LAST UPDATE | 6 Mar 2020

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1. #CORONAVIRUS: Trinity College has written to staff and students to inform them that a case of Covid-19 is connected with the campus. The total number of confirmed cases across the country now stands at 13.

2. #EU MEETING: Minister for Health Simon Harris will join health ministers from across the European Union in Brussels today to discuss how to manage the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. 

3. #RENO: An Irish woman who was killed in a suspected murder-suicide in the US state of Nevada has been named as Joan Huber.

4. #BREXIT: The British government has published a draft law to guarantee the Common Travel Area rights of Irish citizens to live and work in the UK without restrictions, despite Brexit.

5. #QIH: Three people who were arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland yesterday in connection with the abduction of Quinn director Kevin Lunney have been released.

6. #CHOICE PRIZE: Folk group Lankum have won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the year, receiving the €10,000 award for their album The Livelong Day.

7. #GOVERNMENT TALKS: Micheál Martin has faced criticism from within his own party over his refusal to open talks with Sinn Féin about the possibility of forming a coalition.

8. #IDLIB: Russia and Turkey have agreed a ceasefire in Syria, which came into effect from midnight, in an attempt to halt intense fighting in the region which has sparked fears of a humanitarian disaster.

9. #WEATHER: There will be limited bright or sunny spells in parts this morning, although it will be cloudy in many areas with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Drier and sunnier conditions will extend to all areas by the afternoon, with highs of 6 to 9 degrees. 

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