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A motorcyclist in his 40s has been killed after a crash in Co Cork.
He died after colliding with a van at Ballygroman Upper near Ovens at about 6:15 yesterday evening.
No one else was injured in the crash.
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens will hold further meetings with Independent TDs today about the possibility of entering government.
Negotiations on a programme for government will continue later with a deal likely to come next week.
It's widely expected the country's top public health doctors will today recommend moving to Phase Two of lifting Covid-19 restrictions next Monday.
There was a 6 per cent increase in serious incidents within the HSE last year - with most resulting in a patient’s death or serious harm.
The details have been released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Eoghan Murphy reports:
Children charities want the next Government to set up the office of Online Safety Commissioner to protect young people on the internet.
Just over half of people who don't own a car are now considering getting one because of Covid-19.
A buyer behaviour report by Carzone has also found 55 percent still plan on spending the same on one now as they did before the pandemic.
The country's economy won't recover to 2019 levels until 2022 at the earliest, according to a group that represents Irish businesses.
In its latest economic outlook, IBEC's forecasting GDP to contract by 11 percent this year and consumer spending to fall by 14 percent.
A further 3 people with Covid19 have died here.
47 new cases have also been confirmed.
It brings the death toll in the republic to 1,659, while there have been 25,111 confirmed cases, of whom 1,419 are in Co. Kildare.
A man in his 70s has been killed following an incident with a quad bike on a farm in Co. Cork.
It happened in the Coomanore areas of Bantry at 10 o'clock this morning.
It's understood the man died after the quad overturned.
Government formation talks are continuing today as hopes of a deal this week have faded.
But a hard deadline of next week is emerging for a programme for government to be finished.
Our Political Correspondent Seán Defoe reports:
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