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Tuesday 22 September 2020
The government plan sets out that creches will open on 29 June.
Auckland native Dominic Robertson-McCoy is in his fourth season with Connacht.
Maura McElhone writes about how the imminent birth of her first child makes her reflect on the loss of her grandmother, and in turn on what this current pandemic means for families.
People are using their skills to help parents through online videos and downloads.
The 22-year-old, who is in his third year with Connacht’s academy, features in a new TG4 documentary.
The author of the children’s classic Under the Hawthorn Tree has written a new book for adults about the Famine.
Filmmaker Oisín Mistéil set out to answer that question in a new documentary to be aired tomorrow.
The three men had pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment.
A three-month-old and two-year-old twins are among those being detained.
Rhys is among Ireland’s back row options, while his older brother Ciaran is part of the S&C team.
Nóra’s family believe she was abducted.
All six babies are healthy.
Bloom Festival has 22 show gardens on display and will run until the end of the Bank Holiday weekend.
The openside flanker has become a key player for Andy Friend’s side since joining from the Rebels.
Actress Sarah Carroll held off on expanding her family because of her job – but writes about how she eventually managed to make it work.
The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive found that 1,233 families were residing in emergency accommodation at the end of 2018.
A family friend said they had been traumatised by the incident.
Cathal O’Sullivan was found guilty of her murder earlier this week.
‘This one’s for my family, my husband, who are there with you when there’s a lot of lows.’
I can’t and won’t hide the fact that I find being Mum really tough, writes Geraldine Walsh
Joe Schmidt’s Ireland begin their November Tests campaign against Italy in Chicago today.
Barry Dunning lives in Indonesia and has seen how much of a role religion plays in people’s lives in Asia.
Marise Gaughan writes about her father’s suicide, and how she copes with mental health issues. On World Suicide Prevention Day, she asks what we can do about suicide in Ireland.
Speaking during his summer briefing with the media, Leo Varadkar outlined a number of measures being worked on for October’s Budget.
The announcement was made about the loans earlier this week – and it has since emerged that the portfolio included performing loans.
In the final week of my stay, my mind turned to how I would leave my father on what would definitely be the most heavy hearted of all our farewells, writes Larry Donnelly.
The couple said the landlord’s refusal had “a damaging effect for their family, both financially and personally”.
We also won’t tell if you want to keep them for yourself.
‘Children are growing up in Zaatari refugee camp having never known any other home,’ writes Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
The artist was given a present of a DNA test which confirmed his identity. She had previously thought her father died when she was a toddler.
The council had deemed the family to not be ‘normally resident’ as they were illegally living in a caravan on private property.
The family have urged others to make sure they have the best insurance when travelling abroad.
Doctors warned last week that Irish women were getting “mixed messages” about drinking while expecting.
We take a look at what’s on offer.
The Child and Family Agency identified hiring and retaining staff, as well as reputational damage as challenges this year.
The HSE offers the vaccine as an option for girls in first year of secondary school.
The northeast has seen an apparent outbreak of the illness.
Schools around the country are anticipating closure this week.
The family fled to Paris from Germany in 1938 and were forced to sell the 16th painting.
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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