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IRELAND

Department of Health chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan briefing the press on the latest Covid-19 updates Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Here are the main points you need to know about coronavirus Covid-19 news today.
• Five new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland this evening. 
• Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have won their appeal against a decision to grant bail to a man accused of murdering journalist Lyra McKee.
• A court has ruled against the Data Protection Commissioner in a case sparked by ‘Isis’ graffiti in a hospice
• Folk group Lankum won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize album of the year award 
• Three men arrested as part of the Kevin Lunney torture probe were released
• The Restaurant Association says that Irish restaurants are seeing a jump in cancellations amid coronavirus fears
• A cyclist (60) died after being struck by a car in Cork
• Phil Hogan insisted that a no-deal Brexit threat won’t cut the ice in EU trade talks
• A garda who assaulted an RTÉ cameraman during a street protest received a suspended sentence.

INTERNATIONAL

Molly, an English Bulldog, at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) during the second day of the Crufts Dog Show. PA PA

#BREXIT The UK introduced new laws that introduce a points-based immigration system, and that also guarantee the right of Irish citizens to live and work in the UK.

#NEVADA US police named Irish woman Joan Huber (53) as one of the four people found dead in a suspected murder-suicide in Reno yesterday.

#CORONAVIRUS The World Health Organisation ordered the world to take Covid-19 more seriously. The US also passed an emergency $8.3bn spending bill to combat the coronavirus.

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