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IRELAND

A Garda checkpoint on Dolphins Barn Road on the first day Dublin goes to Level 3 of Covid-19 restrictions.

Source: RollingNews.ie

• Health officials confirmed a new 274 cases of coronavirus in Ireland, with no new deaths reported.
• Our reporter Ian Curran took a look at how More to the right in Ireland it is using the pandemic to try to recruit members.
• Ireland’s leading secondary school teachers union said vote for industrial action about concerns you have about staff safety.
• A male cyclist died after a collision with a car in Dublin this morning.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin praised his good relationship with Fine Gael party leader Leo Varadkar Amind dissent among members of his own party on the actions of the two leaders.
• The Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart area of ​​West Dublin has the highest rate of Covid-19 in Ireland, according to new data from the Department of Health.
• President Michael D Higgins announced the silk death, one of his Bernese Mountain Dogs.

THE WORLD

People on Boscombe Beach in Dorset.

Source: PA Images

#U.S: Tributes were paid to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died at 87 and sparked a political battle over who will replace her.

#TESTS: London police urged hundreds of protesters to immediately abandon a protest against vaccines and the lockdown in Trafalgar Square or face arrest.

START SHOT

RIP Síoda, presidential puppet.