The entire country has been placed onto level two restrictions under a new government plan.
It means the current restrictions will be in place for another three weeks.
However, further measures are being introduced in Dublin.
The number of organisations whose staff are permitted by law to hear protected disclosures from whistleblowers has been increased by 10.
Minister for Public Expenditures and Reform Michael McGrath signed the order into law today.
Colleges and universities across the country have been told to strictly limit the number of people on campus as part of new restrictions on third level.
NPHET has recommended every course that can be done online should be for the next three weeks.
The chief medical officers in the Republic and Northern Ireland have appealed for people to avoid all but necessary cross-border travel.
In particular, the two health chiefs said they were concerned about the number of cases amongst young people.
Cities may be placed on higher restrictions than the rest of the county they're in under new plans.
NPHET is examining whether you could move Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway cities up a level on the COVID restriction list without doing the same for the entire county.
A family has been forced to leave their home after a mother was beaten with a baseball bat in Co Louth.
A garda investigation has been launched into the assault.
Josh Crosbie reports:
A witness has told a murder trial he is telling the truth, in his evidence, about the night a homeless man with cerebral palsy was stabbed to death in Dublin.
A man has been arrested in relation to a shooting in Co Meath in May.
A man in his 20s was injured when he was shot on the Main Street in Clonee on the 25th of May.
This morning gardai arrested a man in his 30s in relation to the incident.
The ESRI says people are still adhering to Covid-19 guidelines despite the increase in cases.
In a letter to government, the acting Chief Medical Officer says that there needs to be a 'wholehearted widespread collective buy in' if the restrictions are to be effective.
People will have as much as five years to pay off any income tax due this year if they've been on COVID wage supports.
Revenue has outlined the details of how people will be expected to pay back any money owed.
Our Political Correspondent Seán Defoe reports:
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