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Five people -- four of them in their teens -- have been rescued from the sea off Youghal after losing control of their sailing dinghies. 

A Coast Guard helicopter, local RNLI lifeboat and an Irish Lights vessel joined a search after three o'clock yesterday afternoon. 

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Any industrial action by teachers over removing their vaccine priority won't stop schools reopening immediately after the Easter break. 

A joint motion will be debated at the ASTI, TUI and INTO annual conferences, which start today. 

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Ireland's first Professor of Public Mental Health says the demand for public mental health and suicide prevention is greater than ever due to Covid-19 pandemic.

UCC Professor Ella Arensman says demand for research-based public mental health policy is now what's needed.

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Arrivals from 58 counties will be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine from this morning.

Last week 26 high-risk states were added to the list, including Israel and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, while talks are expected to resume this week on adding EU countries as well as the US to the list.

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