Now for the tricky bit: ‘We need to move from a state of fear to being cautious’Incidence of coronavirus in Sweden dived below that of Ireland’s this weekFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:25
Coronavirus in Ireland: 98 more cases and no further deaths reportedSligo, Mayo and Leitrim currently have the lowest levels of Covid-19 infections in the StateFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:20
Covid-19: Up to one-quarter of people sent for tests fail to turn up, says HSENew campaign aims to recruit over 700 people to work in testing and contact tracingFri Sept 04 2020 - 07:57
Concern grows as HSE therapists redeployed as Covid-19 testersTherapists fear deployment may be long term, and affect primary care and disability servicesThu Sept 03 2020 - 16:34
Covid-19: Roma community sees 22 positive tests in one outbreakDublin accounts for 45 per cent of all new cases in the past fortnightThu Sept 03 2020 - 13:28
Concern about rising Covid-19 cases among older people and in DublinPeople should ‘assume at all times that someone in their company has Covid’, Dr Ronan Glynn saysThu Sept 03 2020 - 01:28
Rising tide of Covid-19 can be suppressed by ‘reducing daily contacts’Modest extra effort can derail ‘slowly growing epidemic’, says public health team expertWed Sept 02 2020 - 20:44
Most kids with health conditions should return to school - HSENew advice says people with a past history of cancer do not need to stay out of workplaceWed Sept 02 2020 - 13:18
Pessimism around Covid-19 infection and school return unfoundedChildren least-affected by Covid-19 and rapid identification of illness can minimise threatWed Sept 02 2020 - 02:53
Children, health staff and at-risk groups to get free flu vaccines this autumnGPs to receive bonus payments when more than 10 people are vaccinatedTue Sept 01 2020 - 19:00
Could Ireland become the 'wayward child' of Europe on Covid response?Golf dinner furore masking truth that we are doing more poorly than most EU countriesTue Sept 01 2020 - 02:45
Covid-19: Sport in Ireland linked to at least 55 cases in AugustThose who have been infected have had 365 close contacts, according to health watchdogTue Sept 01 2020 - 02:26
Kildare lockdown lifts as 53 Covid-19 cases and no new deaths reported in the StateFamily of children with Covid-like symptoms must self-isolate ahead of test results, public health officials sayMon Aug 31 2020 - 20:02
Covid-19 incidence rate in Ireland higher than Sweden’s for first timeIreland recorded 30.6 cases of the virus per 100,000 population over the last 14 daysMon Aug 31 2020 - 14:55
Half of Covid-19 pneumonia patients need follow-up careUp to 75% may suffer psychiatric difficulties a year after their illness, Irish study showsSat Aug 22 2020 - 03:07
Coronavirus: ‘My recovery is worse than the initial experience’As patients report longer-term effects, it remains too early to say how long symptoms will lastSat Aug 22 2020 - 03:05
Covid-19: Almost 50,000 more people waiting for outpatient appointments since start of yearLabour warns of ‘tsunami’ of non-coronavirus healthcare needsSat Aug 15 2020 - 01:00
Outpatient waiting list surpasses 600,000 for first timeNTPF figures show children account for 46,000 of those waiting for an appointmentFri Aug 14 2020 - 19:29
Coronavirus: 67 additional cases but no new deaths reported in the StateIreland is ‘sleepwalking’ towards major Covid-19 surge later this year, expert saysFri Aug 14 2020 - 18:42
Coronavirus: Irish Dog Foods and Carroll Cuisine facilites to reopen on phased basisResumption of operations agreed with HSE and HSA officials earlier this weekFri Aug 14 2020 - 18:22
Coronavirus: Number of outbreaks in Irish homes rising for five straight weeksDeaths remain below 10 per week for six weeks, but case numbers over 100 a weekFri Aug 14 2020 - 13:23
'Hot-bedding' and bogus work practices taking place in meat plants, union claimsState to investigate claims by union of bogus employment practices in meat sectorThu Aug 13 2020 - 02:19
Covid-19 testing under scrutiny after meat factories and creche affected‘It is hard to understand why we are not using the capacity that is there for wider testing’Wed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 in Ireland: Colour-coded response set to replace phasesLabels akin to weather warnings will apply to different regions with ‘blue’ as virus-free goalWed Aug 12 2020 - 02:31
Newborns may be at risk due to pressure on hospitals, warn consultantsFour neonatal units do not have adequate isolation facilities, according to reportWed Aug 12 2020 - 02:10
Lowest numbers in two weeks as one more Covid-19 related death and 35 new cases reportedCoronavirus test results for 210 workers at midlands plant all come back negativeTue Aug 11 2020 - 21:48
Council closes Salthill diving tower over social distancing problemsGalway amenity shut to public on Tuesday morning after large crowds gatheredTue Aug 11 2020 - 16:13
Ireland among countries urged to consider reinstating Covid-19 restrictionsEuropean body’s new risk assessment warns of ‘true resurgence’ in Covid-19 cases in several countriesTue Aug 11 2020 - 02:46
Covid-19: We must be hunters of the virus - not its preyAs infection cases mount again, especially in meat plants, testing is more vital than everTue Aug 11 2020 - 02:28
Coronavirus: No further deaths and 57 confirmed cases reported in StateIncidence of Covid-19 in Ireland surpasses UK rate for first time as face mask rules come inMon Aug 10 2020 - 21:51
Covid-19 cases in Co Kildare running at almost eight times national averageDepartment of Health figures provide breakdown of confirmed cases by county in last two weeksMon Aug 10 2020 - 19:19
Covid-19 incidence in the Republic set to surpass that of UKGovernment may draw up a new roadmap to deal with coronavirus contingenciesMon Aug 10 2020 - 00:51
Covid-19: NPHET calls for fortnightly testing in direct provisionPublic health officials say serial testing of at-risk groups would be done on voluntary basisSun Aug 09 2020 - 20:32
Coronavirus: No additional deaths in State but 68 new casesDeath toll from Covid-19 in the Republic now stands at 1,772 and 26,712 confirmed casesSun Aug 09 2020 - 17:48
Meat plant clusters may be down to softly-softly approachSurveillance and enforcement must improve, but another lockdown is no answerSat Aug 08 2020 - 02:00
Reopening of schools in many EU countries has not led to Covid-19 increase, ECDC report findsReport finds child-to-child transmission of the disease in schools is uncommonFri Aug 07 2020 - 13:28
Officials refuse to rule out ‘Midlands lockdown’ following Covid-19 surgeCounties Kildare, Laois and Offaly account for 226 new cases in past 14 daysFri Aug 07 2020 - 02:38
Cancer services operating as low as half pre-Covid levelsOfficials concerned over number of people waiting more than 52 weeks to access core therapiesThu Aug 06 2020 - 18:50
Ireland faces ‘recurring waves’ of Covid-19, Minister warnedDepartment of Health says it is impossible to predict the future course of the diseaseThu Aug 06 2020 - 18:47
Covid-19: Temperature scans at airports ‘ineffective’Screening would not identify large proportion of cases that have no symptoms – HiqaThu Aug 06 2020 - 17:16
Could local lockdowns work in Ireland?As a small state with a highly mobile people, a local approach may undermine community spiritThu Aug 06 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus: Community transmission picking up pace as only eight counties see no increase in casesPriority must be to control the spread of the virus in communities - NPHETWed Aug 05 2020 - 19:39
Report calls for more robust Covid-19 testing and contact tracingCommittee recommends one-day testing and temperature checks for overseas travellersWed Aug 05 2020 - 18:35
Covid-19: Even though now the trend is upward, it isn’t all bad newsCompliance with social distancing and other measures is waning as the crisis drags onTue Aug 04 2020 - 21:20
Call for more oversight to prevent ‘financial abuse’ of vulnerable by carersReport by Sage Advocacy says a small minority of recipients of the carer’s allowance are ‘blatantly abusing’ the systemTue Aug 04 2020 - 20:08
Ireland needs to move to ‘zero-Covid’ policy to avoid catastrophe, scientists sayHealth experts seek meeting with Oireachtas coronavirus group and call for new measuresTue Aug 04 2020 - 19:31
Just a quarter of recent Covid-19 cases occurred in Dublin, officials sayThere were 45 new coronavirus cases but no further deaths reported in the StateTue Aug 04 2020 - 17:46
John Joseph ‘Sonny’ Egan obituary: GAA nut, trad fan and people personOffaly man played football for as long as he could and measured life by the people he metFri Jul 24 2020 - 05:00
The patients who went to hospital for one thing – and got Covid-19Large numbers of people in Ireland caught coronavirus in a place they should have felt safeSat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00
Major funding package planned to help schools reopen ‘as fully as possible’One-metre distancing rule for students is ‘flexible’, says Department of EducationFri Jul 10 2020 - 04:30
