The two men were airlifted by Rescue 116 from Lion’s Head after they got into trouble in the water.
Portugal were made to work but ultimately were too good for Hungary.
Music, theatre and spoken-word events – plus a musical at Tayto Park – are receiving funding through live performance scheme.
Lorna Bogue says the writing is on the wall for the ‘charade’ that is Ireland as a tax haven.
The league decider between Derry and Offaly has been announced as a pilot fixture for return of spectators.
Here are some TV highlights for the week ahead.
Robert Byrne carried out 35 transactions using his grandfather’s account after taking the details of his credit card.
Abbie O’Brien was last seen at her home in Athlone, Roscommon, wearing all black.
The judges will decide on the admissability of the phone evidence next week.
The incident happened near Downing Street, London today.
The initials ‘cannot be accepted’ by Greece, according to Nikos Dendias, the country’s Foreign Minister.
60 patients with Covid-19 are in hospital today, with 23 in ICU.
The searches were carried out in Dublin, Louth, Meath and Wexford this morning.
An adoptee rights group said that Tusla’s apology is a “long overdue acknowledgement” of adoptees’ pain.
CMO Dr Tony Holohan has endorsed the return to college campuses in the coming academic year.
The Oireachtas Children’s Committee will work “very closely with the minister and the department regarding the next steps”.
Homeowners are protesting in Dublin’s city centre today.
Pat Nevin was doing live commentary on the game in which Christian Eriksen collapsed, and he reflected on the experience on this week’s Behind the Lines.
The chair of the European Parliament’s delegation on China has a stark warning about how the country approaches human rights.
The decision was made following legal argument.
The plane changed course to head for the Belarus capital Minsk escorted by a MiG fighter jet.
IN AN UPDATE this morning, Danish footballer Christian Eriksen said that he was doing “fine” after collapsing on the pitch during Saturday’s Euro 2020 game.
The Irish Heart Foundation says the quick action of his teammates and officials, who administered CPR as he lay motionless on the field for about 15 minutes, has highlighted the need for bystanders to react with speed to a cardiac arrest.
Brigid Sinnott, Resuscitation Manager at the IHF said some 70% of cardiac arrests happen in the home, “so it is vital that people understand what to do in that situation”.
CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, involves pressing hard and fast on the centre of a person’s chest and breathing into their mouth – a full guide can be read here.
So, today we’re asking: Do you know how to perform CPR?
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Lorna Bogue says the writing is on the wall for the ‘charade’ that is Ireland as a tax haven.
Dr Garrett McGovern says there’s no excuse not to have injecting centres by now.
This week, our reader is working late shifts and managing health and wellbeing.
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