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The Irish Times - News

18 October 2021

• ‘Time to hit the reset button’: Reid urges caution as Nphet to discuss lifting remaining Covid restrictions
  Some 482 people with Covid-19 in hospital on Monday, with 74 in intensive care
• President pays tribute to ‘extraordinary’ poets Brendan Kennelly and Máire Mhac an tSaoi
  ‘We have lost so many people,’ Michael D Higgins says after deaths of two Irish poets
• Warning over traffic disruption in Dublin following burst water main
  Repairs to 24-inch water main likely to be completed at midday at the earliest
• Why is Covid so prevalent in Ireland compared with other European countries?
  In The News: Despite vaccination uptake, infections are trending in wrong direction
• Sligo road upgrade end of a ‘nightmare’ for local community
  Principal says she can now encourage pupils to cycle and walk to school
• Brexit causes sharp fall in Irish lorry freight on Irish Sea ferries
  Truck freight volumes fall by a third on Dublin-Holyhead route in nine months
• No plan to deploy surge capacity despite rise in Covid cases in ICU, as Nphet to meet today
  Total of 470 Covid-19 patients in hospital on Sunday night, including 74 in ICU
• Teenager recruited more than 50 young people in Kerry as money ‘mules’ for gang
  Young people allowing crime syndicate use bank accounts for fraud-gained funds