HSE Chief: Irish Health System Enters Christmas With ‘Sense Of Hope’

HSE Chief: Irish Health System Enters Christmas With ‘Sense Of Hope’

The Irish health system can enter the Christmas period with a “sense of hope”, the HSE chief has said. However, health officials on Thursday warned that the emergence of the Omicron variant had also introduced an element of significant uncertainty...
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Energy Bills Should Be Cheaper In The New Year Says Tánaiste

Energy Bills Should Be Cheaper In The New Year Says Tánaiste

People should see cheaper energy bills in the new year on foot of Government efforts to tackle inflation, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. It comes as data from the Central Statistics Office showed that the annual rate of inflation rose...
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Greenwood Scores A Stunner In Draw With Young Boys

Greenwood Scores A Stunner In Draw With Young Boys

Manchester United youngster Mason Greenwood scored an acrobatic stunner that lit up an otherwise drab Champions League draw with Young Boys. Having started the continental campaign with a shock late loss in Switzerland, recently-appointed interim boss Ralf Ran...
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Chelsea Through In Second Place After Draw In St Petersburg

Chelsea Through In Second Place After Draw In St Petersburg

Magomed Ozdoev’s stoppage-time thunderbolt consigned a patched-up Chelsea to a 3-3 draw at Zenit St Petersburg and second place in Champions League Group H. Timo Werner thought he had settled the argument with a smart, late second goal in the...
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Out&About

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I was out and about last Thursday and I was invited to hear the leader of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald speak at the New York City Bar Association’s Council on International Affairs. It was part of...
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Protesters Demand Sinn Féin Block Fracking Licenses In The North

Protesters Demand Sinn Féin Block Fracking Licenses In The North

Fracking protesters have urged Sinn Féin to block petroleum licenses in Northern Ireland. Extinction Rebellion Ireland held a demonstration outside the party’s headquarters in Dublin on Wednesday, in a bid to highlight Sinn Féin’s “lack of timely actio...
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Conte Confirms Thirteen Players And Staff At Spurs Positive For Covid-19

Conte Confirms Thirteen Players And Staff At Spurs Positive For Covid-19

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has confirmed eight players and five members of staff have tested positive for coronavirus following an outbreak at the club – and he expects more confirmed cases. Spurs will, however, have to play their crunch Europa...
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Government To Publish Plan To Vaccinate Children Between Five And Eleven

Government To Publish Plan To Vaccinate Children Between Five And Eleven

A plan to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to children aged five to 11 will be published within days, the Taoiseach has said. On Wednesday, the National Immunization Advisory Committee (Niac) recommended to Government that jabs should be offered to around 480,000.....
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Belfast Park Closed Due To Avian Flu Outbreak

Belfast Park Closed Due To Avian Flu Outbreak

A Belfast park has been closed following an outbreak of avian flu. Sixteen dead birds have been removed from Waterworks Park in north Belfast, the city council said. The council added that the park has been closed until further notice....
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New Study Shows Dining Out Is The Main Social Activity Missed During Pandemic

New Study Shows Dining Out Is The Main Social Activity Missed During Pandemic

Dining out in restaurants, cafés, and pub was the main social activity people missed during the pandemic, new research shows. According to Bord Bia’s 2021 Irish Foodservice Market Insights Report, 73 per cent of consumers surveyed said they missed dining...
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