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1. # TIME OF QUESTION: Justice Minister Helen McEntee will answer Dáil’s questions today about the appointment of Seamus Woulfe to this year’s Supreme Court.

2. # COVID-19: The cabinet subcommittee on Covid-19 will consider advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team today on how to ease Level 5 restrictions.

3. # REPORT: An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children has found significant deficiencies in Tusla and the HSE in the way they managed the care of a child with profound disabilities.

4. # IN THE HANDS OF GOD: Argentina has declared three days of national mourning for soccer player Diego Maradona, whose death at age 60 was announced yesterday.

5. # BORDER PATROL: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has indicated that a restriction on cross-border travel to Northern Ireland should be considered later this week.

6. #BELFAST: A journalist working for the Belfast Telegraph has been warned of a threat from a loyal paramilitary group.

7. #PARDON ME: US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former aide Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

8. #WEATHER: A yellow state fog warning remains in place for 12 counties in the Leinster region until 10 a.m. today.

9. # TAKING THE TRACK: Germany has announced that it will push for Europe to ban ski holidays in a bid to curb current Covid-19 infections.