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George Russell Wins F1 Virtual Spanish Grand Prix

George Russell savored the winning feeling after profiting from a late penalty handed to Charles Leclerc to triumph in Formula One’s Virtual Spanish Grand Prix. The Williams driver dropped back to fifth after claiming pole but copied Leclerc’s one-stop strategy...

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HSE To Make Massive Investment In PPE As Focus Moves To Testing And Tracing

The Health Service Executive will spend up to €1bn on personal protective equipment this year, with similar amounts to be spent on testing and contact tracing as the country begins to move out of the pandemic. On May 18, the...

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Education Minister Says It’s Too Early To Says How Schools Can Reopen In September

The Education Minister, Joe McHugh, has said it is too early to say how schools will reopen fully in September due to the need for social distancing. Schools and colleges have been shut since March in a bid to slow...

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Health Service Chief Says App Is Just ‘One Element’ Of Contact Tracing System

The head of the health service has said the contact-tracing app will not play a major role in the country’s strategy to emerge from lockdown. Health Minister Simon Harris said Covid Tracker Ireland App being developed by the Health Service...

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Palace’s Steve Parish Hopeful That Premier League Clubs Reach Restart Consensus

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is backing Premier League clubs to come to a consensus on how to end the season. There is a division between the 20 clubs over Project Restart’s plans to finish the 2019/20 at neutral venues,...

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Hospitals To Resume Non-Coronavirus Health Services As Numbers In ICUs Fall

Non Covid-19 health services are set to resume in hospitals as the numbers of people in ICU beds has decreased, the Health Service Executive boss has said. Chief executive Paul Reid said the situation with Covid-19 is starting to improve...

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Soccer Restarts In The Faroe Islands Behind Closed Doors

Not since bobble-hatted goalkeeper Jens-Martin Knudsen inspired a famous victory in his country’s first competitive international in 1990 has Faroese football reveled in such a spotlight. While other European leagues wrestle with the implications of coronavi...