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Dublin has the third highest incidence rate at 198 per 100,000 people. Photograph: Alan Betson Kildare replaces Donegal as county with highest rate of Covid-19
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Brigid O’Dea: I hate technology, but when I fix Dad’s problems I feel like a genius Brigid O’Dea: ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could release all the gunk built up in my head? Pop it. Flush it all out. Give it a clean’. Photograph: Alan Betson

Assisting my father with his technical queries is a veritable ego boost

The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s end is a sign of our growing impatience with celebrities Ellen DeGeneres has said she no longer finds hosting her eponymous talkshow to be a challenge. Photograph: AP Photo/John Locher

The comic’s show faced challenges far beyond her stated reasons for moving on

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The other side of the housing crisis: rising wealth for many Less well-off people have struggled to get into the market for years – and typically are renters – while the wealthiest , also owning houses, usually have other assets.

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Gardaí examine phones as part of Howth Dart station investigation Gardaí in Dublin have arrested three youths in connection with a violent disorder incident that occurred at Howth Junction Dart station on April 1st last.

Three teenagers arrested on Thursday are released without charge

Martin and Johnson to meet tomorrow amid NI protocol tensions Taoiseach Micheál Martin greets British prime minister Boris Johnson at Hillsborough Castle, Belfast last August. Photograph: Brian Lawless/AFP via Getty Images

The meeting will take place at Chequers, the British prime minister’s country residence

Academic on €154,000 salary with no work to do accuses president of Maynooth Maynooth University president Prof Philip Nolan, who is also chairman of Nphet’s modelling group on Covid-19. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

Professor says Philip Nolan acted as ‘judge, jury and executioner’

Milford and Newbridge top table for highest rates of Covid-19 A walk-in Covid-19 test centre in Balbriggan. File photograph: Alan Betson

Area in Co Donegal has an infection rate almost four times the national average

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No further deaths reported as Holohan urges vaccinated to ‘safely resume lives, mindful of guidelines’

Couple in their 40s killed in Roscommon house fire are named Two people have died in a house fire near Rooty Cross in south Co Roscomon. Photograph: Hany Marzouk.

Joey Tumulty and Nuala Kenny are from the rural area where locals are shocked by the blaze

Israeli ambassador accuses some TDs of spewing ‘hate’ towards Jewish state Israeli ambassador Ophir Kariv: said it was “very surprising and very disappointing” that “totally destructive” attacks on Israel were coming out of Ireland. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Varadkar says Israel’s aggression is ‘unacceptable’ while condemning Hamas for human rights violations

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Irish rider came home in third place to give his hopes a boost in the battle for pink

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