Politicians shouldn’t mess with order of vaccinations, Harris saysPublic debate continues over Ministers receiving vaccine as Washington visit loomsFri Feb 12 2021 - 13:51
Healthcare workers who refuse vaccination can be removed, says HSE chiefHealth and Safety Act allows for the removal of staff from frontline positionsThu Feb 11 2021 - 17:02
HSE says nearly 250,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered to dateSome 154,900 first doses given, 88,453 people have received their second doseThu Feb 11 2021 - 15:06
Unpublished photographs of Maud Gonne appear in new documentaryIreland’s most famous unrequited love story recalled in Scéalta Grá na hÉireannWed Feb 10 2021 - 16:54
Snow and ice warning in place until Tuesday evening has been issuedMet Éireann move comes as up to 5cm of snow is expected in some parts of the countryMon Feb 08 2021 - 19:49
Hospital reports no new Covid-19 cases in staff after full vaccinationJabs offered ‘ray of hope’ says clinical director of National Maternity HospitalMon Feb 08 2021 - 19:16
HSE to target religious congregations for vaccination after surge of Covid-19 deathsHealth authority says it does not know how many clergy live in congregated settingsFri Feb 05 2021 - 13:15
Met Éireann issues warning for snow and sub-zero temperatures next weekEastern half of country will see ‘significant accumulations’ of snow, forecaster saysFri Feb 05 2021 - 10:00
Man (22) dies after road crash in Co SligoCollision between car and jeep occurred at 5pm in Calry on ThursdayFri Feb 05 2021 - 08:19
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
Religious order ‘overwhelmed’ by death of 10 priests in Covid-19 waveSpiritans mourn priests, who worked on missions and in schools, as ‘inspired men’Wed Feb 03 2021 - 17:46
Weather warning as Siberian winds set to bring ‘significant’ snowEast of the country likely to see ice and snow for at least five days as temperatures plungeWed Feb 03 2021 - 16:39
Four Irish among 96 foreigners forced into mandatory quarantine in AustriaPolice raid hotels, boarding houses in search of tourists breaking country’s Covid-19 rulesTue Feb 02 2021 - 16:02
Cabinet to make final decision on format of Leaving Cert exams next weekGovernment hopes to have all schools open by the end of March, depending Covid numbersMon Feb 01 2021 - 20:09
Irish in Myanmar: ‘If people went on to the street I would worry’Despite queues and more security, people are calm as this has happened before, Marie Starr saysMon Feb 01 2021 - 13:26
Weather warning in place with snow forecast in partsStatus yellow snow and ice warning issued as motorists warned of road conditionsSun Jan 31 2021 - 08:20
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival shows quality phone filmmaking is on the riseThis year’s festival attracts 200 entries from 25 countries with 82 film screeningsSat Jan 30 2021 - 20:17
Coronavirus: More than 1,000 deaths and 100,000 cases recorded in JanuaryNphet reports 79 further fatalities as ‘level of infection remains twice that of October peak’Sat Jan 30 2021 - 18:06
Covid-19: Majority of fatalities had underlying conditionsOfficial data shows 83% of those who died from disease had at least one other ailmentFri Jan 29 2021 - 21:53
Covid-19: Traveller organisations ask community to obey funeral restrictionsEstimated 200 people attended funeral in Carrick-on-Shannon despite regulationsFri Jan 29 2021 - 18:59
Irish civilian dead of WW2 to be recognised as Commonwealth casualtiesConcentration camp victim among 52 people to be remembered in Westminster AbbeyFri Jan 29 2021 - 11:19
‘It is an utterly false promise’ - Nphet rejects zero-Covid strategy as ‘impractical and risky’Opposition members support strategy which health officials say offers ‘false promises’Fri Jan 29 2021 - 00:30
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely’‘I firmly believe Scottish independence will happen,’ Scotland’s first minister has saidThu Jan 28 2021 - 21:00
Close contact testing to resume from Friday, HSE’s Paul Reid confirmsHSE will take guidance on whether to vaccinate over-65s with AstraZeneca vaccineThu Jan 28 2021 - 17:06
Irish booksellers have record year as lockdown helps boost salesMore than 13m books, worth €161.5m, sold in 2020 despite shops being closed for monthsTue Jan 26 2021 - 14:20
Man who saw his death announced on TV in October Crisis 50 years ago dies aged 99Irish man James Cross was kidnapped by Quebec separatists in 1970 in landmark momentMon Jan 25 2021 - 21:30
Covid-19: PUP recipients warned of ‘sophisticated scam’Number of people claiming pandemic payment at highest level since end of lockdown in JuneMon Jan 25 2021 - 19:25
‘She never blinked an eye’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the IRA’s killing of Mary Lindsay in 1921Lindsay was killed along with her chauffeur James ClarkeMon Jan 25 2021 - 19:01
HSE outlines order of Covid-19 vaccination priority for healthcare staffDr Colm Henry acknowledges that vaccine rollout has been ‘frustrating’ for staffSun Jan 24 2021 - 12:27
Weekend weather warning issued as snow and freezing conditions forecastYellow warnings apply to entire island as temperatures to fall to -4 degreesFri Jan 22 2021 - 14:00
Nurse ‘delighted and honoured’ to be first healthcare worker fully vaccinatedBernie Waterhouse who works in St James’s Hospital receives second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccineThu Jan 21 2021 - 20:33
Covid-19: ‘Highest level of concern’ over situation in hospitals, HSE saysNumber of new cases being reported in current wave appears to be ‘bottoming out’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 15:25
Is this the face of Ireland’s lost patriot Robert Emmet?Three-dimensional technology brings hero of doomed 1803 rebellion to lifeWed Jan 20 2021 - 14:22
Wife unable to attend husband’s funeral because she has Covid-19Solson Saviour (34), who died from the virus, had worked in a nursing homeWed Jan 20 2021 - 12:14
Nurse who died while being treated for Covid-19 was ‘wonderful caring man’Tributes paid to Solson Savior who came to Ireland from India to work as nurseMon Jan 18 2021 - 23:38
Woman who survived Covid-19 celebrates her 100th birthdayIn 1938, Eileen Nangle was one of only 86 women who passed the Leaving CertMon Jan 18 2021 - 19:28
Almost 460,000 people now in receipt of pandemic paymentAdditional 61,715 people began claiming last week, numbers now at highest since JuneMon Jan 18 2021 - 16:56
Vaccine should not be given to people close to death, says HSEDoctors are told to carry out a ‘careful assessment’ on whether to give jab to very frail patientsMon Jan 18 2021 - 11:27
Special needs schools: Families ‘deeply upset’ at reopening stand-offDepartment and Fórsa union issue contradictory statement over reopening plansSat Jan 16 2021 - 18:12
Almost all GPs receive first dose as mass vaccination centres openHSE expects all GPs and practice nurses to have received both doses by end of FebruarySat Jan 16 2021 - 17:21
Lockdown drives down traffic volumes to half of 2019 levelsN7 at Citywest sees 51,719 daily vehicle journeys this year compared to 102,048 in 2019Sat Jan 16 2021 - 14:42
Clarity sought on vaccine rollout in nursing home outbreaksCalls for rapid vaccine rollout for non-Covid cases as more care homes battle outbreaksThu Jan 14 2021 - 18:55
HSE’s Paul Reid says there is a ‘race to save lives’ in hospitals as 77,300 vaccinated against Covid-19Currently 1,792 people in hospital with coronavirus, an 80 per cent increase in a weekThu Jan 14 2021 - 18:05
British government declines to set out criteria for a Border pollBrandon Lewis will not state circumstances under which he would call Irish unity referendumWed Jan 13 2021 - 21:22
Hollywood star’s search for a baby brought focus on Irish adoptionsMother landed at London hotel where Jane Russell staying after she heard of actor’s wishWed Jan 13 2021 - 18:34
Tuam sisters apologise for failures at mother and baby homeSisters of Bon Secours willing to contribute to redress as survivors criticise ‘inaccuracies’ in final reportWed Jan 13 2021 - 13:41
Covid-19: Eight deaths and 4,929 cases reported in RepublicAcute hospital system under severe pressure after 156 further admissions in 24 hoursMon Jan 11 2021 - 18:21
Homeschooling returns: ‘Children are more relaxed...they’ve been here before’Everybody was caught unawares in the spring, but families are now better preparedMon Jan 11 2021 - 18:13
Questions around Irish unity referendum to be examined in new initiativeAcademics hope to avoid pitfalls of Brexit vote in considering any future Border pollMon Jan 11 2021 - 17:24
Montgomery and the War of Independence – ‘I regarded all civilians as Shinners’An Irishman’s Diary: Ireland’s biggest county had become the British army’s biggest security headacheSun Jan 10 2021 - 15:01
