EU Expected To Announce Proposals To Ensure Flow Of Medicines From Britain To The North
December 16, 2021 No Responses

EU Expected To Announce Proposals To Ensure Flow Of Medicines From Britain To The North

The European Union is set to announce proposals to ensure medicines can continue to flow unimpeded from Britain into Northern Ireland. European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic is expected to announce proposed new legislation on Friday. The UK’s Brexit minister...
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Government Seeking Legal Advice On Publication Of ‘Brandon’ Report
December 16, 2021 No Responses

Government Seeking Legal Advice On Publication Of ‘Brandon’ Report

The Government is seeking advice from the Attorney General as to whether it can publish the full ‘Brandon’ report into the prolonged sexual abuse of intellectually disabled residents in Co Donegal. The HSE published the executive summary of the report,...
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Titanic Exhibition Center To Be Converted Into Mass Vaccination Site
December 16, 2021 No Responses

Titanic Exhibition Center To Be Converted Into Mass Vaccination Site

The Titanic Exhibition Center in east Belfast is set to be transformed into Northern Ireland’s latest mass Covid-19 vaccination center by next week. Health chiefs are hoping that 4,000 vaccines a day will be delivered at the site. It will...
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Stormont To Consider New Pandemic Restrictions Next Week
December 16, 2021 No Responses

Stormont To Consider New Pandemic Restrictions Next Week

Stormont Ministers are to meet next week to consider potential new coronavirus restrictions for Northern Ireland. Ministers will convene on Wednesday to decide what steps will be required in response to the threat posed by the Omicron variant. At a...
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Dáil Hears Of Crisis In Home Care With 5,000 On Waiting Lists
December 15, 2021 No Responses

Dáil Hears Of Crisis In Home Care With 5,000 On Waiting Lists

There is a “crisis” in home care services with no statutory regulations in place and almost 5,000 people waiting for access to services, the Dáil has heard. Sinn Fein TD Claire Kerrane said a new report by the Health Information...
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Government Announces Extra Funding For Animal Welfare Organizations
December 15, 2021 No Responses

Government Announces Extra Funding For Animal Welfare Organizations

Charlie McConalogue has announced funding of more than €3.7 million to 98 animal welfare organizations nationwide. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine unveiled the funding on the inaugural Animal Welfare Awareness Day, an initiative to raise aw...
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Taoiseach Urges People To ‘Hold The Collective Nerve’ Over Omicron Variant
December 14, 2021 No Responses

Taoiseach Urges People To ‘Hold The Collective Nerve’ Over Omicron Variant

The Taoiseach has urged people to “hold the collective nerve” over the threat from the Omicron variant. Micheál Martin described this phase of the pandemic as “different” with the vaccine booster jab being rolled out across Ireland. “A week is...
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Stormont Votes Down DUP’s Attempt To Change Abortion Legislation
December 14, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Votes Down DUP’s Attempt To Change Abortion Legislation

A bid to exclude cases of fatal fetal impairment from abortion laws in Northern Ireland has fallen following a close vote at Stormont. A private members bill, sponsored by DUP MLA Christopher Stalford, was designed to change abortion legislation brought...
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Defense Forces To Be Brought In To Help Ramp Up Booster Rollout
December 14, 2021 No Responses

Defense Forces To Be Brought In To Help Ramp Up Booster Rollout

More members of the Defense Forces will be drafted in to help ramp up the number of booster jabs a day, the Taoiseach has said. The Government is under pressure to rapidly accelerate the vaccine program as concerns over the...
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Stormont Set To Vote On Making Covid Certification Legally Enforceable
December 13, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Set To Vote On Making Covid Certification Legally Enforceable

The North’s Covid certification scheme is set to become legally enforceable on Monday. The scheme requiring people to prove Covid status to gain entry to a range of hospitality venues and larges attendance events was introduced late last month with...
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