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Ireland moves to Phase 2 easing of Covid 19 restrictions on June 18th
They are part of the roadmap for reopening society and business.
Hairdressers increased their prices by around 1 per cent in the year to June.
The Central Statistics Office noted a similar rise for health and beauty treatments, while the cost of hair products jumped by over 4 per cent.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says the Occupied Territories Bill can't be enforced.
The bill was left out of the programme for government despite a push from the Green Party.
The bill would ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.
Just 60 per cent of childcare providers have indicated they will re-open in September.
The figures have prompted fears about the availability of childcare for parents returning to work over the coming months.
The prosecution has finished calling evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.
Detective Donohoe died after being shot at close range during an armed robbery in Co Louth seven years ago.
Our Courts Correspondent Frank Greaney reports:
Two people have been arrested in Dublin in connection with a fraud investigation into a crash four years ago.
Officers from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau arrested a man and a woman in their 40s at their homes this morning
Eurogroup finance ministers are meeting around now to elect a new president.
Paschal Donohoe is one of three contenders to be the new leader of the influential group.
It sets the policy agenda and priorities for countries that use the Euro.
The first ever woman president of an Irish university has been appointed at University of Limerick.
Professor Kerstin Mey will take up the position on an interim basis.
She will succeed Dr Des Fitzgerald, who is set to retire as president on September 1st.
For the sixth day in a row, there have been no new deaths related to Covid-19 in the North.
The death toll remains at 554.
3 new cases have been reported, bringing the total number of cases to 5,768.
Boots Ireland, which has four stores in Kildare, says its operations are not affected by a decision in the UK to cut thousands of jobs at the firm.
The retailer says it's made the decision as part of action to manage the "significant impact" of the coronavirus pandemic.
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