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February 3, 2022 No Responses

McDonald Calls For Early Election After Givan Resigns As First Minister

Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald has called for an early Stormont election, insisting her party will not facilitate Northern Ireland “staggering on” without a functioning Executive. She was speaking alongside ministers Michelle O’Neill and Conor Murphy as First Minister Paul...

February 3, 2022 No Responses

North’s First Minister Paul Givan Resigns From Executive

The North’s First Minister Paul Givan has announced his resignation from Stormont’s power-sharing Executive. The move by the Lagan Valley MLA is part of the DUP’s escalating protest strategy against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. It comes 24 h...

February 2, 2022 No Responses

Poots Orders Halt To Brexit Food Checks At Ports In The North

Stormont’s Minister for Agriculture has ordered a halt to Brexit agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports. DUP Minister Edwin Poots, whose officials are responsible for carrying out Northern Ireland Protocol checks, said he had ordered his permanent secret...

February 2, 2022 No Responses

40% Of Irish Nursing Homes Experiencing Covid-19 Outbreaks

There are still “high numbers” of Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes with 40 per cent of centers affected, the Dáil has heard. As of Wednesday there were 225 nursing homes experiencing an outbreak of the disease, the Minister for Older...

February 1, 2022 No Responses

Holohan To Warn Politicians That ‘The Pandemic Is Not Over’

Dr Tony Holohan is set to advise politicians that there will be an “ongoing need” to retain Covid-19 measures such as mask wearing. The chief medical officer is set to appear before the Oireachtas health committee on Wednesday. In his...

January 31, 2022 No Responses

Long-Term Undocumented In Ireland To Be Given Opportunity To Regularize Status

Thousands of undocumented migrants may have official permission to live in Ireland by the end of the year, as a scheme to regularize their status opens on Monday. The scheme allows long-term undocumented people the opportunity to regularize their status,...