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13 new cases of Covid 19 have been reported in Kildare.
That;s almost a fifth of the total number of new cases recorded in Ireland today, which stands at 73.
In all, 1,408 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid 19 since testing began,
17 more people have died of Covid 19.
The Dept. of Health says it brings the total number of people who have died of the virus in Ireland to 1,631.
73 more people have been diagnosed with Covid 19.
The CEO of Ryanair believes face masks should be mandatory to allow Covid 19 restrictions to be eased further.
Michael O’Leary thinks the Government's phased roadmap should be reduced from three week stages to two.
There are calls for further legislation to be introduced to deal with the misuse of laughing gas.
It comes as residents in Dublin have noticed an increase in empty nitrous oxide cylinders being dumped in public areas.
There's been calls for an increase in the amount of people allowed to attend funerals.
At the moment it's restricted to 10 people to allow social distancing guidelines to be observed.
The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil is in danger of spiralling out of control.
The country is now second only to the United States as the worst affected country in the world, in terms of the number of infections.
The Taoiseach has suggested the plan for unlocking the country can be sped up if the medical evidence remains strong.
However Leo Varadkar warned people need to hold the line and wait for more evidence ahead of a June 5th decision on proceeding to phase two.
The Chief Medical Officer has told government Ministers he won't be recommending a change to the two metre social distancing rule at the moment.
Some Ministers had asked if it could be reduced to one metre which the World Health Organisation has deemed safe.
A 29-year-old man has been jailed for nine and a half years for raping a teenage boy and sexually assaulting another after drugging them on various dates in May 2018.
Kildare County Council says the complexity if a water-main rupture in Leixlip means repairs will take 5 hours longer than originally forecast.
A main on Captains Hill burst this morning.
A Kildare psychotherapist says she has the sense that most people are experiencing some form of anxiety during the Covid 19 pandemic.
The HSE is examining whether restrictions on visiting nursing homes can be eased.
Officials are investigating whether it would be possible for people to meet relatives in care homes outside.
The boss of Supermac's insists he has never called for the abolition of the Covid payment scheme.
Pat Mc Donagh says he fully supports it but believes anomalies that had developed over time needed to be addressed.
He was responding to criticism from Rise TD Paul Murphy.
The European Commission is proposing using its "very strong" credit rating to borrow €750 billion on the financial markets for its EU Covid recovery fund which it's calling Next Generation EU.
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