Covid-19: Government likely to miss target of issuing 1.25m vaccines by end of MarchIreland joins group of EU states pushing for improved sharing of unused vaccinesSat Mar 06 2021 - 01:00
Ganley dismisses Trump attack on his company as ‘politics’Ex-president fires broadside at Karl Rove, lobbyist for Irish businessman’s firm RivadaFri Mar 05 2021 - 21:38
Psychological help needed over nursing home deaths, regulator saysCare home staff, residents and families of deceased ‘traumatised’ by pandemicFri Mar 05 2021 - 17:04
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh craves return to sport after receiving vaccineRenowned GAA commentator received first dose on Thursday in BlanchardstownFri Mar 05 2021 - 16:58
Ireland may ask EU countries to share their Covid-19 vaccinesStephen Donnelly seriously concerned about reliability of AstraZeneca’s deliveriesFri Mar 05 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 vaccines Q&A: Why are targets being missed?Complex deliveries to smaller GP clinics and interrupted supplies have slowed rolloutFri Mar 05 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Face masks should not be compulsory for primary school pupils, Hiqa saysHealth watchdog says benefit of use of masks among younger children is likely to be smallThu Mar 04 2021 - 18:47
Fourth ferry added to Rosslare-Dunkirk direct serviceAdditional sailings will coincide with phasing in of UK government’s import controlsThu Mar 04 2021 - 10:03
Donegal care-home staff not supported during Covid-19 outbreak – HiqaHealthcare inspections find non-compliance at 30 care facilities for older peopleWed Mar 03 2021 - 18:15
Covid-19 outbreaks among third-level students jump 20-fold in a weekNew clusters of infection in student housing and social gatherings rises from 3 to 61Wed Mar 03 2021 - 17:35
Possibility of visits offers ray of hope to nursing homesLucan Lodge Nursing Home in Dublin had a ‘very tough’ third wave with 12 deathsWed Mar 03 2021 - 01:00
Covid variants: Government to consider tighter curbs on travel from South Africa, South AmericaNew legislation to enforce mandatory State quarantine in hotels for passengers passedTue Mar 02 2021 - 03:05
Quarantine hotels to rely on private security firms for rules enforcementGardaí will not escort passengers from airport or stay on site, Garda management saysTue Mar 02 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 toll on mental health to be felt ‘for many years’World Health Organisation’s Mike Ryan honoured by Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandTue Mar 02 2021 - 00:01
Ireland and UK in joint bid to host 2030 Fifa World CupBoris Johnson says will work with Irish to secure one of world’s biggest sport tournamentsMon Mar 01 2021 - 23:39
Woman arrested after live-streaming car chase with gardaíDriver led as many as 20 garda cars in chase that lasted almost an hourMon Mar 01 2021 - 22:47
McConalogue ‘appalled’ at photo of trainer Gordon Elliott on dead horseHackett says photo was ‘very concerning and disturbing error of judgment’Mon Mar 01 2021 - 21:17
Slim majority believe Irish abroad should vote in presidential electionsPoll shows 52 per cent think all Irish citizens living overseas should get vote at homeMon Mar 01 2021 - 09:47
One-third of foster carers find lack of structure for children amid pandemic a challengeNew survey highlights issues faced by foster carers during the past yearMon Mar 01 2021 - 06:00
Covid-19: New challenges for Ireland’s response in ‘year of the variant’Vaccines and strengthened disease surveillance are critical in year two of the pandemicMon Mar 01 2021 - 01:00
Olympic great longs for missed embrace of loved ones after being vaccinated1956 gold medallist Ronnie Delany believes vaccines are essential in ‘conquering Covid’Mon Mar 01 2021 - 01:00
Coombe master did not vaccinate students on standby, inquiry hearsMichael O’Connell’s argument for allocating surplus vaccines to staff families ‘untenable’Mon Mar 01 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Six more deaths and another 612 cases confirmed in the StateGlynn praises health service response amid one-year anniversary of first case on islandSun Feb 28 2021 - 18:40
Covid-19: 10 things we thought about the virus a year ago – that turned out to be wrongMasks don’t work. Travel isn’t a major factor. Vaccines will solve it all. And other mythsSun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00
‘We should have done better’: Cillian de Gascun, Paul Reid and Stephen Donnelly look backCovid-19, one year on: The virus was first detected in Ireland on February 29th, 2020Sat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00
Retired judge McGuinness says resisting jab is ‘selfishness’Former Supreme Court judge has received first dose of jab as part of over-85s cohortSat Feb 27 2021 - 01:00
Q&A: What are the new coronavirus variants and should we be worried?Another new strain, known as B1525 or the Nigerian variant, has been found in IrelandFri Feb 26 2021 - 15:48
State’s data privacy watchdog finds bite after first year of handing out finesData Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon ‘excited’ about pipeline of tech rulingsFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:33
Calls to restart nursing home visits as vaccines cut infectionsGroups representing care homes and residents call for plan to allow visiting once moreThu Feb 25 2021 - 18:43
‘Vaccine effect’ behind 80% drop in nursing home cases, says HSE officialImpact of vaccine rollout beginning to ‘kick in’ but Henry warns level of virus infection still too highThu Feb 25 2021 - 18:39
Covid-19: ‘Virus is ahead of us all the time’Doctor who treated Ireland’s first-known case says the State must be ‘more proactive’Thu Feb 25 2021 - 00:59
Data watchdog close to decisions on fines in up to seven ‘Big Tech’ investigationsPrivacy regulator says data breach notifications rose 10 per cent to 6,628 last yearThu Feb 25 2021 - 00:01
Mother and baby homes: Complaints made over handling of testimoniesWitnesses’ access to accounts among problems that are ‘hard to unpick’, says data regulatorThu Feb 25 2021 - 00:01
Brexit sea border deal risks return to violence, Trimble claimsNorthern Ireland protocol ‘wilfully tears up’ Belfast Agreement, former UUP leader saysSat Feb 20 2021 - 06:00
Travel was ‘significant contributor’ to second Covid-19 wave – studyFirst-wave virus variants ‘disappeared’ during ‘effective’ first lockdown, research findsSat Feb 20 2021 - 01:00
Emer Feely, wife of Tony Holohan, dies after long illnessPublic health medicine specialist had been battling form of blood cancer since 2012Fri Feb 19 2021 - 21:09
Twelve elderly patients who died after vaccine had other conditionsMedicines watchdog says review of post-vaccine deaths has raised no safety concernsFri Feb 19 2021 - 01:04
Drop in Covid-19 outbreaks at nursing homes and hospitals‘It shows just how effective vaccines are,’ says consultant, though HSE advises caution over dataThu Feb 18 2021 - 20:34
Company tells ‘INM19’ data watchdog made ‘no specific findings’INM writes to individuals whose emails allegedly searched in 2014 data breachWed Feb 17 2021 - 05:41
EU official blames ‘enormous pressure’ to secure vaccines for Article 16 ‘mistake’Maros Sefcovic sidesteps questions on who was responsible for politically contentious errorTue Feb 16 2021 - 13:23
Urgent reform needed to protect care homes from another Covid-19 waveCare practices are ‘outdated’ and some ‘entirely unregulated at present’, Hiqa saysTue Feb 16 2021 - 02:07
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
Port chiefs poised for post-Brexit disruption to exportsHaulage industry group warns of potential shortages due to checks on food importsMon Feb 15 2021 - 20:17
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
Leaving Cert talks between Government and teacher unions to continueConstruction industry representatives advise builders to limit work to projects permitted under Level 5 restrictionsMon Feb 15 2021 - 03:45
Covid-19: Builders asked to limit work to avoid delayed reopeningIndustry group says builders adhering to rules except for essential and exempted workSun Feb 14 2021 - 20:12
Donie O’Sullivan: ‘The chaos I’ve had in my mind is more terrifying than the riot at the Capitol’The Irish CNN reporter on how important it is to get help for mental health issuesSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Gardaí issue almost 5,000 fines for non-essential travelCross-border traffic down 13% in week since penalties introducedFri Feb 12 2021 - 22:18
Irish doctors do not expect reversal in plans to favour Pfizer, Moderna for over-70sWHO now says jab can be given to people aged 18 and above ‘without an upper age limit’Thu Feb 11 2021 - 08:00
Beijing should release Irishman as Chinese New Year ‘gesture’, says TDEU MEPs write to China’s envoy about continued detention of Richard O’HalloranThu Feb 11 2021 - 01:00
