Taoiseach Insists That Coronavirus Numbers Can Be Reduced Again
September 19, 2020 No Responses

Taoiseach Insists That Coronavirus Numbers Can Be Reduced Again

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has reassured the nation that coronavirus case numbers were forced down before – and can be again. Mr Martin was speaking as Dublin enters three weeks of tighter restrictions designed to combat a surge in cases. Earlier...
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O’Neill Agrees To Voluntary Interview Over Alleged Storey Funeral Breaches
September 19, 2020 No Responses

O’Neill Agrees To Voluntary Interview Over Alleged Storey Funeral Breaches

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill will be among a number of people interviewed by police over alleged breaches of coronavirus regulations at the funeral of a senior republican. Ms O’Neill and other senior Sinn Féin members were a...
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PSNI Seeking Voluntary Interviews With Storey Funeral Attendees
September 18, 2020 No Responses

PSNI Seeking Voluntary Interviews With Storey Funeral Attendees

Police are seeking voluntary interviews with those who attended the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey in Belfast in June. Detectives are investigating potential breaches of the North’s coronavirus regulations on gatherings. Mourners on June 30th inc...
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British NHS Seeks HSE Help With Coronavirus Testing
September 18, 2020 No Responses

British NHS Seeks HSE Help With Coronavirus Testing

Senior NHS officials contacted their Irish counterparts this week seeking help with Covid-19 tests, it has emerged. The UK is facing problems with their Government’s Covid-19 test and trace program, with people being forced to travel hundreds of miles to...
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Sinn Féin Calls For NPHET To Publish More Details On Coronavirus Outbreaks
September 17, 2020 No Responses

Sinn Féin Calls For NPHET To Publish More Details On Coronavirus Outbreaks

There have been calls for public health authorities to publish further details of Covid-19 outbreaks in businesses and public settings. Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said that communities “deserve clarity and transparency” over clusters of cases. He told t...
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EU Stands Firm On Demands For UK To Honor Brexit Agreement
September 17, 2020 No Responses

EU Stands Firm On Demands For UK To Honor Brexit Agreement

Brussels is standing firm on its demand for the UK to abandon plans to override key elements of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, despite ministers agreeing a compromise with Tory rebels. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to agree to...
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Irish Health Authorities ‘More Concerned’ Than At Any Time Since April
September 17, 2020 No Responses

Irish Health Authorities ‘More Concerned’ Than At Any Time Since April

Acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the current situation has “deteriorated both in Dublin and nationally over the past week”. “Along with Dublin, we have seen particularly concerning trends in Louth, Waterford and Donegal,” he said. “It...
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Belfast House Parties Will Not Be Tolerated Says Health Minister
September 16, 2020 No Responses

Belfast House Parties Will Not Be Tolerated Says Health Minister

Dangerous and anti-social house parties in Belfast’s Holyland student district will not be tolerated, Northern Ireland’s health minister has said. Footage showing groups of young people congregating and drinking in the area of terraced housing near Que...
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Dublin Residents Left ‘Hanging In Very Cruel Limbo’ From Uncertain Restrictions
September 16, 2020 No Responses

Dublin Residents Left ‘Hanging In Very Cruel Limbo’ From Uncertain Restrictions

Dublin residents have been left hanging in a “cruel limbo” by uncertainty around coronavirus restrictions, opposition leaders said. People’s jobs are in the balance, Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said. She said the “shambles” of the Dáil’...
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Ian Paisley Fined Over Rules Breach Related To Fundraising Dinner
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Ian Paisley Fined Over Rules Breach Related To Fundraising Dinner

DUP MP Ian Paisley has been fined £1,300 by the UK’s Electoral Commission over breaches in finance rules related to a party fundraising dinner. The penalty relates to Mr Paisley accepting money from two local councils to purchase tables at...
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