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- Non-essential shops, hair salons, gyms back in business
Non-essential retail shops, hair and beauty providers, gyms and leisure centres are among the businesses that have reopened to the public across the country following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. - What was the cost of Level 5 on our economy and health?
As the country moves out of Level 5 restrictions today, Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers looks at the impact on health services, while Economics Correspondent Robert Shortt examines the financial fallout. - Photo of US doctor comforting Covid patient goes viral
A US doctor's comforting embrace of an elderly man on Thanksgiving Day was captured by a photographer and has gone viral around the world. - Spider bites carry harmful bacteria - study
Common house spiders can carry harmful bacteria that can be transmitted to people through bites, according to research by scientists at NUI Galway. - Watchdog critical of Govt non-Covid expenditure plans
The budgetary watchdog, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, has said the Government's commitment in the Budget to support incomes and the economy is "appropriate". - Mother arrested in Sweden for locking up son for years
A 70-year-old woman has been arrested in Sweden's capital on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to three decades, police and a prosecutor said. - McDonald presses for full inquiry into Finucane murder
The murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane "exposes in the most dramatic fashion the reality of collusion between the British state and the British government at the very highest level", Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. - UK department store retailer Debenhams to be liquidated
British department store retailer Debenhams is to be liquidated after failing to find a buyer, administrators FRP Advisory said today. - Brexit is still stuck as EU is being unfair, UK says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit supremo, Michael Gove, said today that there was a chance that Brexit trade talks may end without a deal, the nightmare finale to the five-year Brexit crisis. - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surges to 12-year high
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged again over the past year, hitting a 12-year high, according to official figures that drew a chorus of condemnation of President Jair Bolsonaro's government. - Hamilton out of Sakhir GP after positive Covid-19 test
Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. - Twitter rejects call over fake Australian troops tweet
Twitter has rejected calls from Australia to remove a Beijing official's tweet targeting Australian troops, as China doubled down on criticism in the face of mounting international condemnation. - SF leader says Stanley to keep PAC role despite tweet
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that party TD Brian Stanley will not be disciplined further after posting what she called "a clumsy and ill-judged tweet" relating to the Kilmichael ambush and the Narrow Water bombing. - Trump coronavirus adviser resigns
One of US President Donald Trump's favoured coronavirus advisers who sparked controversy over his comments against mask-wearing and other issues has resigned. - Boy thrown from Tate balcony starts to walk again
A young French boy who suffered life-changing injuries when he was thrown from a viewing platform at a London art gallery, has started to walk with the help of a cane and assistance with his balance. - 'Like a bird' - China daredevil flies high on wingsuit
- Damages hearing for Hyde Park bombing victim relatives
Relatives of four British soldiers killed in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing who won a High Court victory against suspect John Downey will have the level of their damages award determined by a judge. - Light pollution obscures wonders of the universe
Depending on where you live, stargazers may be unable to make out the Milky Way Galaxy or others can see beyond our own galaxy and deep into space. - Covid-19: One further death and 306 new cases
The Department of Health has been notified of one further coronavirus-related death and 306 new cases - a total of 2,053 people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland with 72,544 confirmed cases of the disease. - Gardaí to remove Covid checkpoints from motorways
Gardaí are making some changes to their policing of Covid-19 regulations as the country moves from Level 5 to Level 3.
