LAST UPDATE | 24 Nov 2020
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1. #LOCKDOWN: Cabinet will meet today to discuss the Level 5 exit plan as all indications are the country will be moving back to Level 3 restrictions, with some modifications come 1 December.
2. #TRUMP: US President Donald Trump has come his closest yet to admitting election defeat after a government agency said it is finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance to the transition.
3. #SCAMS: Consumers are being urged to be extra aware of fraudulent scams in operation in the lead-up to Christmas.
4. #CHRISTMAS: The WHO has said there is no zero-risk option for traditional holiday merry-making during the pandemic.
5. #DICTIONARY: The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2020 as “quarantine”.
6. #RTÉ: Gardaí have met senior RTÉ officials as part of their inquiries into potential coronavirus rule breaches at a staff social gathering at the broadcaster.
7. #BREXIT: EU and UK officials are in last-minute talks to avoid a potential two-way ban on a wide range of foods moving between Great Britain and the island of Ireland next year, RTÉ reports.
8. #SCOTLAND: Scotland could become the first country to make period products freely available if MSPs vote for new legislation later today.
9. #CHINA: China has launched an ambitious mission to bring back material from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years.
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