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IRELAND

Crowds march from the Convention Centre to Leinster House in support of a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by the mica scandal Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• Protesters affected by the Mica concrete scandal have marched on the Convention Centre in Dublin demanding the Government cover 100% of the costs associated with the crumbling homes. 
• People who aren’t  fully vaccinated and are travelling from the UK to Ireland will have to self-quarantine for 14 days after they arrive, Cabinet has agreed today.
• Health officials have confirmed 283 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. 
• Two men in their early twenties were rescued by airlift at a popular cliff jumping spot near Howth this afternoon.
• Tusla has apologised to adopted people who were hurt by the agency while looking for information about their identity.
• A man who stole over €11,000 from his grandfather while he was living with him has been jailed for six months.
• Gardaí and Defence Forces attended the scene of a “suspicious device” found on the northside of Dublin city centre this evening. 
• There are no current plans to allow a first dose of one Covid-19 vaccine and a second dose of another to be administered, government ministers have confirmed.
• The creators of Electric Picnic have been awarded nearly half a million euro under a scheme trying to revitalise the live performance industry.

INTERNATIONAL

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London Dominic Lipinski Dominic Lipinski

#ERIKSEN: Danish football player Christian Eriksen has said that he was doing “fine” in an Instagram post from hospital.

#BBC: The BBC has condemned footage of one of its journalists being aggressively harassed and chased by anti-lockdown protesters in London.

#CHINA: The Chinese scientist at the centre of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialised lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster.

PARTING SHOT

This is Charlie. 

He’s a two-year-old Border Collie, who has had hip surgery, in a hydrotherapy pool at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London. 

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