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Over 30,000 people avail of walk-in vaccine centres |
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| More than 30,000 people availed of the walk-in vaccination centres that operated around the country over the Bank Holiday weekend. |
Tokyo 2020: Harrington guarantees medal with Khelif win |
| Kellie Harrington has guaranteed herself an Olympic lightweight medal after beating Algeria's Imane Khelif on a unanimous decision. |
Man dies and five injured in road collision on M7 |
| A man in his 80s has died in a road collision involving three cars in Co Laois. |
China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' as Covid returns |
| Authorities in Wuhan said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. |
Belarusian athlete Tsimanouskaya offered Polish visa |
| A Belarusian Olympic athlete is sheltering in Poland's embassy in Tokyo after being offered safe passage to Warsaw, as the US slammed her team's attempt to send her home. |
Bank of Ireland reports strong recovery in H1 |
| Bank of Ireland is reporting a strong recovery in its business performance with a €465 million underlying profit before tax, according to the bank's interim results for the first half of the year. |
5m fewer girls to be born over next 10 years - study |
| An estimated 4.7 million fewer girls are expected to be born globally in the next ten years because of sex-selective practices in countries with a cultural preference for male offspring, research showed. |
Olympic heroes are welcomed home to Skibbereen |
| Olympic medalists Paul O'Donovan, Fintan McCarthy and Emily Hegarty are among six athletes who were welcomed back to Skibbereen by the local rowing club at a function in the town this evening. |
Army to help enforce Covid-19 lockdown in Sydney |
| Troops hit Sydney's streets to help enforce its prolonged lockdown while stay-at-home orders in Australia's third-largest city Brisbane were extended to curb a worsening outbreak. |
Tokyo 2020: Harrington wins bronze - Day 11 updates |
| Four Irish runners are on the track this morning, while Kellie Harrington can secure a bronze medal if she wins her second fight of the Games later. |
Tokyo 2020: Coscoran progresses to 1500m semi-finals |
| Andrew Coscoran has qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 1500 metres in Tokyo as one of the fastest runners outside of the automatic qualifiers. |
Tokyo 2020: Dingley misses out on 3m springboard semis |
| Ireland's Oliver Dingley missed out on qualification for the semi-finals of the 3m springboard at Tokyo 2020, finishing 25th overall in the preliminary round. |
Northern Ireland blocks fraudulent Covid pass claims |
| Almost 300 fraudulent Covid-19 passport claims have been rejected in Northern Ireland. |
Cranes born in Ireland for first time in over 300 years |
| Common cranes hatched two baby chicks earlier this year, the first recorded birth of crane chicks in Ireland in over 300 years. |
Investigation into alleged removal of Armada artefacts |
| Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a report about the alleged removal of potential artefacts from a protected Spanish Armada shipwreck. |
Germany considers manslaughter probe over flood deaths |
| German prosecutors have said they are examining a possible manslaughter investigation arising from failed or delayed warnings about July's deadly floods. |
Vaccines for 12-15 age group to begin in weeks - HSE |
| The HSE expects to begin vaccinating children aged between 12 and 15 within the next two weeks. |
Belarusian athlete Tsimanouskaya granted Polish visa |
| A Belarusian athlete who took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games has been granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish government. |
Electric Picnic will go ahead this year, says organiser |
| Managing Director of Festival Republic, which runs the Electric Picnic, Melvin Benn, has said that the festival in Stradbally, Co Laois, will go ahead this year. |
1,352 new cases of Covid-19 as hospital figures edge up |
| The Department of Health has reported 1,352 further cases of Covid-19. There are 27 people in ICU with the disease, while there are 177 patients in hospital with Covid-19. |