First Post-Brexit Ferry Arrives At Dublin Port
January 1, 2021 No Responses

First Post-Brexit Ferry Arrives At Dublin Port

The first ferry has arrived at Dublin Port under new trade rules following the end of the Brexit transition period. Irish Ferries’ ship Ulysses docked at 5.55am with about a dozen trucks on board, having travelled from Holyhead in Wales....
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Planned Ambulance Cover In Belfast Reduced By 50% On New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2020 No Responses

Planned Ambulance Cover In Belfast Reduced By 50% On New Year’s Eve

Planned ambulance cover in Belfast on New Year’s Eve has been reduced by 50 per cent. Some frontline staff are isolating due to Covid-19 symptoms or close contact with positive cases. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) normally has seven...
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School Reopenings Delayed By A Week In The North
December 31, 2020 No Responses

School Reopenings Delayed By A Week In The North

Schools in Northern Ireland will deliver remote learning in the first week of the new term after a return to classrooms was delayed due to spiraling Covid-19 infection rates. The announcement by Education Minister Peter Weir will affect both primary...
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Universities Need To Do More To Tackle Sexual Harassment Says Harris
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Universities Need To Do More To Tackle Sexual Harassment Says Harris

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has said there cannot be a repeat of a sexual harassment case like academic Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain’s if universities are to receive increased funding. Mr Harris said Irish institutions needed to do more to tackle...
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Archbishop Of Dublin Diarmuid Martin Retires
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Archbishop Of Dublin Diarmuid Martin Retires

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church’s credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up. Archbishop Martin turned 75 earl...
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Dublin Grandmother Becomes First To Be Vaccinated In The Republic
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Dublin Grandmother Becomes First To Be Vaccinated In The Republic

A 79-year-old grandmother from Dublin has become the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a coronavirus vaccination. Annie Lynch received the vaccine at St James’s Hospital in Dublin. It was the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 jab to be...
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Croke Park To Host Criminal Trials During First Months Of 2021
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Croke Park To Host Criminal Trials During First Months Of 2021

Croke Park is set to host criminal trials during the first three months of 2021. The venue has been let to the Courts Service to provide courtrooms from mid-January. In a statement, the Courts Service said it has worked with...
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Experts Warn Of Huge Backlog In Dealing With Respiratory Diseases
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Experts Warn Of Huge Backlog In Dealing With Respiratory Diseases

A leading consultant has warned of a huge backlog of untreated respiratory diseases in Ireland as the health service grapples with Covid-19 cases. Sweeping closures of services were introduced in March while other respiratory supports were dramatically scaled ...
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Government Will Build Up To 25,000 Homes In 2021 Says Martin
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Government Will Build Up To 25,000 Homes In 2021 Says Martin

Up to 25,000 new homes will be built by the end of next year, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Mr Martin said the Government’s target is a “challenging” figure. Around 12,750 will be social homes and of those 9,750 will...
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Number of Irish Passports Issued In 2020 Falls 60%
December 28, 2020 No Responses

Number of Irish Passports Issued In 2020 Falls 60%

The number of Irish passports issued this year dropped by 60 per cent compared to last year, new figures show. Around 400,000 Irish passports were issued over the last 12 months, which is around 40 per cent of the number...
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