Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys: ‘If you’re a plumber, carpenter, beautician, gardener or electrician who is transitioning back to work, or the taxi driver getting your car back on the road – this grant may be of interest to you.’ Photograph: Alan Betson Covid-19: Plumbers, carpenters among self-employed to get new €1,000 grant
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George Best Belfast City Airport. Monaco, Netherlands, Turks and Caicos, Aruba and Malta were also removed from the list of countries from which travellers coming into the UK are exempt from the need to self-isolate. File photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Arrivals into North from France and Netherlands must quarantine from Saturday
Bavaria’s health minister Melanie Huml: she admitted the political rush to introduce testing had overloaded an improvised, manual system reliant on volunteers from the local Red Cross. Photograph: Getty Images Bavarian test lapse in 900 positive Covid-19 cases
Nora Labo of the Cork Operative Butchers’ Society addresses the committee on Thursday. Photograph: Oireachtas TV Overseas meat plant workers ‘cheated out of social security rights’
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GAA in Ballymun: The whole team were called ‘scumbags’ by grown adults Passing It On: Ballymun Kickhams shows how good people gave young men in their community a sense of pride

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Rob Delaney: Could I feel what they were doing when I had my vasectomy? Yes Rob Delaney: My wife had taken birth control for decades, which is a giant pain in the ass and also decidedly sexist pharmacological slavery

After all my wife had done for our family, the least I could do was let a doctor sterilise me

Taoiseach warns against ‘second systemic shock’ of no-deal Brexit Taoiseach Micheál Martin greets British prime minister Boris Johnson on the steps of Hillsborough Castle in Belfast. Photograph: Brian Lawless/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson insists there will be no border down the Irish Sea – ‘over my dead body’

Diarmaid Ferriter: Island mentality and threat of infection Inis Mór: Our island communities have to be particularly careful of coronavirus.

Offshore communities have mixed feelings about Covid-19’s geographic access

Relieved mother of rescued women says paddleboards will never ‘darken doors’ again One of the two women rescued in Galway Bay being taken off the Coast Guard helicopter at UCHG. Photograph by Aengus McMahon

Cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Ellen Glynn (17) found safe and well clinging to lobster pot

Mixed fortunes of gang linked to Det Garda Donohoe killing Det Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead in 2013 as he stepped from his Garda car after he and a colleague arrived at Lordship Credit Union, Bellurgan, Co Louth, to provide an armed escort for staff carrying cash. Photograph: Garda/PA

All five men part of a south Armagh-Louth outfit specialising in range of criminal activity

Housing activists assist tenants to re-enter property following eviction Residents waiting outside their home on Berkeley Road, Dublin on Wednesday evening following their eviction. Six people have since gone back into the house. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Toilets, doors and windows damaged in north Dublin home, say tenants

Man (20s) dies following stabbing at Clontarf house Investigators at the scene of a fatal stabbing that occurred at a mental health facility in Clontarf. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Male aged in his 20s arrested after fatal incident on Thursday morning

Ban on beer kiosks draws ire as Berlin dances on edge of volcano Hasenheide park in Berlin became a spontaneous outdoor techno party location early in the lockdown. File photograph: Getty

Capital divided into three camps with parties recalling post-wall days despite Covid-19 rise

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Investigation launched into racist abuse of Irish woman in Galway In a statement NUI Galway said as a ‘University of Sanctuary’ it ‘will not tolerate racism and find any incidence of racism abhorrent’.

Video footage appears to show man shouting abuse at woman about her colour

Israel to ‘suspend’ annexations after UAE peace deal Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu: the rapprochement between Tel Aviv and the federation of sheikhdoms is a win. Photograph: Abir Sultan

Countries to open diplomatic relations for first time and Palestine accuses UAE of selling out

Weather warning: Flooding expected following thundery downpours on Thursday night After a night of torrential rain, the river Roury broke its banks at 4am causing flooding in Rosscarbery and causing parts of the N71 to close. Photograph: Andy Gibson

Some roads in Cork were impassable on Thursday morning due to torrential rain

School profiling should not dictate Leaving Cert grades, warns Ombudsman Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children: ‘This is a totally different year for students, so we need go with fairness and equity first. Comparability of results to previous years should not be as important. Fairness and equity should trump comparability.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

A-level results show pupils from poorer backgrounds hit hardest by downgrades

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