HSE plans to vaccinate 1 million people per month from AprilRate of Covid-19 infections falling steeply among healthcare workers, says ReidThu Feb 18 2021 - 16:56
Single-dose vaccine will be a game-changer, says TaoiseachJohnson & Johnson vaccine should be available in Ireland by AprilWed Feb 17 2021 - 03:03
‘Perhaps I’ll go to a posh hotel and see a play’: Vaccine recipients already plotting freedomCork All-Ireland winner (85) says getting Covid jab is nothing compared with facing TippTue Feb 16 2021 - 20:57
Covid-19: 744 more cases and 33 further deaths in the StateDaily new cases could drop to as low as 100 by mid-March, Glynn saysTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:10
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Paul McDermott was a caring GP who loved his patientsPaul, who died aged 57, treated patients from his surgery in Rathfarnham for more than 20 yearsTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:00
EU agency urges immediate and tough steps to prevent fresh Covid-19 waveECDC advises national authorities to speed up Covid vaccinations of highest risk groupsTue Feb 16 2021 - 08:04
Doctors differ over rollout of Covid-19 vaccine to over-85s in GP clinicsSome GPs say space in practices is an issue but IMO believes clinics are the safest placeMon Feb 15 2021 - 20:54
Covid-19: Galway and Limerick third-level students register nearly 250 casesNo additional deaths and 821 further cases reported as 4,164 more vaccines givenMon Feb 15 2021 - 20:08
Covid-19: Donnelly hoping to reach 250,000 vaccinations a week as programme ramps upMcGrath says businesses supports can’t run indefinitely but will only be withdrawn as health situation allowsMon Feb 15 2021 - 12:16
Coronavirus: Where do we stand with the vaccine rollout?Inoculation of more than 14,400 over-85s begins as community rollout gets under wayMon Feb 15 2021 - 05:01
Ban on indoor house visits to remain under next Covid phaseHospitality sector to reopen on outdoor basis from May at earliest, say sourcesMon Feb 15 2021 - 04:55
More details should be provided when giving Covid-19 test results, say specialistsReporting the level of a patient’s viral load would facilitate the management of casesMon Feb 15 2021 - 03:40
Covid-19: Vaccination of over-85s gets under way across the StateMore than 15,000 in cohort to get vaccine this week in 106 GP practices and DCU hubMon Feb 15 2021 - 02:14
Irish clinicians shocked at murder of patient with albinism in MalawiMan who attended clinic killed for body parts as community targeted by witchcraft practitionersSun Feb 14 2021 - 18:05
Covid-19: 17 deaths and 788 cases reported in RepublicEleven deaths and 176 cases of Covid-19 reported in Northern IrelandSun Feb 14 2021 - 17:58
Republic’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout to accelerateAbout 40,000 second doses to be administered next week, says HSESat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
Approach of spring and summer can help suppress Covid casesBy Easter the most vulnerable will hopefully have been vaccinated against this diseaseFri Feb 12 2021 - 20:00
Coronavirus: 921 new cases, 23 deaths reported as 4,931 more vaccine doses given‘Rate of transmission still extremely high and risks to our vulnerable have not changed,’ says GlynnFri Feb 12 2021 - 18:23
Lives Lost to Covid-19: The marriage bar ended Bridie McCabe’s career. She started anotherBridie and Paud opened a grocery shop in Santry, then a sleepy rural outpost of DublinFri Feb 12 2021 - 16:00
Twitter to promote official information on Covid-19 vaccinesSocial media giant links with HSE in bid to curb the spread of misinformation onlineFri Feb 12 2021 - 01:05
Late April or May before lockdown eases with month of low cases needed before changeDaily cases need to fall to 100 by mid-March and be maintained for easing of restrictions, according to sourcesFri Feb 12 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Further 52 deaths and 866 Covid-19 cases confirmed‘At least it feels like we have the wind behind us now,’ says HSE chief executive Paul ReidThu Feb 11 2021 - 14:32
Cheap and quick: Could rapid antigen testing be the way out of lockdown?Some are still sceptical of the DIY test, but Liverpool rollout shows encouraging resultsThu Feb 11 2021 - 03:02
CervicalCheck Tribunal has yet to receive a single claimOutreach project will aim to inform public of tribunal’s existence, chairwoman saysWed Feb 10 2021 - 01:06
Coronavirus: 68 further deaths and 556 cases reported in the StateAny easing of restrictions will be ‘conservative and cautious’, warns TaoiseachTue Feb 09 2021 - 21:39
Booster vaccines may be needed to counter new Covid variants, Nphet hearsHealth officials say more coronavirus variants likely to be identified over timeTue Feb 09 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Over a third of February deaths linked to nursing homesSome 75 of the 195 deaths from the virus this month associated with care home facilitiesTue Feb 09 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 cases could fall to 200-400 a day by end of February, says NphetDeaths will remain ‘for some time to come’ says Nolan after six further fatalities reportedMon Feb 08 2021 - 20:04
Aggressive surgery improves ovarian cancer survival ratesNew approach results in significantly improved rates of complete cancer resectionMon Feb 08 2021 - 01:39
HSE plans to vaccinate over-70s at large GP practices and dedicated centresDecision to use Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on those over 70 leads to ‘re-tooling’ of planFri Feb 05 2021 - 01:00
Holohan has ‘huge amount of regret’ over CervicalCheck issuesNon-disclosure of clinical audits caused ‘significant harm’, says CMOThu Feb 04 2021 - 20:32
Covid-19: UK variant accounts for three in four cases in the StateNphet reports 75 more deaths as State passes 200,000 confirmed casesThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:35
Suspected side effects reported in 0.45% of vaccine shotsIn all cases, the people concerned recovered, medicines regulator saysThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:21
Decision on AstraZeneca vaccine leaves health service in quandaryAnalysis: Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines favoured for over-70sThu Feb 04 2021 - 04:05
Older people may face vaccine delay as HSE scrambles to revise rollout after advice on AstraZenecaLower priority groups may be inoculated earlier due to decision to recommend the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people over 70 where possibleThu Feb 04 2021 - 04:01
Covid-19: Pregnant women account for 548 cases since pandemic startedNo Covid-related deaths among pregnant women in the State, with risk to babies lowThu Feb 04 2021 - 03:55
HSE has sufficient stock of medical-grade face masks as usage increases from surgeAdditional sources for buying the medical-grade masks have been secured, says HSEThu Feb 04 2021 - 01:00
Coronavirus: 94 more deaths and 1,013 new cases confirmed in RepublicSome 1,334 Covid-19 patients in hospital with slight drop in ICU numbers to 203Wed Feb 03 2021 - 18:33
Is Covid-19 ‘plateauing’? And have our sacrifices all been in vain?As boredom and frustration sets in, we seem to be a long way from suppressing the virusWed Feb 03 2021 - 01:00
Coronavirus: 101 more deaths in highest toll recorded on one dayDeaths included that of a 19-year-old, one of the youngest victims of Covid-19 in the StateTue Feb 02 2021 - 18:39
Boredom and loneliness at record level, pandemic poll showsLevels of fear and worry drop since cases peaked last month, Department of Health data showsTue Feb 02 2021 - 17:25
Cabinet to back purchase of nearly 1m extra doses of Moderna vaccineAstraZeneca vaccine could start to be administered to older people in next 10 daysTue Feb 02 2021 - 01:01
ECDC credits Ireland with giving double the vaccine doses actually administeredCentre correcting tracker which says State gave 438,000 Covid jabs while says 199,800 have givenMon Feb 01 2021 - 20:46
Coronavirus: Summer holidays abroad ‘not realistic’, says HolohanCMO says Irish people heading for summer ‘of beaches in their own localities’Mon Feb 01 2021 - 19:47
Reopening of schools to be prioritised, public health doctors saySpecial needs schools most seriously affected by closures, Dr Louise Kyne saysMon Feb 01 2021 - 14:49
Warning over ‘influx’ of seriously ill cancer patients after pandemicIreland ‘not where it needs to be’ regarding options available to patients, says oncologistMon Feb 01 2021 - 05:00
Crucial talks today on Leaving Cert and restarting classes for special needs studentsIf Covid-19 infections rate continues to fall, phased reopening of schools could begin early MarchMon Feb 01 2021 - 03:00
HSE refuses to publish report on flawed orthodontic treatmentTimeline around claims of dental malpractice ‘drawn out to the point of being absurd’Mon Feb 01 2021 - 01:00
Coronavirus: 15 further deaths and 1,247 cases reported in StateNorth records 19 deaths as incidence of virus continues to fall across island of IrelandSun Jan 31 2021 - 18:59
Nphet records 48 further deaths and 1,254 confirmed Covid-19 casesZero-Covid strategy not a ‘false hope’, says public health specialistFri Jan 29 2021 - 20:02
