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Dr Cillian De Gascun (right), director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris at the laboratory in UCD. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/EPA
Coronavirus: Drastic new powers will allow authorities to lock down regions and keep people at home

The Dáil reconvenes today to rush through emergency legislation with drastic powers to fight the coronavirus crisis, as new figures show the disease h(...)

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy said the Land Development Agency is meant to ensure that the supply of homes in the Republic is no longer subject to boom-and-bust cycles. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
New agency in talks with State bodies to find sites for 7,000 homes

The head of the new Land Development Agency (LDA) said it was in talks with Government departments and State bodies about acquiring sites to build 7,(...)

Simon Coveney has said the threat of an attack in Ireland similar to the atrocity in Barcelona remains possible but unlikely. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Terrorist attack in Ireland ‘possible but unlikely,’ says Coveney

The threat of an attack in Ireland similar to the atrocity in Barcelona remains possible but unlikely, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has (...)

Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell has asked the Government to explain why permission was granted to the UK to scramble fighter jets in Irish airspace. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Senator asks why UK has right to scramble fighter jets in Irish airspace

Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell has asked the Government to explain why permission was granted to the UK to scramble fighter jets in Irish airsp(...)

Changes to health insurance rules introduced last week put pressure on more than 1,000 officers serving in the Defence Forces to take out private health insurance even though they already have full medical cover as part of their terms of employment.
Army officers insured on the double to avoid health levies

Changes to health insurance rules introduced last week put pressure on more than 1,000 officers serving in the Defence Forces to take out private heal(...)