The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says it acknowledges the decision which follows an ‘ever-deteriorating public health landscape’. Photograph: iStock Pupils from third class upwards to wear face masks in school
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The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says it acknowledges the decision which follows an ‘ever-deteriorating public health landscape’. Photograph: iStock Pupils from third class upwards to wear face masks in school
The committee was hearing evidence on Tuesday on the winter pressures on the health service in the North. File photograph: Peter Byrne/PA North’s health service facing unprecedented pressures, senior surgeon warns
Travelers from South Africa are tested for Covid-19 on arrival in a specially designed test street at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam on November 30th. Photograph: Remko de Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Covid-19: Omicron variant in Europe earlier than thought
Persons arriving into the State from overseas who have been vaccinated or recovered from Covid19 will be required also to have a certified negative test All arrivals into State must provide negative Covid test from Friday
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Government not budgeting for climate and healthcare, Ifac claims Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chairman Sebastian Barnes: “The concentration of corporation tax receipts, coupled with their ongoing volatility and vulnerability to international tax developments, is a source of serious concern.”

Fiscal advisory watchdog warns on continuing over-reliance on corporate tax receipts

Covid-19: Number of children testing positive not linked to schools – Donnelly Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the advice from Nphet was to reduce social contact levels among children. Photograph: iStock

Minister for Health says advice is that schools are not the centres of transmission of virus

Mary Maher obituary: Trail-blazing journalist with a career marked by firsts Mary Maher in 2013. Photograph: Frank Miller

As women’s editor, her section ‘became a forum that would not otherwise have been there’

Nominations of three new High Court judges to be sent to President Judge Karen O’Connor, a judge of the Circuit Court since 2014, is one of three new High Court judges to be appointed after agreement at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.

Agreement at Cabinet paves way to fill vacancies created by recent departures

At least three dead and six injured in US school shooting The shooting at Oxford High School, about 55 km north of Detroit, which was reported shortly before 5pm Irish time on Tuesday. Map: Datawrapper
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Student taken into custody following incident at Oxford High School in Michigan

Devil in detail of redress scheme for mica homeowners Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien: The square-footage costs will be reviewed every year in line with inflation and the annual cost of building as set by the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Square-foot caps on rebuilding costs will still leave many property owners out of pocket

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Covid-19 testing regime ‘lesser of two evils’, travel agents say Dublin Airport: All arrivals into the State - whether vaccinated or not - will need a clear Covid test result from Friday onwards. Photograph: iStock

New requirement for antigen or PCR test result could add €200 to cost of family holiday

Paul Cullen: Lack of prompt decision-making exhausting public’s patience People queuing at Citywest vaccination centre in Dublin this week. Ireland’s Covid-19 response isn’t broken; it just isn’t firing on all cylinders. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Covid testing maxed out while booster programme stuck in second gear

All arrivals into State must provide negative Covid test from Friday Persons arriving into the State from overseas who have been vaccinated or recovered from Covid19 will be required also to have a certified negative test

Move described as ‘fluff to look like something is being done’ by virologist

Ghislaine Maxwell was ‘No 2’ in Jeffrey Epstein’s hierarchy, pilot says Larry Visoski, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time pilots, arrives to court in lower Manhattan on Tuesday. Photograph: Dave Sanders/The New York Times
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Lawrence Visoski testifies about pair’s relationship but says he did not see wrongdoing with minors

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