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- Bookings at mandatory quarantine hotels 'paused'
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that the Department of Health has paused taking bookings at mandatory quarantine hotels due to a problem with 'walk-ins'. - Girl, 3, dies after being hit by bus in Tipperary
A three-year-old girl has died after she was knocked down by a bus in Co Tipperary this afternoon. - Covid-19: 18 further deaths, 358 new cases
The Department of Health has reported 18 further Covid-related deaths and 358 new cases of the disease. - Johnson & Johnson delays European vaccine roll-out
Johnson & Johnson has said it will delay the roll-out of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe after US authorities moved to suspend use of the shot due to health concerns. - Time between Pfizer doses could be extended
Health officials are looking at the possibility of extending the interval between the first and second Pfizer vaccine, to increase the number of people vaccinated against Covid-19, RTÉ News has confirmed. - Death announced of businessman Galen Weston
The death has been announced of well-known businessman Galen Weston. - Calls for reform of proposed Institutional Burials Bill
Proposed legislation allowing excavations and re-interment of remains at former mother-and-baby home institutions has been criticised for lacking a rights-based and survivor led approach. - Two women who returned from Dubai out of quarantine
Two women who were arrested at Dublin Airport after initially refusing to enter mandatory hotel quarantine have been released from quarantine this evening. - Biden set to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America's longest war, US officials said today. - Vaccine roll-out hit by J&J delay, AstraZeneca changes
Ireland's vaccine roll-out has been hit by a delay to the Johnson & Johnson vaccines announced today and the impact of yesterday's changes to the use of the AstraZeneca jab here. - AstraZeneca clinics cancelled for this week, says HSE
Immunisation clinics using the AstraZeneca vaccine have been cancelled for the rest of the week, the HSE has said this evening. - Six stillbirths, one miscarriage caused by Covid - RCPI
Six cases of stillbirth and one case of second trimester miscarriage have been caused by Covid-19 since January, according to the RCPI Faculty of Pathology and the Institute of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. - A long road to justice for two murdered Irish soldiers
Over 40 years after Privates Thomas Barrett and Derek Smallhorne were murdered, their loved ones now have some measure of justice, reports Prime Time's Barry Cummins. - Woman who returned from Dubai released from quarantine
A woman who returned to Ireland from Dubai, and who has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, has been released from hotel quarantine this evening. - Northern Ireland Protocol discussions 'progressing'
European Commission vice president Maroš Šefcovic has told political group leaders in the European Parliament that technical discussions with the UK on the Northern Ireland Protocol are progressing and that the UK was engaging on the issues "in good faith". - Egypt 'seizes' container ship over $1bn Suez claim
A container ship that blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been 'seized' on court orders until the vessel's owners pay $900 million, canal authorities have said. - Simpsons star Hank Azaria apologises for voicing Apu
The Simpsons star Hank Azaria has apologised for voicing the Indian character Apu in the long-running animated series. - Biden presses Putin on Ukraine and proposes summit
US President Joe Biden has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease mounting tensions with Ukraine and proposed a summit between the two leaders in a third country. - Sweden's Covid infections among highest in Europe
The rate of new Covid-19 infections in Sweden has jumped to the second-highest in Europe after land-locked San Marino, data showed, as the Scandinavian country faced a third wave of cases. - Stolen ancient Roman statue found in antiques shop
An ancient Roman sculpture stolen more than a decade ago has been recovered after two off-duty officers spotted it in an antiques shop in Brussels, Italian police have said.
