The heartwarming reunion, which clearly made little Mila Sneddon's day, took the young girl completely by surprise.

Tiocfaidh cúlú 8% ar an ngeilleagar i mbliana agus tiocfaidh borradh 6% faoi arís an bhliain seo chugainn, a deirtear i dtuarascáil nua atá foilsithe ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach.

Tuigtear go bhfuil sé fós i gceist ag Cumann Lúthchleas Gael go mbeadh Craobh na hÉireann ar siúl i mbliana ainneoin srianta sóisialta a bheith i bhfeidhm i gcónaí cuid mhaith den samhradh.

Tá sraith cruinnithe a bhí ar bun inniu le scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta a phlé críochnaithe agus tá sé i gceist tuilleadh cainteanna a ghairm as seo go ceann roinnt laethanta.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan cé go bhfuil an líon cásanna den ghalar Covid-19 ag laghdú i dtithe altranais gur údar imní é go bhfuil an líon cásanna i measc an phobail réasúnta seasmhach i gcónaí.

Cuirfear tús le cainteanna foirmiúla tráthnóna idir trí pháirtí polaitíochta - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil agus an Comhaontas Glas - maidir le bunú rialtais nua.

Tá feachtas nua seolta ag Cumann Naomh Uinseann de Pól le hairgead a bhailiú go práinneach agus iad ag tuar go dtiocfaidh ardú as seo go ceann roinnt seachtaintí ar an éileamh a bheas ar sheirbhísí na heagraíochta.

Tá go leor oibrithe a bhí ar an íosphá náisiúnta níos fearr as anois más amhlaidh go bhfuil siad ag fáil an liúntais dífhostaíochta €350 sa tseachtain a tugadh isteach i mí an Mhárta, de réir staidéir nua.

Dúirt an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar sa Dáil gur mian leis an Rialtas réiteach a fháil ar an éiginnteacht a bhaineann le scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta faoi dheireadh na seachtaine seo.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan go bhfuil an ceann sprice a chuireamar romhainn bainte amach againn agus go bhfuil cosc curtha againn anois ar leathadh an ghalair Covid-19 inár measc.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag príomh stiúrthóir Teach Altranais Dealgan i nDún Dealgan, gur bhásaigh 23 áitritheoir san ionad ón 1ú Aibreán i leith, go leor acu a raibh Covid-19 orthu.

Déanfar machnamh ar mhalairt phlean do scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta a chuirfidh an tAire Oideachais Joe McHugh os comhair chruinniú comhaireachta ar maidin. Sin a dúirt foinsí sinsireacha comhrialtais le RTÉ.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan le RTÉ ar maidin go dteastaíonn uaidh féin agus an Fhoireann Náisiúnta Éigeandála Sláinte Poiblí go mbeadh an víreas corónach cloíte oiread agus is féidir é

Tá cead tugtha ag an Vatacáin d'ord Siúracha Cráifeacha na Carthannachta Ospidéal agus tailte Naomh Uinseann i mBaile Átha Cliath a bhronnadh ar an Stát trí chomhlacht dar teideal Grúpa Sealbhaíochta Cúram Sláinte Naomh Uinseann.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, Joe McHugh go bhfuil scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta don bhliain seo curtha ar ceal agus go bhfuil Plean "C", mar a bhfaighfidh daltaí grádanna tuartha óna meánscoil féin, le teacht ina n-áit.

More scandal in the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows the department — like all sheriff's departments — should have independent civilian oversight.

Soap is restricted and hand sanitizer is contraband at correctional facilities. We need to stop admitting people accused of low-level crimes.

With coronavirus on the rampage, perhaps the people who don't believe in vaccinations will rethink their irresponsible position.

Inglewood can help solve the first-mile last-mile problem of public transit in a big way.

We're all in this together. It's far better for society if folks choose to help their fellow humans rather than rip the last roll of toilet paper from their hands.

Ideally, business owners and individuals will make the right decisions in the face of coronavirus. But then, there will always be companies like Tesla.

California's order might seem like a big deal. But what we don't know about this virus, which is a lot, means the risk of inaction is too high.

Amid a public health emergency, it's unconscionable for California to allow dozens of state-owned homes to stay empty.

With 40 million kids home from school, what's being done to make sure students are learning?

President Trump and Congress should keep climate change in mind as they prepare economic aid packages for businesses and industries.

The Supreme Court makes it easier for states to convict mentally ill defendants.

It's not the government takeover that many Californians wanted for the fire-starting utility, but the deal Gavin Newsom struck with PG&E should help.

One Trump's smartest moves was to make Dr. Anthony Fauci a part of his coronavirus task force. Let's keep him there.

Closing trial courts to the public and postponing non-essential proceedings during the covid19 emergency makes good sense as a public health measure but shuts the public out of proceedings that under normal circumstances are rightfully accessible. Constitutional rights of criminal defendants are protected not just by the right to counsel but also by public scrutiny of hearings, judges, prosecutors and other public officials. Many problems would have been avoided if only courts would embrace televised proceedings and modern communications technologies.

It's legitimate to worry that the steps we're taking to contain the coronavirus are causing unnecessary damage to the U.S. economy. But the damage that the disease would cause if it isn't contained would be far worse.

The stimulus plan passed the Senate. Now it's up to government to get the money flowing quickly and transparently.

The Los Angeles City Council is rushing a major law that would dictate how businesses rehire workers after layoffs.

There's never a good time for a pandemic, but it's hard to imagine a worse time than in the middle of the decennial census.

A federal judge was right to order the Trump administration to move faster to release detained migrant children from conditions that put them at risk for COVID-19.

The last thing L.A. County needs during a coronavirus pandemic is a turf battle between the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors.

What's worse than power shutoffs during the coronavirus quarantine? An unplanned outage that sparks a wildfire.

Doctors who've gone to medical school for nearly four years and nurses who are within two months of graduation are needed during the coronavirus crisis.

It's especially galling that the Trump Administration chooses this very moment, in a pandemic, to rollback car emission standards.

City elections typically drew 15% turnout. In the March primary, the seven City Council races on the ballot drew, on average, more than 30% turnout.

Communing online is a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some of the most effective strategies at containing the coronavirus are also the most intrusive. Can we adopt them without damaging our liberties?

The 1918 pandemic has lessons for the 2020. Namely, we got through it. And social distancing works.

This may well be the nation's "hardest, saddest" week yet of the coronavirus pandemic. But it may not be the last "worst" week.

Hotel rooms are what homeless people need now

Sanders leaves the presidential race with some major accomplishments.

Who needs the federal government when you have the world's fifth-largest economy taking charge?

Cutting off asylum-seekers isn't the only controversial policy issue President Trump has forged ahead with under the guise of fighting COVID-19.

There's no place and precious little time for this kind of shameless obstructionism during a pandemic that is particularly ravaging older impoverished people already racked with medical problems — like the ones who would have been cared for at the Ayres Hotel.

The coronavirus outbreak is exposing weaknesses in our planning for such disasters, and offers a chance to rethink how we do many things.

The Supreme Court allows livestreaming of oral arguments. The next step should be cameras.