Anthony Staines

Minister for Health is awaiting a recommendation on whether to extend interval

No further deaths and 403 more Covid-19 cases reported in the State

Radio: The erudite, thoughtful presenter is sometimes too keen to show off his learning

We have chosen not to properly track the virus. The result is endless lockdown

Analysis: Pandemic severity best measured by death toll, and ICU and hospital figures

Ad hominem attacks and credentialism are all the rage these days

Bureaucracy must be flung out the window to facilitate hospitality and trading outdoors

Public health authorities say a phased reopening of schools can occur safely

Quarantine legislation was brought to Cabinet last week, but a range of issues are still being worked through

Voices calling for zero-Covid get louder but strategy not seen by Government as viable

Scientists, academics launch campaign calling on Government to introduce strategy

Zero-Covid strategy not a ‘false hope’, says public health specialist

EU countries ‘moving to same conclusions’ on need to introduce measure

Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the issue

‘If you are going to do mad stuff do it outside’, says DCU professor Anthony Staines

Ireland now appears to be in a lose-lose scenario compared with Sweden

One-fifth of parents unlikely to avail of Covid-19 vaccine, CSO survey finds

As a small state with a highly mobile people, a local approach may undermine community spirit

Health experts seek meeting with Oireachtas coronavirus group and call for new measures

Government should lock down local areas with high Covid-19 rates, group says

From the lack of targeted supports to the fiasco over quarantine, it has been sold short

Coronavirus warning letter from scientists fell on lockdown-weary public’s deaf ears

Q&A: Why are some experts proposing tighter restrictions instead of easing lockdown?

Measures should be deployed to ‘crush’ the virus on all-island basis, says group of scientists and academics

Amid confusion, distortion and political friction, how can we know the true toll of the virus?

What has happened in the past week with coronavirus in Ireland and internationally?

Seen & heard: Suitors warm to Chill; Vodafone goodwill writedown; IPL approaches

Removal of ban on small group gatherings ranks second as pubs reopening ranks fifth

Poll of 100,000 people reveals high level of understanding of Covid-19 restrictions

Ireland has highest rate of chronic benzodiazepine use in OECD among older adults

Academic says State has thrown money at issue like ‘drunken sailors’ in recent years

Hospitals putting ‘excessive demand’ on O negative donors, transfusion service says

Personal stories of thousands of Irish workers are woven into fabric of the NHS

Nurses and midwives plan to ballot for industrial action if pay demands not met

Cross-Border healthcare and free movement of patients among risk areas identified

We need to move care out of private and acute hospitals into lower-cost services

Health spending in one area cannot come at expense of another

Irish Blood Transfusion Service says travel abroad remains a major reason why people did not donate

Dementia activist, barrister, entrepreneur, climate action campaigner among hopefuls

Trinity candidate Sean Melly surprised FG ‘would attempt to politicise’ university panels