Ireland may endure repeated waves of Covid-19 epidemicsAnalysis suggests that, at best, there may be three more infection cycles before possible herd immunity occursMon Apr 20 2020 - 03:00
Coronavirus: Herd immunity may take multiple waves of infection – studyModelling assumes 60% of people would have to get virus to achieve possible population immunityMon Apr 20 2020 - 02:55
Covid-19 and care homes: Six key questionsSome families say they were refused information by nursing homes about outbreaksSat Apr 18 2020 - 01:08
Coronavirus: 100,000 care home staff and residents to be testedPlan to be enacted within 10 days, with full census of deaths in facilities since JanuarySat Apr 18 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: 44 more deaths reported in Republic as cases near 14,000Testing to be expanded with 100,000 carried out every week for at least next six monthsFri Apr 17 2020 - 20:26
Coronavirus: Harris says ‘more stringent’ checks may be needed at airports as crisis teams sent to nursing homesNational emergency team will review measures taken to tackle nursing home outbreaks at Friday meetingFri Apr 17 2020 - 15:39
Coronavirus: Ireland 'may have reached a plateau' but 43 die in one dayNPHET to review Covid-19 measures in nursing homes and other institutionsFri Apr 17 2020 - 06:47
Coronavirus: In one month, the Republic has pushed Covid-19 backAmid death and infection, our lives have changed, but lethal battle remainsFri Apr 17 2020 - 01:15
Coronavirus: Department of Health reports 43 more deaths of patients with Covid-19Over 620 new confirmed cases processed by Irish labs, and 95 processed in a German labThu Apr 16 2020 - 19:34
One-third of all nursing homes now have virus as expert warns of ‘catastrophe’ICU admissions fall for second day as Holohan links rise in cases with increased testingThu Apr 16 2020 - 19:13
Nursing homes and coronavirus - why the numbers don't add upTesting delays and death certificate recording skew Covid-19 mortality ratesThu Apr 16 2020 - 01:11
Some Covid-19 deaths are not being reported, coroner warnsIntervention comes amid fears coronavirus deaths are being under-reportedThu Apr 16 2020 - 01:07
Coronavirus: 23-year-old among latest 38 people to die in IrelandChief medical officer says rise in confirmed cases linked to wider testing rather than change in disease patternWed Apr 15 2020 - 18:11
Coronavirus: Holohan calls for quicker deaths registration‘More timely’ assessment will help create more complete picture of virus impactWed Apr 15 2020 - 02:17
Up to 100 people wrongly told test was negative due to IT glitchDirector apologises but says there is ‘no problem’ with German lab that tested the samplesTue Apr 14 2020 - 22:14
Coronavirus: Another 41 deaths announced in the RepublicSeven people arrested over weekend under new Covid-19 lawsTue Apr 14 2020 - 18:36
Coronavirus: Government to scale up tracking as shutdown extendedEasing of restrictions after May bank holiday will depend on ability to test widely for casesSat Apr 11 2020 - 03:15
Better coronavirus testing key to society returning to some kind of normalityIreland’s fate remains finely balanced as we enter possibly our strangest Easter since 1916Sat Apr 11 2020 - 02:15
Coronavirus: Another 25 deaths announced in the Republic as lockdown extended to May 5thGood Friday fatalities bring Covid-19 toll to 288 – with average age of today’s deaths 85Fri Apr 10 2020 - 21:13
Coronavirus: 25 more people die in the Republic; New Garda powers come into forceGardaí monitoring more than 1,000 locations in the State for complianceWed Apr 08 2020 - 20:45
Coronavirus: Minister signs regulations giving gardaí powers to enforce lockdownRepublic sees record highest daily figure for new deaths at 36 bringing total to 210Wed Apr 08 2020 - 10:41
Coronavirus: Big problem now a series of smaller ones and there could be nasty surprisesCrystal clear that physical distancing works as a mechanism for slowing spread of virusWed Apr 08 2020 - 02:37
Coronavirus: Sweeping Garda powers take effect despite Cabinet divisionsLegislation needed to allow gardaí arrest people who flout Government restrictionsTue Apr 07 2020 - 23:32
Coronavirus: Need to ‘double down’ on restrictions after record deathsEmergency team asks public not to make unnecessary journeys over EasterTue Apr 07 2020 - 20:53
Coronavirus: Infection peak may have passed, but death toll could hit 400 by May, report forecastsNational Publc Health Emergency Team in Ireland criticises US research as unreliableTue Apr 07 2020 - 19:00
Coronavirus: 99 clusters in nursing homes and residential institutionsHiqa opens infection prevention and control hub to advise social care servicesTue Apr 07 2020 - 10:56
Teaching children the main stress source for families adapting to restrictionsResearch finds the population has suffered a significant decline in wellbeing, with high levels of stress and anxietyTue Apr 07 2020 - 02:53
Coronavirus: Death toll in Republic now stands at 174More than 130 deaths took place in hospital, including 20 in intensive care unitsMon Apr 06 2020 - 20:53
Coronavirus: 16 more people have died in Republic as public urged to ‘have patience’Over 700,000 people receiving unemployment payments from StateMon Apr 06 2020 - 17:50
Ireland has struggled to protect nursing homes from Covid-19Government belatedly tackles problem with new measures to slow virus in care settingsMon Apr 06 2020 - 00:36
Coronavirus: Number of Irish cases nears 5,000 as 21 further deaths confirmedHSE says it plans to double the number of Covid-19 tests carried out each day to 4,500Sun Apr 05 2020 - 16:43
Coronavirus: nursing home outbreaks rise five-fold in a weekHealth Protection Surveillance Centre says there are 50 outbreaks in nursing homesSun Apr 05 2020 - 13:12
Coronavirus: HSE says 20% of delivered protective equipment is unsuitableHSE chief executive Paul Reid says number of tests to rise to 4,500 per day from this weekSun Apr 05 2020 - 13:04
Coronavirus: Efforts to tackle nursing home outbreaks to be ramped upMeasures aim to ‘double down’ on clusters of disease now reported in 38 residential homesSat Apr 04 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: HSE confirms no joint order for PPE with Northern IrelandSources say shared shipment from China fell through when ‘bigger players’ entered marketSat Apr 04 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Republic reports 22 further deaths, 424 new casesSome items in weekend personal protection equipment (PPE) consignment ‘not suitable’, HSE confirmsFri Apr 03 2020 - 19:26
Coronavirus: Situation in Ireland ‘misrepresented’ because of limited testingEmergency medics believe expected surge in critically infected patients could hit Irish hospitals swiftlyFri Apr 03 2020 - 13:23
Coronavirus: Should everybody be wearing masks to combat Covid-19?Debate complicated by shortage of protective equipment and conflicting advice on masksThu Apr 02 2020 - 08:55
Coronavirus: At least 750 home carers to be redeployed to nursing homesSick nursing home residents will no longer be sent to hospital for treatmentThu Apr 02 2020 - 01:48
Coronavirus: Republic reports 14 further deaths and 212 new casesEight of the 14 patients who died were reported as having underlying health conditionsWed Apr 01 2020 - 20:59
Recruitment firms offering up to €500 for medical staff referralsHeadhunters say demand is strong across all types of healthcare worker, on all levelsWed Apr 01 2020 - 20:16
Coronavirus: Irish death rate from Covid-19 rises to 2.4% of casesOverall rate likely to be lower when undiagnosed cases are eventually calculatedWed Apr 01 2020 - 14:48
Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, hospitals to be tackled in new plansOutbreak teams are to be set up to combat specific clusters of the Covid-19 virusWed Apr 01 2020 - 01:15
Coronavirus: Republic reports 17 further deaths, 325 new casesState records highest daily death toll with 3,235 confirmed cases across the countryTue Mar 31 2020 - 21:19
Coronavirus: 133 patients in intensive care as pressure on hospitals buildsChief medical officers in North and Republic to formally co-ordinate responses, says O’NeillTue Mar 31 2020 - 15:59
Coronavirus: Restrictions resulting in ‘huge’ fall in rate of infection growthHolohan warns on complacency as Higgins urges us to keep giving ‘of our best’Tue Mar 31 2020 - 07:34
Total of Covid-19 diagnoses increases by 295 to 2,910We are beginning to see encouraging signs in our efforts to flatten the curve - HolohanMon Mar 30 2020 - 21:02
‘No evidence’ to support wearing of surgical masks by healthcare workersHSE issues new guidance on use of masks for close patient encounters and staff meetingsMon Mar 30 2020 - 20:32
Testing failings mean we do not know exactly where the virus is circulatingNext two weeks will be make-or-break ones in our struggle to stop the spread of Covid-19Mon Mar 30 2020 - 20:06
Coronavirus: Eight further deaths from Covid-19 reported, 295 new cases detectedGovernment reaches deal with private hospitals to take them over during crisisMon Mar 30 2020 - 19:15
