The number of children and young adults contracting COVID-19 is raising concern among the National Public Health Emergency Team.
Of 202 cases diagnosed in the past two weeks, 76 were in people aged under 35.
16 cases involve children under 14 years of age.
Two more people with COVID-19 have died, bringing the death toll to 1,717, while four new cases have been confirmed.
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Leo Varadkar has said there's no Plan B if a programme for government isn't passed this week.
Members of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens will continue to cast votes today ahead of the results being announced on Friday.
If they're approved, Micheál Martin will be elected as Taoiseach on Saturday.
However, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar has admitted there isn't a back up plan - saying it would have been an act of 'bad faith' in negotiations to have such a plan on the shelf.
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Parents may have to pay higher fees for less service when childcare centres reopen.
Early Childhood Ireland will tell the special Oireachtas COVID-19 committee today that more state funding is needed to avoid that.
It will say the coronavirus crisis has worsened the sector's crisis.
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Donald Trump has extended a ban on some foreign work visas, including the J1, until the end of this year.
An executive order will also prohibit transfers within multi-national companies such Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
Business leaders and the US Chamber of Commerce have warned the plan will damage the US economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis.
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The number of speeding fines paid by drivers increased by 9% last year.
According to freedom of information figures, just over 110,000 penalties were settled in 2018 – coming to €9.6 million.
Last year almost 120,000 speeding fines were paid, with the gardaí collecting over €10.5 million.
