Coronavirus: 15 more deaths and 139 new cases in Republic
A further 15 COVID-19 patients have died in the Republic.
There are also 139 new confirmed cases, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
It brings the total number of cases here to 23,135, and the death toll from the virus in the Republic to 1,467.
NBRU: State transport companies "cannot be allowed to fail"
Pictured is early morning sunlight on a DART platform in 2019. Photograph by: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ieThe National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) says the transport bodies run by the State "cannot be allowed to fail".
It comes amid reports that State funding for Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus could run out as early as next month.
NBRU general-secretary Dermot O'Leary says these businesses must be kept afloat.
Electric Picnic 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
This year's Electric Picnic festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The organisers of the sold-out festival say cancellation "has become unavoidable".
Most of the country's other major summer music festivals have already been postponed or cancelled for this year.
Ex-UK MP Edwina Currie defends Britain's coronavirus reporting
Edwina Currie is seen at a school in Derbyshire, England in August 2019. Picture by: Joe Giddens/PA Archive/PA ImagesA former British MP has disputed that the country has the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe.
Edwina Currie is a former Conservative Party representative, who also served as British junior health minister.
The number of people who have died in Britain passed 31,000 last week, making it the country with the second-most deaths after the US.
Court hears details of murder plot as part of Hutch-Kinahan feud
The Special Criminal Court has heard details of a plot to murder a brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch as part of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud.
Mark Capper of Cappagh Green in Finglas, Dublin 11 will be sentenced next month for taking part in activities intended to facilitate the planned hit.
