HSE chief executive Paul Reid said infections among the most vulnerable and healthcare workers were hugely decreasing. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland Latest Covid figures: 566 new cases and 25 deaths reported by Nphet
Coveney calls UK move to delay checks on goods entering North from Britain ‘deeply unhelpful’ Coveney calls UK move to delay checks on goods entering North from Britain ‘deeply unhelpful’

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Northern Ireland’s Minister for Health Robin Swann defended the decision not to include indicative dates in the North’s plan to emerge from lockdown . Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire North vaccination plans to be scaled up as slots being offered to over 60s
Grafton Street in lockdown: The main draw on the public purse was spending on the Government’s Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins 4:05 Pandemic widens gap in public finances as crisis enters second year
Sheila King, who runs Lucan Lodge Nursing Home, says she will remember the third wave of this pandemic with a great deal of sadness. Photograph: Alan Betson 3:19 Possibility of visits offers ray of hope to nursing homes
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the State had received 520,000 vaccines while the forecast is to have administered some 500,000 by the end of this week. Photograph:Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos Dublin Large majority of over-85s will get first vaccine by end of this week, Donnelly says
Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin Coronavirus: 14 new deaths and 359 further cases reported, the lowest daily figure since mid-December
Judge Judy puts down her gavel – and her $47m pay cheque – after 25 years Judge Judy: ‘If you decide to stay too long at the party, your makeup begins to fade.’ Photograph: Sonja Flemming/CBS

Judy Sheindlin, who has reigned supreme on daytime TV, on her ‘realistic’ approach to the law

Long Covid in children: New data is cause for concern, scientists say Covid-19 and schools: none of the three vaccines authorised by the European Medicines Agency is licensed for use in children, and probably won’t be until at least the end of this year. Photograph: E+/iStock/Getty

Up to one in seven UK under-17s reported at least one symptom five weeks after Covid-19 infection

Kathy Sheridan: Mockery is oxygen for Covid-19 deniers Gardaí clash with anti-lockdown protesters on Grafton Street in Dublin. The threats to lynch public figures, the “paedophile” smears, the roars of “traitors” at gardaí, the calls to a perverted “patriotism” and “freedom”, the thuggish aggression, the casual defiance of the law. The irony is that despite the ubiquitous Tricolour, nothing about it is Irish. Language and symbolism are lifted whole from the Trump/QAnon playbook. Photograph: Artur Widak/Getty Images 5:38

Kathy Sheridan: How is civil society to challenge their abhorrent views?

Gordon D’Arcy: Ireland merely picked through the carcass of Italian rugby Action from the Stadio Olimpico. CJ Stander – to his eternal if misguided credit – keeps charging into brick walls for one- or two-metre gains. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

Scotland will provide a true test of Ireland’s worth while Wales relish momentum

Boy (17) jailed for dangerous driving causing death of friend Kimberly O’Connor (16): Described by her mother as ‘a bright, bubbly happy girl with an infectious smile.’

Transition year student Kimberly O’Connor (16) died in the car crash in Cork city last year

Staff at Bon Secours hospitals across the country to ballot for strike action The union said the dispute was over efforts to secure a job evaluation process for up to 500 support grade workers.

Dispute involving support grades is over access to a job evaluation scheme

Illegal adoption: Rapporteur calls for access to birth certificates Professor Conor O’Mahony is the Special Rapporteur for Child Protection

Adoption-tracing legislation needed, says expert, as case studies to go before Cabinet

Hotel asks court to set aside finding it discriminated against Traveller woman Bunratty Castle Hotel Ltd claims the WRC heard the complaint without the hotel’s representatives being present. Photograph: Google Street View

WRC found Bunratty Castle Hotel should pay woman who attempted to book wedding €15,000

Davy board commits to ‘appropriate actions’ after Central Bank fine Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe expects the National Treasury Management Agency will “monitor” fallout from a Central Bank investigation into Davy which resulted in a record €4.1 million fine. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Paschal Donohoe reiterates call for measures that ‘reflect the gravity of the situation’

Colder than average winter officially over, Met Éireann says Met Éireann meteorologists said the shift of the North Atlantic jet stream south had brought cooler than average temperatures for the majority of the winter. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Kerry had highest rainfall of season and last day of February brought highest sunshine hours to Dublin

Man jailed for assaulting his infant child and ex-partner Court told of incident where man, who had taken tablets, began hitting the woman with his closed fists and dragging her back when she tried to get away from him by leaving the house. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Accused struck woman repeatedly around head while she was holding three-month-old baby

Sinn Féin accused of fixation on ‘Trump-style hysteria’ by Minister in housing row Fianna Fáil Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Darragh O’Brien under pressure amid SF motion to drop shared-equity proposal

Man in court charged over firework incident at anti-lockdown protest Legal aid was granted after the court heard the accused is currently in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

Jake Merriman (30) faces five charges, including production of eight-shot firework

Local Enterprise Week goes virtual to better benefit Irish small businesses Kopper Kreation’s Emmet Bosonnet uses metal waste to create beautiful homewares, from lamps to bookstands and decorative items.
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