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1. #CORONAVIRUS: Health officials last night confirmed that a further 41 people have died from Covid-19, bringing Ireland’s death toll to 406.
2. #FUNDING FREEZE: US President Donald Trump last night announced a freeze in US funding to the World Health Organization because he said it had been biased to China.
3. #DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A major new advertising campaign seeking to reassure domestic violence victims that services to help them are still operating amid the Covid-19 pandemic will begin today.
4. #ASHBOURNE: A man who was walking on the M1 motorway in Co Meath has died after being struck by a car in the early hours of this morning.
5. #IRISH WATER: Threats with a machete, speeding cars veering towards a team of workers and rocks being thrown at vans were among the instances of abuse and assault reported by Irish Water staff over the past three years.
6. #REUNDS: The US branch of Ticketmaster found itself in hot water this week amid reports that it would no longer be giving refunds for rescheduled events – but Ireland hasn’t followed suit.
7. #SCHOOL’S BACK: Denmark has begun to reopen schools after a month-long closure over the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so.
8. #GOVERNMENT FORMATION: Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath has said the “foundation document” of priorities agreed between his party and Fine Gael will form the basis of negotiations with smaller parties on a programme for government.
9. #LOCKDOWN: A one off lockdown won’t halt Covid-19 and repeated periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists who have modelled the trajectory of the virus have said.
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