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NORTHERN IRELAND HAS now gone over two weeks without a Covid-19 death.
NI’s Department of Health has said that no new deaths from the Coronavirus have been recorded today, with the total number of fatalities remaining at 556
That figure has remained static since 12 July, with the department saying there are currently two Covid-19 patients in ICU.
Four people have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, with 56 positive tests over the past seven days. There have been a total number of 4,918 cases in Northern Ireland.
The low numbers come as the UK as a whole introduced new measures over the weekend that removed Spain as one of the countries travellers could return from without quarantining.
The decision was announced on Saturday and came into force less than five hours later, it meant that people returning to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from Spain will have to quarantine for 14 days.
Some holidaymakers expressed frustration at a lack of warning from government.
On Friday it was revealed that Stormont’s health minister had asked his cross-border counterpart to consider new laws and data-sharing agreements to help track international travellers arriving on the island.
Robin Swann wrote Stephen Donnelly expressing concern about the “inability” of both jurisdictions to capture and share information about passengers transiting through one part of the island to the other.
In the letter, a leaked copy of which has been seen by the PA news agency, Swann told Donnelly that his officials were facing “serious impediments” in monitoring travellers who cross the border having landed in the Republic of Ireland from an at-risk country.
- With reporting by Press Association
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The role of Taoiseach becoming nothing more than an Irish viceroy on behalf of Germany will be further accelerated.
@Chad Rockett: As opposed to the good old days of being England’s lapdog? At least in the EU we have a veto.
@fiachra29: Tell that to those who fought and died for Britain when Ireland was a member of the UK.
@Danny foley: When?
@Danny foley: I don’t know how many here fought for Britain but I know over a million starved here because of them, but sure the nasty EU with their regulations stipulating we get 21 days holidays and such are the true enemy……
@fiachra29: one hundred yrs ago we where part of the greatest country that world has ever seen . We rule over one third of the land surface of the planet . If the union and it’s empire had existed today we would have been part of the wealthiest country on the planet . In a hundred yrs nationalism has condemned us into a irrelevant country where the world sh.tes all over us .
@Tommy Whelan: What the hell have you been smoking? You consider Britain to be the greatest country the world had ever seen? Did you fall asleep during history class? If you have such a hankering for the British Empire why don’t you move over there? They’re trying to resuscitate it so it should suit you down to the ground.
@Tommy Whelan: Please, you talk some shyyte.
@fiachra29: Thats pretty much all we have in Europe and with the spineless gobshoites belong to us over there, its rarely used
@Tony Skillington: We finally got out of the Union with Britain only to sleepwalk into a new Union that is dominated by Germany.
Leo should grow a spine and lead us out of the EU in solidarity with are closest ally and trading partner.
@Piarais Mac Maoláin: we have far more in common with the people of Britain and their culture than we do any EU state.
@Aldric Montague: you should grow a brain and realise staying in the biggest trading bloc in the world is more in our interests instead of following the Brits over a cliff
@Aldric Montague: still no reason to commit economic suicide
@Aldric Montague: In or out of the EU I will always love their music, TV, sports, humour and culture of fair play.
@Aldric Montague: Completely true but Ireland has sold her soul to the toxic EU euro. The damage is done. Anyone know a funny French comedian for my kids to relate to????
@Aldric Montague: ha ha ha ha right so better start the ol cottage industries again so we can employ the millennium’s I’m sure they would be delighted with you insight to our abilities to master the global economies from our little rock … when irish eyes are smiling …..
@Danny foley: the uk is still next door, the bbc will still be on your tele box.
@Hurt Stoogie: I know.
@Danny foley: Achmed the Dead Terrorist?
@Aldric Montague: lol…. we are just a dot on the map. We would be thrown back into the 1950s if Ireland left the EU economic wise.
I for one are proud to be European.
@Vincent: being European has nothing to do with the EU which is a political construct. Europe is a continent, the people of the continent are considered European.
@Danny foley:
Why don’t you two lads just move to the UK? Why is it that those most likely to be on welfare in this country are the most pro-British? We won’t miss ye lads if you moved there.
@Piarais Mac Maoláin: He obviously means the government. Leinster House frequently behaves like a smaller copy of Westminster – same narrow-minded provincialism, same revolving door syndrome, same incompetent morons in charge, same choice of two parties which are no more than different cheeks of the same arse…
@Aldric Montague: It doesn’t mean that we have to start acting like them.
@Piarais Mac Maoláin: the same ally that took a chunk of our land. Nice lads though.
@Danny foley: No, you’d have to get off of your arse and learn a ‘foreign’ language. Do you even speak Irish?
@Vincent: Well said!
@Vincent: we will when the French and Jeremy fill Ireland with migrants.
Dear Theresa, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Yes they did forget about the 48% who voted to remain.
@Ossie Fritsche: That’s how it works in a democracy. Majority rules.
@Cindy Crawford: Democracy works, by listening to both sides. But the nasty party ignored the remain side.
@Ossi Fritsche: LIke when we had Lisbon 1 and 2 and Nice 1 and 2? Democracy, Irish style.
@Danny foley: I’m Guessing you like that line a lot. Its an easy thing to throw out there without mentioning the changes made to said treaties prior to the second referendum
That said, No one is too happy to have voted twice
@Ossi Fritsche: most of the conservative parliamentary party were remainers, so I am not sure how you can say they ignored the 48%. Further, how would you suggest they listen without ignoring the voice of the 52%?
@Ossie Fritsche: There was a vote. More people voted to leave than stay. As with any vote or referendum there will be people unhappy with the result. Get over it.
@Cindy Crawford: I still think that the EU recommendation was wiser. They’re more used to the odd referendum where the result is too close to call. It wasn’t a football match, and it’s only divisive to act on such a small majority. It reads as if tabloids made such a thing of it that parties saw a great chance to gain votes and power. Not really in the interests of the British people if you ask me. I think the UK should have had better sense myself.
@Fiona Fitzgerald: if there was a second referendum the north will vote out of Europe. The Irish will not get a vote . The politicians might get a shock.
You better believe it Leo the Brits are leaving and we are at the mercy of the arch federalists in the EU Verhofstadt, Juncker, and Macron they have specifically cited tax harmonization as the next battle ground and you have just lost your only ally. It`s game on for the superstate now, and we are about to become the south Dakota of Europe.
@campaignforleo
Is there some election taking place I’m not aware of or is it just the publicist in Leo??
Let’s never forget, of all the parties involved in the Irish bailout during the crisis (UK, euro-zone, IMF, Sweden, Denmark), only ONE party attached a large early repayment fee to the loan. So that party ensured they profited from our crisis, no matter what.
Who was that? Oh our supposed “best bud”, the UK.
@Fred Jetson: you mean the extra loan they gave beyond the EU/IMF bailout? The one at favorable rates?
@Paul Fahey:
The loans the British attached a €400 million early repayment fee to, to ensure we can’t pay it back early and have to pay the British all the interest. How nice.
@Fred Jetson: do you deliberately lie or do you think it acceptable to misrepresent facts to suit your agenda. It was a 200 million penalty clause, which is perfectly standard practice:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/state-averts-200m-uk-penalty-amid-bailout-refinancing-1.3212780
Further, you fail to mention Ireland was paying the EU 1 billion each year in interest:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/ireland-paid-interest-of-1-billion-to-imf-last-year-1.2102208
You also forgot to mention the EU and IMF charged higher interests rates on loans to Ireland than other countries.
What deplorable, leading journalism. It has just “dawned” on Leo that we’re losing a key ally has it? It wasn’t apparent to him from day one, no? Do you think the Journal could just publish the news without implanting snideness? Or maybe educate their writers on the key tenets of objective journalism?
This is a country that cared little about us when voting knowing our trade is driven by truck trough their ports. Objecting to be governed by un-elected bureaucrats , Mmmm this is a country that ruled an Empire that claims Gibraltar and the Falklands. Racism and not being the commander and chief is the problem here
@Dáithí Ó Raghallaigh: Racism? Oh please do tell.
Britain has decided it wants to live in the 19th century.
I won’t miss them or their ignorant nationalists.
its like a failed marrage, and neither want to leave the house.
@Andrew Mockler: more like whoever leaves the house first will get completely shafted
@Fox: actuall more like “You said you were leaving and now you must pay. And if you ever want to see your kids again you’ll play by my rules”
It’s quite simple – if the EU tries to hamper Ireland’s individual interests then it is Ireland’s obligation to obstruct the EU at every turn and leave if required.
The EU must not become as evil and oppressive to Ireland as Britain has always been.
@Colin Morris: Like our Union with Britain since 1800, Ireland will continue to abused by the larger partners.
No doubt in the future if we ever decide to get out of the Union with the EU, the EU will use force to make us remain.
Nonsense. There were some items UK and Ireland agreed on but by and large the two countries were on opposite sides of many debates and decisions. UK wants to cut the CAP, Ireland wants to maintain it. UK opted out of the euro, Ireland embraced it.
@Fred Jetson: so you n example of one. Given that you have made the assertion, perhaps you can provide your evidence that Ireland and the UK, by and large, vote opposite to each other on EU matters.
How are you, perhaps the most bigoted poster in terms of immigrants and migration on this site, such an avid supporter of the EU.
How about IREXIT, and join the Commonwealth!
@Maire: that’s very silly Marie.
We spent 800 years trying to EXIT from our entanglement with the english and you want us to hug them just when they are about to voluntarily turn their backs on us at long last!!!
@winston smith: The german’s slaughtered their way across Europe twice in the last 100 year’s and they are all friend’s now ,there is something missing in our attitude
@Maire: Ah, just stirring it!
Regarding the possibility of taxing companies at EU levels, Ireland was offered tax autonomy if Lisbon 2 was passed in our referendum. It did pass so therefore, if the EU try to force their preferred tax levels on Ireland, the result of Lisbon 2 would be invalid and the Lisbon 1 result would stand. For once the EU are powerless in this matter unless we were to have yet another (Lisbon 3) referendum which would have to pass. It therefore cannot be forced on Ireland in my opinion.
@John Hagin Meade: so if thats the case we’ll be forced to hold a referendum until we get the right result again. I love democracy
Where are they going? Its just across the water,it will still be there.
Interesting comment about 48%of the UK wanting to remain and Ireland having a second crack at the Nice treaty. So what would it take the UK to stay in the EU and could that be negotiated and have a second referendum?
Leo is nothing more than a joke… keep on going On pride marches ….
there’s a child stuck in the Netherlands & year he’ll roll out the red carpet for a terrorist … he is nothing more than a joke
Full of UK brexit trolls
@Pepper Brooks: Full of UK Remoaner Trolls
They will be back…..
Why? Is the UK going to disappear. Stop being childish
It’s not you,it’s me,
Possibly his Indian heritage coming into play ?
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