These days it can be hard to escape the doom and gloom of everyday life with the pandemic consuming much of our day.
But with Irish Mirror's good news round-up we will keep you optimistic about the future.
"The good news is" will appear on the site every Monday, Wednesday and Friday so you can give yourself a break from downbeat stuff.
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'New phase' of vaccine rollout
The vaccine rollout in Ireland got a major boost last week as we gave more jabs in one day than we had on any previous 24-hour period.
As a result, around 15% of the adult population have now received at least one vaccine dose.
Last Thursday, 19,002 people received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine - the highest total in one day so far.
That was followed up by another 17,845 on Friday, meaning that Ireland has now administered at least one dose to 15% of the adult population.
And it was this positivity which caused HSE CEO Paul Reid to tweet that the plan was heading for 'a new phase'.
5km travel limit set to be eased
Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday the scope for easing restrictions is “very narrow”.
The travel limit lift will get the go-ahead no matter what NPHET says, partly because so many people are ignoring it anyway.
Speaking frankly, one Minister told the Irish Mirror : “The 5km limit will be lifted because, let’s be honest, it’s easy to do because nobody was minding it anyway.”
When pressed he added that an extension to 10km would be “easily” passed at Cabinet.
Temperatures to reach 18C as scorching Easter ahead
After a weekend where we saw rain, hail, wind and sunshine it appears that we're going to be basking in some glorious spring weather ahead of Easter weekend.
In fact, temperatures will reach 18C on Tuesday and 17C on Thursday
Here's the full report on what Met Eireann are saying will happen weather wise in the next five days.
