The Top 4 Things You Need To Know Now

The main stories making the headlines across Cork

Around 16 million people have been put on lockdown in Italy.

The government signed a decree at midnight saying no one is allowed in or out of the Lombardy region, as well as 14 provinces.

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Meanwhile Cork University Hospital will be reducing and rescheduling outpatient appointments starting tomorrow March 9th until Wednesday March 11th, inclusive. 

In a statement this morning the hospital said the following appointments will not be impacted: Dialysis, Dressing clinic, Warfarin clinic, Endoscopy, Cystic Fibrosis, Infusions, Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy.

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Two Irish men have been remanded in custody in England after being charged in connection with an investigation into human trafficking. 

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Cork is being warned to expect heavy rainfall over the coming days.

The weather advisory from Met Eireann says 40 to 50 millimetres of rain is expected to fall in 15 counties