The Top 4 Things You Need To Know Now

The main stories making the headlines across Cork

The government is considering scrapping the Covid 19 travel restriction three weeks earlier than planned.

Other measures like the re-opening of museums and hairdressers could also be brought forward.

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Air Corps helicopters have dumped thousands of tonnes of water on wildfires in north Kildare, which had threatened an explosives factory. 

There were fears last night's fire at Hortstown and the Bog of Allen, might reach the Irish Industrial Explosives plant at Clonagh. 

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The 2020 Cork City Marathon, which was originally due to take place today, was postponed entirely earlier this week until 2021, due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Instead, a series of online virtual races will take place today, and continue in Cork throughout the Summer. 

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The Crew Dragon spacecraft is racing around Planet Earth as it manoeuvres to match the orbit of the International Space Station. 

Two American astronauts blasted off from US soil yesterday evening and passed over Irish airspace shortly before nine. 

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