Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he will consider concerns raised by a number of Catholic Archbishops at a meeting about the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on public worship and the upcoming Easter celebrations.
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The issue was raised at a meeting yesterday, with the church emphasising the particular importance of a return during Holy Week and Easter.
Adrian Harmon has this report for RedFM News: Micheal Martin met with the Archbishop s Eamon Martin, Dermot Farrell, Kieran O’Reilly and Michael Neary yesterday to discuss the current level of Covid-19 restrictions and the Church’s desire for the return of public worship.
The church leaders shared their concerns that life at present is particularly stressful and difficult for people to endure, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
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Coronavirus UPDATE: A further 26 deaths and 988 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed By Ruth O Connell HSE Chief Paul Reid says the roll out to other groups in the priority list will start shortly
A further 988 new cases of COVID 19 have been confirmed in the Republic and 26 more people with the virus have died .
Of today s new cases, 378 are in Dublin, 68 in Galway, 61 in Kildare, 47 in Limerick,
45 in Louth and the remaining 389 cases are spread across all other counties including
39 in Meath.
149 are in ICU.
An additional 36 hospitalisations have been reported here in the past 24 hours.
Northern Ireland s Department of Health has reported that a further 276 people have tested positive for COVID-19.