New ‘Stakeholder Forum’ Will Oversee New Workplace Safety Rules
May 11, 2020 No Responses

New ‘Stakeholder Forum’ Will Oversee New Workplace Safety Rules

A high-level consultative stakeholder forum will oversee the new workplace safety protocols, senior Government official Liz Canavan has said. On Saturday, the Government published its Return to Work safety protocol which details the steps and processes businesses must take once...
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HSE To Make Massive Investment In PPE As Focus Moves To Testing And Tracing
May 10, 2020 No Responses

HSE To Make Massive Investment In PPE As Focus Moves To Testing And Tracing

The Health Service Executive will spend up to €1bn on personal protective equipment this year, with similar amounts to be spent on testing and contact tracing as the country begins to move out of the pandemic. On May 18, the...
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Education Minister Says It’s Too Early To Says How Schools Can Reopen In September
May 10, 2020 No Responses

Education Minister Says It’s Too Early To Says How Schools Can Reopen In September

The Education Minister, Joe McHugh, has said it is too early to say how schools will reopen fully in September due to the need for social distancing. Schools and colleges have been shut since March in a bid to slow...
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Health Service Chief Says App Is Just ‘One Element’ Of Contact Tracing System
May 10, 2020 No Responses

Health Service Chief Says App Is Just ‘One Element’ Of Contact Tracing System

The head of the health service has said the contact-tracing app will not play a major role in the country’s strategy to emerge from lockdown. Health Minister Simon Harris said Covid Tracker Ireland App being developed by the Health Service...
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Hospitals To Resume Non-Coronavirus Health Services As Numbers In ICUs Fall
May 10, 2020 No Responses

Hospitals To Resume Non-Coronavirus Health Services As Numbers In ICUs Fall

Non Covid-19 health services are set to resume in hospitals as the numbers of people in ICU beds has decreased, the Health Service Executive boss has said. Chief executive Paul Reid said the situation with Covid-19 is starting to improve...
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Passengers From Ireland To Be Exempt From New UK Quarantine Rules
May 9, 2020 No Responses

Passengers From Ireland To Be Exempt From New UK Quarantine Rules

UK airlines say the government has told them it will bring in a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from any country apart from Ireland. The new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. The industry...
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Nursing Home Visitors Not To Blame For Spread Of Virus – Holohan
May 8, 2020 No Responses

Nursing Home Visitors Not To Blame For Spread Of Virus – Holohan

People who visited nursing homes should not feel they are to blame for spreading coronavirus, the Chief Medical Officer has said. There have been 857 deaths associated with residential care facilities, including 740 nursing home residents, according to the lat...
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Timeline For Brexit Deal ‘Virtually Impossible’ Amid Pandemic Says Coveney
May 8, 2020 No Responses

Timeline For Brexit Deal ‘Virtually Impossible’ Amid Pandemic Says Coveney

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said the Covid-19 pandemic has made the timeline for a UK-EU trade deal “virtually impossible”. The UK Government has insisted the transition period will not be extended beyond 2020, despite officials in London and Brussels admi...
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Pandemic Payments Will Be Removed From People Who Refuse Their Old Job Says Taoiseach
May 8, 2020 No Responses

Pandemic Payments Will Be Removed From People Who Refuse Their Old Job Says Taoiseach

People will lose their eligibility for the Covid-19 pandemic payments if they are offered their job back and refuse to accept it, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. A series of payments were introduced by the Government in March after businesses...
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Garda Response To Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change Face Of Community Policing
May 8, 2020 No Responses

Garda Response To Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change Face Of Community Policing

The Garda response to coronavirus could change the face of community policing following an increased presence in local areas, a community garda has said. Gardaí have been at the forefront in helping local communities cope with the unprecedented circumstances ...
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