A total of 3,434,053 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Ireland with 61.3% of the adult population receiving their first dose and 31% of adults receiving both doses.
A Sinn Féin motion calling for 100 percent redress in the mica scandal was introduced in the Dáil on Tuesday and is expected to receive government support.
Anyone who refuses to surrender phone or computer passwords when asked by a member of An Garda Síochána will be committing a crime and could face a €30,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
Newly-appointed DUP leader Edwin Poots has sent Emmanuel Macron a copy of the Good Friday Agreement to remind him of Northern Ireland's constitutional status.
