Customers wearing face masks socially distance as they queue to enter a clothes shop in Dublin city centre on Monday, before Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions were announced. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Six weeks of Level 5: Non-essential shops to close, no visitors to homes and a 5km travel limit
With dramatic Level 5 U-turn, Government weakens its own authority With dramatic Level 5 U-turn, Government weakens its own authority
Life under Level 5: What will the next six weeks look like for the State? Life under Level 5: What will the next six weeks look like for the State?

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The Government plans to keep schools open under Level 5 of the Living with Covid plan. File photograph: The Irish Times Union ‘cannot be convinced’ children will safely return to school after mid-term
Leo Varadkar said that Ireland is the first country in Europe to go back into a national lockdown, but that a “preemptive strike” was needed against the virus “before it is too late”. Photograph: Tom Honan/Julien Behal Six-week Level 5 restrictions will cost €1.5bn and cost 150,000 jobs - Varadkar says
TUI president Martin Marjoram, right, says the potential risk to staff and students from keeping schools open needed to be ‘reassessed on an ongoing basis’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Teacher unions concerned at schools staying open amid lockdown
‘You need to enforce the rules.’ Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Coronavirus: Why Level 3 failed and why Level 5 might too
Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer at the Department of Health. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire The Irish Times view on the new Covid-19 restrictions: Admission of failure
Don’t panic-buy! Don’t panic-buy! How to spend your last hours before lockdown Photograph: Getty Images

What to do – and what not do – before six weeks of restrictions kick in on Wednesday night

Róisín Ingle: After seven months of this headwreck, what needs to be done feels harder than ever Taoiseach Micheál Martin (centre) speaking at Government Buildings, with Minister for Climate Action Eamon Ryan and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire

And so we go from ‘Level Whatever You’re Having Yourself’ to ‘Level Déjà Vu’

Fintan O'Toole: State bumbling along with ad hoc decision-making as Covid crisis worsens Dr Tony Holohan and team at a Covid -19 update press conference. ‘It is not the job of Nphet or of the Expert Advisory Group to make decisions. That’s the Government’s job – the experts advise and recommend, the Government chooses.’ Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

We are bumbling along with ad hoc arrangements created in a panic last March

What to consider if older person or loved one needs care at home The Department of Public Expenditure found that by 2031 more than a quarter of a million inhabitants in Ireland will be aged over 80 years. Photograph: Getty Images

August figures show 4,030 people assessed are on waiting list for support

Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Trump suffers debate blow amid trailing polls US president Donald Trump departs following a rally at Tucson International Airport in Tucson, Arizona. Photograph: MANDEL NGAN / AFP/Getty Images
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Debate commission announces moderator of Thursday night’s event may mute microphones of two candidates for parts of debate

Motorists asked to avoid Cork city centre after flooding Flooding in Wandesford Quay in Cork city. Photograph: Cork City Fire Brigade

High tides lead River Lee to burst banks on south channel

Gardaí, media to self-isolate as officer gets positive Covid-19 result after JoJo Dullard briefing Garda headquarters has launched an inquiry into the matter.

Garda was awaiting result of test when they attended press conference in Co Kildare

Ryanair and Eir the worst for customer service during Covid crisis Ryanair is the worst ranked Irish company in terms of customer experience

Credit Union is still tops at meeting customer expectations, while retailers also gain

Employers can ease employee concerns by prioritising their wellbeing “Burnout is easier to prevent than to treat, so make sure employees can recognise the signs in themselves and others, and understand they can and should take breaks,” says laya’s head of health and wellbeing, Sinéad Proos. Photograph: Getty Images
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Residents support elderly man in bid to resist notice to quit apartment Eddie Lyons (81) in his home at Ffrench Mullen House, Charlemont Street, Dublin 2. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Tuath says it is not evicting Eddie Lyons (81) but has concern for his ‘health and safety’

Rock art 4,000-plus years old found by Sligo community project Bronze Age pendant found by schoolboy Darragh McDaniel during a community archaeology project in Co Sligo.

Archeological discoveries cast light on past and show value of local interest in heritage

Proposal for 14-storey tower beside Victorian market The proposed scheme would be built in four blocks on two separate sites on Mary’s Lane and Halston Street in Dublin’s markets area west of Capel Street

Council, An Bord Pleanála and city councillors raise concerns about height of scheme

US election: The New York enclave that exposes media myths about Trumpism A woman waves a flag during a pro-Trump rally in front of Trump Tower in New York City, New York, earlier this month. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
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US president’s support in Suffolk County is largely drawn from suburban middle-class

Gerry Thornley: After 32 weeks the Six Nations is back up for grabs Ireland were beaten by England at Twickenham in February before the tournament was suspended. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho

Ireland know what they have to do but England remain in the driving seat

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