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Thursday 4 March 2021
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Restaurants and cafes are calling for some leeway when it comes to applying for planning permission.
The parcels were destined for various address throughout Ireland.
He was sentenced to three years with one year suspended.
Alek Minassian faces a minimum of 25 years in prison
The Bunratty Castle Hotel has appealed the finding.
Financial coach Morgan O’Connell shares his advice on shopping around and setting a budget.
The Aviva Stadium must be able to host crowds if the four games are to go ahead as planned.
The suspect was shot in the leg by police when he was taken into custody.
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The Tánaiste says he hopes government can do better than the September target.
The Central Bank announced the fine levied against Davy yesterday.
The junta has ignored the global condemnation, responding to the uprising with escalating strength.
Covid-19 case numbers among those aged 19-24 “continue on a downward trend” despite incidents like this, Dr Ronan Glynn has said.
Artist Gemma Dunleavy features in Playback, a showcase premiering at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival this Sunday.
The Times newspaper has reported allegations made by former royal staff.
The men are due to appear in court later this month.
Gardaí say mortgage charges were fraudulently removed from 12 properties.
This year’s judges are Lisa McInerney, Declan Hughes and Lisa Caldwell.
The latest figures were confirmed in a statement from NPHET this evening.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department want to look at the vehicle’s telematics to help them understand the nature of the crash.
Over 50% of cases are linked to multiple household clusters.
She has rejected the ‘suggestion that anyone acted with malice or as part of a plot’ against her predecessor.
Judge Sean O’Donnabháin told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that it was in the interest of the public that the 17 year old be named.
Delaney’s application to have the hearing held in private remains outstanding.
Government says it’s on target to give first dose to 72,000 over-85s by the end of the first week of March.
The mural is painted on a wall on Chancery Street.
The MV Alta washed ashore in Co Cork during Storm Dennis in February 2020.
The review was commissioned in 2018 but its publication was delayed.
The Hungarian leader has overseen an increasingly authoritarian regime.
The case has been adjourned until 14 April.
A man in his 80s handed over a substantial sum of money for work that was never done, gardaí said.
Over 50 Fixed Payment Notices have been issued.
The trade deal has divided the Green Party with Costello and TD Neasa Hourigan signalling they will not back the deal.
Pope Francis is set to meet the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf.
eCOMM Merchant Solutions have ended their arrangement with Elliott, while a local GAA club has voiced its support for the trainer.
The beloved country music star (75) broke into song while getting the jab and adapted one of her best-known ballads Jolene.
The delays follow a change in AstraZeneca’s vaccine delivery schedule for last week and this week.
THE NUMBER OF people in hospital with Covid-19 on Monday night fell to the lowest level since New Year’s Eve.
There were 494 patients in hospital at 8pm on Monday, the first time this number has fallen below 500 so far in 2021. It has also fallen significantly since a peak of 2,020 cases in mid-January.
Last night a further 359 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Ireland, representing the lowest number of cases reported on a single day since mid-December.
On 23 February, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced the government’s new Living with Covid-19 plan and confirmed that the current public health restrictions will remain in place until 5 April, when a further review will be carried out.
Ahead of the unveiling of the plan, Minister Michael McGrath told RTÉ’s News at One that “there can be no fourth wave coming to Ireland”, adding that “what we are doing now, we need to make sure that we are doing for the last time”.
In the North, Stormont’s First Minister Arlene Foster last night vowed that Northern Ireland must never return to lockdown after a cautious plan to ease restrictions was published.
So, today we want to know… Do you think this will be Ireland’s last Level 5 lockdown?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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