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Businesses across the country are planning to open their doors again tomorrow for the first time in months.
Several restrictions will be lifted from Monday, with personal services like hairdressers, barbers and salons set to resume trading.
Galleries, museums, libraries and cultural attractions will also welcome back visitors.
Click-and-collect and appointment-only shopping can resume, while the inter-county travel ban will be lifted.
Households will be allowed to meet outdoors in groups of up to six and 50 people can attend weddings and funerals.
Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh heard from three businesses on how they are feeling ahead of opening to the public tomorrow.
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Remnants from a 2o tonne rocket that was recently launched into space by China is set to crash back to Earth shortly.
The Long March 5B rocket was launched on April 29th from Wenchang Space Launch Centre.
The spacecraft was carrying Tianhe, the first module of China s future space station, into orbit.
The rocket s stage is now set to make an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth, with its landing destination unknown.
It is hoped that the rocket, expected to land sometime around 2.30am Irish time on Sunday, will have been largely burned up after it passes through the Earth s atmosphere.
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Some people in Ireland are still failing to follow public health advice on how to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, according to a Dublin GP.
Dr Ray Walley, from the GP Expert Advisory Group on COVID-19, said that the same mistakes are being made now that occurred in the earlier stages of the pandemic.
There were four further deaths related to COVID-19 and 434 new cases confirmed yesterday by NPHET.
The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 of the population now stands at 129.7.
It comes as further restrictions will be eased from Monday, with many businesses opening their doors again for the first time in months.
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Parents who are still not allowed to publicly speak about their murdered children are being re-traumatised .
That s according to Kathleen Chada, whose sons Eoghan and Ruairí were murdered by their father Sanjeev Chada in 2013.
The Children s Act was amended yesterday and a ban on identifying child victims of violent crime was lifted.
It will also permit the media to name people accused of killing those aged under 18, and permit parents to speak publicly about their murdered children.
However, there are several cases subject to separate legal orders that prevent parents from speaking freely.
Kathleen was not able to speak about her children in the media until the amendment to the legislation came into effect yesterday.
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A law which stopped parents from publicly speaking about their children who were killed in violent circumstances has been abolished.
An amendment to the Children’s Act came into effect yesterday after being signed off by the President and the Justice Minister last month.
One of those affected by the law is Kathleen Chada whose two sons Eoghan and Ruairi were murdered by their father in 2013.
Kathleen joined Susan to talk about what this means for the families of victims and how important it is to be able to speak about her children by name.
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