The Big 6 - Thursday 28th January

Every evening at 6 O Clock WLR brings you the 6 biggest stories of the day; Possible further restrictions on International travel; woman approached with baseball bat; and could the price of a Blaa be on the increase?

The government is considering further restrictions on international travel following advice from NPHET. It comes as the coalition has softened its stance on pursuing a Zero-COVID style approach. Meanwhile the chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said Ireland has made great progress in recent weeks in “radically reducing the transmission” of Covid-19, but remains in a “very vulnerable position”.

Gardai in Waterford are appealing for witnesses following a public order incident at a house at the Paddocks in the Williamstown area of Waterford. At twenty to four on Wednesday afternooon, a woman contacted gardai to say three males had arrived at her front door with a baseball bat.

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris was speaking at a new Regional Engagement Advisory Group, attended by Presidents of IT Carlow and WIT and business leaders for the area.

A group campaigning for sex workers has criticised the punishment dealt to a woman guilty of running a brothel in Waterford. The woman was this week ordered to return to her native Poland by the judge or else serve a year in prison.

The IRFU announced earlier today that all fixtures for the Energia All Ireland League for men and women have been cancelled for the 2020/2021 season. They say they will now work with clubs to look at the completion of the Engeria Community Series and to review alternative forms of rugby, such as Lucozade Sport Touch and Volkswagen Tag.

Bakers are warning the price of a sliced pan and even the Waterford Blaa could rise this year because of ingredient shortages. It follows a bad harvest in Britain — and the imposition of trade tariffs on Canadian wheat for British mills.