The spiralling pandemic and the increasingly virulent politics around Washington's handling of the coronavirus are raising the pressure on Senate Republicans.
There are serious concerns in Government over the high number of countries exempt from quarantine rules in Northern Ireland.
A city-centre building site has temporarily closed on HSE advice after more than 20 cases of Covid-19 were detected among workers there.
When Toni Fulton and her sister jumped in the car on Sunday for a roughly two-hour road trip through South Carolina to attend Kanye West's first campaign event since the rapper declared he was running for president earlier this month, neither could predict what would await them at the venue in North Charleston.
Limerick publican Gearoid Whelan opened his "wet house" at 10.50am yesterday despite the Government requiring publicans not serving food to delay pulling pints until at least August 10.
After weeks of delay and mixed messages, the Cabinet is finally set to sign-off on Ireland's 'green list' - countries from which travellers will not have to restrict their movements on return. Customers, airlines, tourism businesses and health experts have all been crying out for clarity, and hope they will get it today.
Stock were put out earlier than expected this year after a spell of very dry weather in early spring, so you could expect cattle to be ahead of where they would be if that had not happened. Yet that surely does not explain why mart numbers have continued so strong into July. I put this...
