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IRELAND

A woman passes by a shuttered shop in Dublin city centre. Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie

• 90% of residents in a nursing home in Galway have tested positive for Covid-19
• Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a woman and the unexplained death of an infant boy
• The Dáil passed the Government’s Mother and Baby Homes Bill
• An Garda Síochána introduced a large number of ‘rolling’ checkpoints, community patrols and ongoing support for the most vulnerable as part of Level 5
• At least four people were arrested after an anti-lockdown demonstration in Dublin city centre in which protesters clashed with gardaí.
• Almost a quarter of secondary and further education teachers have said they have an underlying health issue that is of concern to them 
• Level 5 kicked in today – here’s what the rules are.

WORLD

Alister's brother Emeka was killed by a stray bullet from the Nigerian Army. Near Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Sunday Alamba via PA Images Sunday Alamba via PA Images

#US ELECTION: Barack Obama has criticised US President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job.

#NIGERIA: Unrest remains in Nigeria: gunfire could be heard as people ran through streets of Lagos while plumes of smoke rose from a prison today.

PARTING SHOT

Here’s a soothing, wholesome video of Angela Lansbury recording music for Beauty and the Beast.