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Virus levels 'not low enough' to ease restrictions and 59 more deaths in Ireland: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 28 Apr 2020
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People getting 'fed up' with social distancing measures and global death toll exceeds 200,000: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 27 Apr 2020
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Restrictions could be eased on 5 May as the worldwide death toll exceeds 200,000: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 26 Apr 2020
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New figures bring deaths in Ireland to 1,063 and Trump avoids questioning : Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 25 Apr 2020
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Harris says next 12 days are crucial, and Trump backtracks on disinfectant comment: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 24 Apr 2020
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A further 936 confirmed cases, Taoiseach challenged over virus measures: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 23 Apr 2020
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49 more reported deaths in Ireland and world at risk of 'biblical' famines: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 22 Apr 2020
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No mass gatherings until the autumn, and another 800+ deaths in UK: Today's Covid-19 Main Points
Updated 21 Apr 2020
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Highest number of deaths reported in a single day, fears over 'complacency': Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 20 Apr 2020
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41 more deaths in Ireland, Trump endorses anti-lockdown protesters: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 18 Apr 2020
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Over 2 million confirmed cases globally, a further 38 Irish deaths: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 15 Apr 2020
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Over 500,000 receive unemployment payment and Mary Lou McDonald tests positive: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 14 Apr 2020
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Number of confirmed cases in Ireland exceeds 10,000: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 13 Apr 2020
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Ireland's largest number of confirmed cases in a day, Britain nears 10,000 deaths: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 11 Apr 2020
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36 more deaths and Boris Johnson remains in intensive care: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 7 Apr 2020
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370 new cases and 99 clusters in nursing homes and residential settings: Today's Covid-19 Main Points
Updated 6 Apr 2020
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Confirmed cases in Northern Ireland exceed 1,000, Trump expects 'a lot of death' in the US: Today's Covid-19 main points
5 Apr 2020
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331 new cases in Ireland and New York's death toll rises: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 4 Apr 2020
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Ireland's death toll breaks 100 mark as global cases surge over one million: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 3 Apr 2020
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Over 35k employers sign up for govt's wage subsidy and six-week-old baby dies in US: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 2 Apr 2020
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Ireland's death toll rises by 14, as new contact-tracing rules kick in: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 1 Apr 2020
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17 more deaths in Ireland, and UK death toll increases by 393: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 31 Mar 2020
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Irish citizens from Peru back in Dublin, and deal struck with private hospitals: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 30 Mar 2020
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Ireland's death toll reaches 46, PPE supplies arrive from China: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 29 Mar 2020
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Cocooning the elderly, policing Covid-19, Trump's $2.2 trillion rescue plan: Today's Covid-19 main points
28 Mar 2020
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302 new cases, 3 further deaths, and Boris Johnson has the virus: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 27 Mar 2020
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255 new cases, 10 further deaths and Dáil passes emergency legislation: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 26 Mar 2020
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Government announces 'unprecedented actions' and Olympics postponed: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 24 Mar 2020
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Restaurant closures, gardaí stress social distancing, Olympic Games face delay: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 23 Mar 2020
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Ireland's cases 'in line with projections', US medical dramas donate equipment: Today's Covid-19 main points
Updated 21 Mar 2020
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Driving tests suspended and HSE says there's 'no rationale' for bulk-buying: Today's main Covid-19 points
Updated 13 Mar 2020
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Budget 2017: Here are the main points you need to know
11 Oct 2016
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Budget 2016 - here are all the main points
13 Oct 2015
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