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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The Taoiseach said certain approaches, such as ‘Zero Covid’ or herd immunity, are not realistic for Ireland.
A report drawn up by former Secretary General of the European Commission Dr Catherine Day has made a number of sweeping recommendations.
Minister Edwin Poots claimed Covid was more rife in nationalist areas than unionist areas by a factor of six to one.
President Macron said that a pro-Hamas group active in France would be dissolved for being “directly implicated” in the murder.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were 2-1 winners in Paris, a perfect start to their Champions League campaign.
It is understood fines of €1,000 will be issued to those who organise house parties during the Level 5 restrictions.
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Close contacts are tested twice whether they have symptoms or not.
A Labour MP tweeted that they had been informed the £22 million would only go towards helping the test and trace system.
Once the six-week lockdown is over, it is envisaged that the country will remain at Level 3 until the New Year.
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Michéal Martin says the aim is to “get the R number consistently below 1″.
High tide was expected at 8.35am, and brought heavy flooding to areas of the city.
Along with other ‘non-essential’ retailers like bookshops, they can operate online.
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The €120 million project will result in the resignalling of the Dart network from Howth/Malahide to Sandymount.
Regional leaders are locked into a battle with the government in Westminster as new restrictions loom.
Tony Kelly and Cian Lynch are happy to see Sunday’s Munster hurling clash set to go ahead.
The individual who posted the information was contacted by the CSO and has agreed to remove the material.
The man was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Peter Madsen is serving a life sentence for the murder of Kim Wall.
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Hani Ali Showky is accused of running brothels in Smithfield, Rathmines, Santry and Northwood.
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Cabinet has agreed to a change in the Level 5 guidance.
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Gardaí said the operation targeted a “criminal grouping aligned to a number of organised crime groups”.
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THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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