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Táanaiste Simon Coveney speaking in Government Buildings on Thursday. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA Coronavirus: Surge in cases still expected to hit hospitals in coming days and weeks
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Record 330,000 jump in numbers claiming unemployment benefits
Spanish health minister Salvador Illa holding a press conference in Madrid on Wednesday. Photograph: EPA Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises above 10,000 overnight
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‘Dad began to slip away... but my sister could only join by Facetime’ Seán O Cillín: remembered for setting up a school for young Cree Indians and their families on a reservation in the Hudson Bay in Canada. Family photograph.

Covid-19 has changed the experience of death for families, even for those without the virus

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Expect lockdown restrictions until September, says Dalata hotels chief Pat McCann: 'I feel the restrictions will have to go on longer than people expect. A lot of the restrictions will not end before September'. Photograph: Maxwell

Hotelier Pat McCann tells Irish Times podcast group can survive 2020 with no revenue

Coronavirus: Westmeath has highest rate of Covid-19 outside of Dublin Oisín Carson (5) and Isabella Fayeun (6) standing near a Covid-19 notice near an outdoor gym that has been closed due to coronavirus restrictions in Athy, County Kildare. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Both Westmeath and Dublin rates significantly higher than rest of State

Dublin estate agent offers free accommodation to hospital workers A closed estate agents during the coronavirus outbreak. Flynn and Associates is offering free accommodation in unsold properties to doctors and nurses working during the Covid-19 crisis. File photograph: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

Initiative matches vacant properties with healthcare staff who need to live away from home

Newton Emerson: Stormont must agree to disagree for powersharing to survive crisis First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill at a media briefing on Covid-19 at Stormont. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire

Different approaches to testing North and Republic will cause political tension

FF-FG government would look to avoid return to austerity Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael negotiating teams hope a joint document can be finalised next week. Photographs: Nick Bradshaw

‘People have taken too much in the last 10 years,’ parties’ negotiating teams believe

Patrick Honohan: Preparing for post-pandemic financial reckoning Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. Instead of falling as was budgeted, the Irish Government’s debt could easily increase by €20 billion or more this year, depending on how long shutdowns continue. Photograph: Alan Betson

Governments will likely take control of some large firms to avoid disruption

O’Brien may cede 49% of Digicel empire under debt write-down plan Digicel is looking for creditors to write off $1.7 billion (€1.55 billion) of what they are owed.

Deal would wipe away almost 25% of group’s $7 billion debt as O’Brien commits €50m

Record 330,000 jump in numbers claiming unemployment benefits

Latest Live Register hits all-time high of 513,350 in March

Coronavirus: Trump’s tone changes as US faces brutal loss of life President Donald Trump listens as Dr Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response co-ordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
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President cedes stage as experts predict up to 240,000 deaths from Covid-19 in US

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Poor showing for women in Seanad elections as Varadkar’s plea ignored Senator David Norris celebrates at home after hearing the news of his success in the Seanad elections. Photograph: Mark Maxwell/Maxpix

Taoiseach may nominate women to meet 40% gender quota for next Dáil election

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