The 9 at 9: Friday
The latest on the easing of restrictions for indoor dining and travel, Poots’ comments and alleged anti-homeless hoardings. By Niall O Connor Friday 28 May 2021, 8:45 AM 1 hour ago 5,434 Views 0 Comments
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GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
Easing
1. Our day begins with good news as we report on the further of easing of restrictions as NPHET give us all a light at the end of the tunnel in the coming months.
International travel will return for non-essential reasons from 19 July after the government’s sub-committee on Covid-19 discussed a range of measures as part of the easing of restrictions over the next few months.
UPDATE 1-Lithuania trying to identify those who left Ryanair flight in Minsk Reuters 1 hr ago
By Andrius Sytas
VILNIUS, May 28 (Reuters) - Lithuania is working to confirm the identities of the passengers who disembarked from a diverted Ryanair plane after it was forced to land in Belarus, the chief of Lithuania s criminal police said on Friday.
Dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, 23, were arrested when the plane landed.
But three other people also disembarked.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said it seems likely they were secret police.
Belarus television aired interviews with three people on Wednesday who it said were the passengers in question.
Lithuania is working to confirm the identities of the passengers who disembarked from a diverted Ryanair plane after it was forced to land in Belarus, the chief of Lithuania's criminal police said on Friday. Dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, 23, were arrested when the plane landed. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said it seems likely they were secret police.