Covid-19 Q&A: How are we doing, is there any good news and what happens now?Cases in Limerick, Leitrim and Tipperary have fallen in recent days, officials sayThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:25
Hopes rise on €600m for HSE to mount effective winter campaignDoubts linger over adequacy of plan to drive health service through ‘winter like no other’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 19:15
Covid-19: Ireland has a concerning trend for virus, says ECDCOverall probability of infection is very high, says European Centre for Disease ControlThu Sept 24 2020 - 16:54
HSE winter plan: €1.5bn to be spent on PPE and 12,500 extra staff to be hiredWinter plan for health service involves additional €200m spend in the rest of 2020Thu Sept 24 2020 - 15:09
‘Unconscionable’ for healthcare worker not to get flu vaccine, says ReidHSE chief ‘can’t understand why any healthcare worker wouldn’t get vaccine’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 14:58
People aged 15-34 now account for 40% of Covid-19 casesGlynn warns of ‘disproportionate’ spread among youth as 334 more cases are confirmedWed Sept 23 2020 - 08:07
Obesity linked to hospitalisation and ICUs for Covid-19 patientsPeople with high BMI at greater risk of severe coronavirus illness, UCD analysts findWed Sept 23 2020 - 02:03
Covid-19: Ireland has one of western Europe’s highest infection rates in older peopleEuropean Centre for Disease Control data show Ireland has below average death rateTue Sept 22 2020 - 15:00
Further restrictions expected for Dublin if Covid-19 infection rate does not stablilise'Worrying trends': Waiting game in play as officials monitor situationTue Sept 22 2020 - 12:01
Investment in more detailed contact tracing needed to reveal key Covid-19 trendsNPHET official cites ‘international evidence’ for restaurants’ role in spreading virusTue Sept 22 2020 - 02:18
Coronavirus: 188 new cases and no further deaths amid concern over eight counties‘Possibility’ other counties will have status elevated to Level 3, says Eamon RyanMon Sept 21 2020 - 17:46
Struggling HSE agrees deal with German lab to boost Covid-19 testing capacityMove to create ‘surge capacity’ after demand for swabs approaches 15,000 daily limitMon Sept 21 2020 - 02:16
Coronavirus: Halve your social contacts, public toldWarning comes from Dr Ronan Glynn after almost 700 cases recorded over weekendMon Sept 21 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19 scientific advice group stripped of main functionExpert Advisory Group’s advice has at times run counter to wider scientific sentimentMon Sept 21 2020 - 00:55
Coronavirus: Germany and Iceland look set to be taken off ‘green list’Eamon Ryan says there is a possibility the rest of the country will be moved to Level 3Sun Sept 20 2020 - 17:36
Blanchardstown, Tallaght top table for highest Covid-19 ratesBlackrock has lowest rate in Dublin, with 35 cases per 100,000 people in past 14 daysFri Sept 18 2020 - 23:00
Covid-19 is spreading most in deprived areas, the figures suggestData from local electoral areas gives people clearer idea of virus spread in their localityFri Sept 18 2020 - 23:00
HSE turns down request from Britain to process tests in Irish laboratoriesHSE chief Paul Reid says UK’s testing and tracing system is ‘in almost collapse’Fri Sept 18 2020 - 00:58
Covid-19: Thirteen outbreaks in schools since early SeptemberTeachers’ union says delays getting test results are severely disrupting schoolsThu Sept 17 2020 - 16:51
Coronavirus is out there, seeding widely, and things will get worseAny further restrictions will take some weeks to have an impact on case numbersThu Sept 17 2020 - 15:54
HSE defends removing references to ‘women’ in online cervical cancer informationWebpage about screening programme refers to ‘anyone with a cervix’Thu Sept 17 2020 - 14:13
Doctor resigns from hospital group after comments on ‘draconian’ Covid-19 curbsHSE dissociated itself from Dr Martin Feeley’s remarks on herd immunityWed Sept 16 2020 - 11:10
Covid-19: Confusion over Dublin’s status under new pandemic planLaunch overshadowed by announcement Cabinet members were ‘self-isolating’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 02:08
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly tests negative for Covid-19Cabinet colleagues no longer required to restrict movements, Government spokeswoman confirmsTue Sept 15 2020 - 21:40
Covid-19 plan puts whole country at Level Two, which is nonsenseStrategy outlines framework for living with the virus, given what we have learned to dateTue Sept 15 2020 - 20:40
Covid-19: No one obliged to travel more than one hour for testSwabbing centres to be provided in each county and will operate seven days a weekTue Sept 15 2020 - 19:38
Coronavirus: Three further deaths and 357 new cases in RepublicDublin accounts for more than 60% of total as incidence of Covid-19 in capital risesTue Sept 15 2020 - 18:19
New six-month coronavirus plan imposes limits on home visits and Dublin pub reopeningsCabinet publishes its medium-term ‘Living with Covid-19’ plan, scraps travel ‘green list’Tue Sept 15 2020 - 12:11
Dublin faces extra restrictions including delay on pubs reopening due to fears over cases surgeGovernment may escalate alert level of Dublin above the rest of the State under its new planTue Sept 15 2020 - 02:52
Dublin’s drink-only pubs will not reopen next week due to rising Covid casesVaradkar says rising coronavirus rates in capital will require additional restrictionsMon Sept 14 2020 - 22:27
Families of young children with Covid-19 may have to self-isolate for 17 daysNo new deaths and more than half of cases in Dublin; Nasal swab test agreed for childrenMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:25
Lung cancer referrals fell by more than 25% during pandemicNew campaign encourages people with a persistent cough to contact their GPMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:17
Citizens Information website changed to clarify Covid-19 adviceWebsite had said people with symptoms no longer had to self-isolate after negative resultMon Sept 14 2020 - 12:41
Covid-19: Rapid testing unlikely soon due to quality issues, says de GascunHealth service looking at alternatives as demand for testing set to soar this winterSat Sept 12 2020 - 14:29
‘Draconian’ restrictions around Covid-19 condemned by HSE doctorClinical director critical of media and public ‘obsession’ with daily case numbersSat Sept 12 2020 - 00:50
'Please limit your social contacts' - Glynn warns of rising coronavirus cases211 more cases and one further death reported by NPHETFri Sept 11 2020 - 19:30
Coronavirus: People told to change behaviour amid fears Dublin cases could double every two weeksPublic health officials now warning people living in the capital city to limit family gatheringsThu Sept 10 2020 - 07:55
Public Covid-19 data not giving clear picture of current trendsPeople relying on sometimes confusing array of facts from HSE and Department of HealthThu Sept 10 2020 - 02:34
Tallaght doctors query safety of reopened paediatric unitAnaesthetists concerned about management of seriously-ill children admitted to facilityThu Sept 10 2020 - 01:00
CT scan errors led to patients being exposed to ‘low-level’ radiationWrong patient being sent for scan a factor in almost half of reported incidents, says HiqaWed Sept 09 2020 - 19:00
Coronavirus: 84 new cases, three deaths amid warning Dublin infections may double in fortnightGlynn urges people to cancel christenings, Communions and household gathering for next few weeksWed Sept 09 2020 - 18:54
Covid-19: Restrictions on visiting other people’s homes may hit Dublin and LimerickCoronavirus cases may prompt strict measures in two cities as pubs still set for reopeningWed Sept 09 2020 - 02:36
Coronavirus: 307 more cases confirmed as public urged to ‘keep distance’Dr Ronan Glynn voices concern over Dublin trend, with 182 new cases in the countyTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:52
Covid-19: Health experts ‘surprised’ at decision to reopen pubs‘It feels like we’re accelerating the ship towards the iceberg,’ says Dr Tomás RyanTue Sept 08 2020 - 17:25
Europe's longest lockdown: Irish ‘wet’ pubs set to reopen on September 21stCabinet expected to sign off on date amid Covid-19 fears for Dublin and LimerickTue Sept 08 2020 - 04:30
Coronavirus in Ireland: 102 new cases amid ‘growing concern’ in Limerick, DublinPublic anxiety at levels not seen since last April, public health officials have saidMon Sept 07 2020 - 17:30
Covid-19: Ireland currently has joint lowest death rate in EuropeMore infected in healthcare setting than from overseas travel in past fornightMon Sept 07 2020 - 15:33
More than 120 healthcare workers diagnosed with Covid-19 in past weekIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say the rate of infection among healthcare workers could be even higherMon Sept 07 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: 138 more cases, no further deaths confirmed in RepublicBeaumont Hospital outbreak forces closure of several wards, quarantine of clinical contactsSun Sept 06 2020 - 17:44
Ireland may see 1,200 more Covid-19 deaths by 2021 if face mask use doesn't improve - US expertsWorst-case forecasts of 8,000 daily cases, ICU shortages and a ‘deadly December’Sun Sept 06 2020 - 13:05
