An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD is making an address on Shared Island.

"This is an online gathering that represents the full diversity of society on this island, and the connections we enjoy North and South, as well as East-West across these islands."

#SharedIsland

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1319205876041994240

An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD-

"I want to set out today how the Government is pursuing our goal of building consensus around a shared future, founded on the Good Friday Agreement."

#SharedIsland

Human health and social work activities:

15. The following services relating to human health and social work activities:
(a) hospital services; (b) therapy services provided by a member of a designated profession within the meaning of section 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (No. 27 of 2005);
(c) services relating to public health, including services relating to -...

Public administration, emergency services and defence:

14. The following services relating to public administration, emergency services and defence: (a) the performance by the Garda Síochána, including members and civilian staff of the Garda Síochána, of its functions under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20 of 2005);

(b) employment placement and human resources services associated with the recruitment and deployment of workers engaged in the provision of essential services;
(c) data processing, website hosting and related activities; (d) security activities to assist in either or both of the following:
(i) the delivery of essential services;
(ii) the securing of premises closed to the public;
(e) funeral, burial and related services;

Information and communications:

9. The following services relating to information and communications:
(a) the production and publication of newspapers, journals and periodicals and the distribution of those publications, whether in hardcopy or digital format; (b) the production of television and radio programmes, video, sound, digital or other electronic content and the broadcast or publication of the same to the public or a portion of the public;

Accommodation and food services:

8. The following services relating to accommodation and food services provision: (a) hotel or similar accommodation services to persons who are guests of those hotels or similar accommodation on the 21st day of October 2020 until the date of their departure;

Manufacturing:

2. The following services relating to manufacturing:
(a) the manufacture, production or processing of food and beverage products;
(b) the manufacture, production or processing of animal feeds; (c) the manufacture of work-wear apparel, personal protective equipment or footwear;
(d) the manufacture of wood pulp, paper and paperboard;
(e) the operation of sawmills and the processing of wood and cork;

Essential Retail Outlets:

Retailers with mixed retail offering which have discrete spaces for essential and non-essential retail should make arrangements for the separation of relevant areas. 1. Outlets selling food or beverages on a takeaway basis, or newspapers, whether on a retail or wholesale basis and whether in a non-specialised or specialised outlet.
2. Markets that, wholly or principally, offer food for sale.

Exemptions for weddings (irrespective of venue):
➡️Up to 25 guests for wedding ceremony and reception.

Exemption for funerals:
➡️Up to 10 mourners.

gov.ie/covid19 Sports/Training/Matches:

➡️No training or matches should take place, with the exception of professional, elite sports and inter-county Gaelic games, horse-racing and greyhound racing, which are being permitted to continue behind closed doors.

gov.ie/covid19

The Government has decided today that, as of midnight on Wednesday 21st October, all of Ireland will be placed on Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID with a small number of exceptions as set out below.

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@MichealMartinTD This action is based on current public health advice, the deteriorating situation with the disease across the country and the Govt’s objectives to support families by keeping schools & childcare facilities open, maintaining non Covid health services and protecting the vulnerable.

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COVID tracker App

That’s why the COVID tracker App is another tool in our toolbox. Contact tracing is one of the vital measures that will allow us to contain the virus. The COVID Tracker
App is a very important enhancement to our contact tracing service.

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1288418699922284544

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To date 105 people have been alerted by the app that they have been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID. If you’ve been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID the app sends you a close contact alert.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have been informed of 325 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

There are now 3,235 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

#COVID19ireland
@hpscireland @roinnslainte @HSELive @CMOIreland

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1245061431143194624?s=20

The @hpscireland has been informed that an additional 17 patients diagnosed with #COVID19 in Ireland have died.

8 are in the east, 3 in the south and 6 in the west.

There have now been 71 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland.

The median age of COVID-19 related deaths is 84.

The Government has today approved a series of emergency measures to protect tenants who have been impacted by #Covid19Ireland. Moratoriums on evictions and rent increases are being introduced to ensure people can stay in their homes. @HousingPress merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/… The notice period for tenancies of less than six months is also being increased from 28 to 90 days. Minister @MurphyEoghan intends to publish legislation next week to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004-2019 to give effect to these changes. merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/…

The Government has today approved legislation to support the national response to the #COVID19Ireland crisis. The legislation provides for enhanced income supports for people who are diagnosed with, or required to self-isolate due to, #Covid19Ireland, as announced by the Government on 9th March.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed of a confirmed case of Covid-19 (#Coronavirus) in Ireland. @HSELive #coronavirus The patient, a male in the eastern part of the country, is currently receiving appropriate medical care. The patient was identified and tested in line with established protocols for the investigation of suspect cases of Covid-19. @HSELive #coronavirus