The Top Four Things You Need To Know Now

Today's top four stories .

  • Cork is among eleven locations across the country where anti mask and anti vaccine rallies are set to take place this afternoon according to reports on social media. 

    The "Freedom Walks" which are also set to take place in Dublin, Limerick, Waterford and Tralee have been condemned by some politicians who says the events are putting their families at risk of serious illness. 

  • Someone in the Republic will get Ireland's millionth dose of a vaccine against Covid-19 in a matter of days. 

    By tonight, the HSE says hospitals, GP surgeries and mass vaccination clinics will have given between 900-thousand and 950,000 doses. 

  • Sinn Fein TD Darren O'Rourke is describing as 'reckless' the Government's decision not to follow Nphet's advice on its travel list.

    It's after it was reported France, Germany and Italy were considered for mandatory hotel quarantine, but they weren't among the added states.

  • Archbishop Eamon Martin says the dawn of Easter morning marks the promise that pain and suffering can never be allowed to overwhelm us.

    The Primate of All Ireland is acknowledging the difficulties of lockdown in his Easter Sunday message.

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