People out and about in Dublin city centre on Sunday. Photograph: Collins Coronavirus: No further deaths reported as doctor warns second wave ‘weeks away’
FF MEP apologises after flying to Dublin for election of Taoiseach despite Covid-19 rules FF MEP apologises after flying to Dublin for election of Taoiseach despite Covid-19 rules
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Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan: ‘A so-called green list ... will be published on July 20th, or prior to that.’ File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Ryan confirms travel ‘green list’ will come in after July 20th
The World Health Organisation said the decision did not affect other studies where those drugs are used for non-hospitalised patients. File photograph: PA Wire WHO stops hydroxychloroquine trials for hospitalised Covid-19 patients
People enjoy a day at the pubs in Soho, London following their reopening on Saturday. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA ‘It’s beautiful just to get back’: English pubs reopen as Covid-19 restrictions ease
Clancy’s Bar, Cork City has introduced temperature checks, private snugs and a roof garden. Pictured, Zaida Reyes cleaning glass in one of the snugs. Photograph: Clare Keogh ‘Only a civil servant’ could have come up with ‘unenforceable’ pub regulations
A model of Covid-19, known as coronavirus, is seen ahead during a US Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine. Photograph: Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images Q&A: How close are we to having a Covid-19 vaccine?
Two men die in diving incident in Co Tipperary The quarry in Portroe, Co Tipperary, where two bodies were discovered on Sunday. Photograph: Press 22

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Barry Cowen says drink-driving after All-Ireland was ‘terribly stupid mistake’ Barry Cowen on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics programme on Sunday. Photograph: RTÉ screen shot

Fianna Fáil Minister says he was on provisional driving licence at the time

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The Disaster Tourist: Excellent rendering of the extraordinary Yun Ko-eun’s uses an ostensibly detached style and simple language

Book review: Questioning of any notion of authenticity is central to Yun Ko-eun’s book

I live in direct provision. It’s a devastating system – and it has thrown away millions Bulelani Mfaco. Photograph: Alan Place

Black Irish Lives: The new Government must give asylum seekers their lives, and dignity, back

TV Guide: 25 of the best shows to watch this week Mary McEvoy in Socially Distant, Sunday on RTE1

Socially Distant, Yellowstone, Mrs America, There She Goes, Stateless, The Old Guard

‘That’ll teach him to challenge the Rossmeister to a mickey-swinging contest’ ‘There’s, like, ten or fifteen people just staring at us with their mouths wide open. It’s a look I remember well from my rugby days’

Time to put Christian in his place – after all, it’s what best friends are for

Dig for remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell in Spain reveals 16 skeletons Irish ambassador to Spain Síle Maguire and the Mayor of Valladolid Oscar Puente at the dig site. Photograph: Francisco Javier de las Heras

Archaeologists examine bones for missing toes which would identify Irish leader

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NI parties to bring motion seeking apology from O’Neill Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, former leader Gerry Adams, and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill at the funeral of senior Irish republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Assembly ‘owed an explanation’ for Deputy First Minister’s apparent breach of Covid-19 guidelines

Close businesses selling alcohol to on-street drinkers, restaurant group says Video footage circulating on social media showed a large crowd socialising and drinking on Dame Lane. Photograph: iStock

Crowds gathering in Dublin city centre ‘ugly image’ for the capital, say vintners

Trump vows to ‘safeguard’ America’s values and defeat 'radical left, anarchists, agitators, looters' US president Donald Trump speaks during the Fourth of July ‘Salute to America’ event in Washington, DC. Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA
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Government to avoid ‘cliff-edge’ on Covid-19 payment changes The newly-appointed Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys: the new Government has yet to make a decision on how to phase out the benefit.

First significant unwinding of scheme begins this week

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