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Covid-19 restrictions to be eased in Ireland © Reuters Hairdressers are among the close-contact services that can resume in the Republic of Ireland from Monday The Republic of Ireland will ease further Covid-19 restrictions from Monday. Close-contact services, such as hairdressers, can reopen and click-and-collect retail can resume. People will also be able to travel outside their own county for the first time in more than four months while sports training can resume. The country has been at Level Five, its highest level of restrictions, since Christmas. The easing of restrictions in the R...

Covid-19: 'Day of freedom' as restrictions eased further Published image captionA hairdresser serves a customer at Dylan Bradshaw hair salon in Dublin Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has hailed Monday as a "day of freedom" for the Republic of Ireland as Covid-19 restrictions were further eased. The Republic had been at the highest level of restrictions - level five - since Christmas. But close-contact services, such as hairdressers, are now reopening and click-and-collect retail has resumed. People are now also able to travel across the country. They can move outside their own ...

Covid-19: Donegal wake linked to 84-case cluster Published Eighty-four cases of Covid-19 have been linked to a wake in County Donegal, health officials have said. A separate cluster of 32 cases came after a person was infected at a family gathering in the county and continued to go to work, while 19 cases followed an 18th birthday party. The details emerged at a media briefing with Ireland's deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn. Donegal currently has Ireland's highest Covid-19 rate. The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 per 100,000 people in County Donegal was 307.8, as of Wednesday, ...

Donegal wake linked to 84-case Covid cluster © BBC A walk-in test centre opened in the town of Milford earlier this week Eight-four cases of Covid-19 have been linked to a wake in County Donegal, health officials have said. A separate cluster of 32 cases came after a person was infected at a family gathering in the county and continued to go to work, while 19 cases followed an 18th birthday party. The details emerged at a media briefing with Ireland's deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn. Donegal currently has Ireland's highest Covid-19 rate. The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 p...

Covid-19: Donegal walk-in test centre aims to curb spread of virus Published image captionThe walk-in testing centre is the second to open in County Donegal A new walk-in testing centre for Covid-19 will open later in a County Donegal town that currently has Ireland's highest rate of coronavirus infection. It is part of measures being implemented to combat a surge in cases in the Milford area. The test centre at the town's mart will operate for three days from Wednesday. Ireland's Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said there had been a "lot of positive moves" to drive down the infection rate i...