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âLighter touchâ
Mr Donnelly said he hoped the emergency public health measures would not be necessary but if they were it would be the âlighter touch measuresâ including wearing masks that might be required.
The Minister said âwe have made significant progress in suppressing the spread of this virus but we are not out of the woods yet and he warned that the trajectory of the Covid-19 virus is âprecariousâ.
He also said there is considerable uncertainty over what measures would be needed for the rest of the year.
The Seanad voted by 29 to three to pass the second stage of the legislation to extend the ability of the State to impose restrictions at short notice until November 9th and then to extend them every three months by a resolution of the Seanad and Dáil.
Gaelscoil Laighean: Parents Consider Protest over School Location By Mike Gilmore Parents of students at Gaelscoil Laighean have decried the lack of engagement from the Department of Education.
Parents at Gaelscoil Laighean are becoming increasingly impatient with the Department of Education, yet again demanding answers on where their school will ultimately be located.
In the last fortnight, they ve been informed the school was to be moved from one temporary location at Kill Lane in Blackrock, to another far outside their catchment area on Eblana Avenue in Dun Laoghaire.
Meanwhile, it seems the permanent location they had expected at Newtownpark Avenue is now to go to an Educate Together secondary school, while their current temporary location at Kill Lane is to be given on an interim basis to an Educate Together primary school, which would also be outside of its own catchment area.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar s department contacted Dunnes Stores last week over its supermarkets selling non-essential goods and its website offering click and collect services, the Sunday Independent has learned.
The contact from Department of Enterprise officials resulted in Dunnes Stores removing references to its click and collect service from its website, which as of last Thursday stated that this service is temporarily unavailable in the Republic.
Last Wednesday the same section of the website said customers could choose to have their online order delivered free to their selected store .
Under Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions click and collect is not permitted, with the Government saying last week it may be possible from next month as part of a phased return of non-essential retail.
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