Irish Supreme Court Uses Remote Hearings To Clear Backlog Of Cases

Irish Supreme Court Uses Remote Hearings To Clear Backlog Of Cases

Virtual court hearings and online filing of appeals has helped clear the backlog of cases in the Supreme Court and slashed waiting times from a five-year high, a report has found. Changes in the court system brought about by the...
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Conor McGregor To Fight Poirier In Las Vegas This July

Conor McGregor To Fight Poirier In Las Vegas This July

Conor McGregor is to meet UFC lightweight rival Dustin Poirier for a third time after claiming two days ago that the fight was off. Poirier claimed victory when the pair met at UFC 257 in January and McGregor had told...
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Passengers Arriving At Heathrow Now Facing Six-Hour Queues

Passengers Arriving At Heathrow Now Facing Six-Hour Queues

Travelers arriving at Heathrow are being forced to queue for up to six hours to pass through immigration controls, an executive at the UK airport said. Chief solutions officer Chris Garton told UK MPs that “the situation is becoming untenable”...
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Restrictions On J&J Vaccine Would Have ‘Serious’ Impact On Vaccination Program Says Donnelly

Restrictions On J&J Vaccine Would Have ‘Serious’ Impact On Vaccination Program Says Donnelly

Any long-term restrictions on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Ireland would have a “serious” impact on the immunization program, the Health Minister has warned. Stephen Donnelly said Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen single-dose jab was a...
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Chelsea Advance To Champions League Semi-Finals Despite Loss To Porto

Chelsea Advance To Champions League Semi-Finals Despite Loss To Porto

N’Golo Kante’s tireless midfield performance steered Chelsea to a first Champions League semi-final in seven years despite the Blues’ 1-0 quarter-final second-leg loss to Porto. Mehdi Taremi’s stunning overhead kick in second-half added time put the sq...
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PSG Hold On To Knock Bayern Munich Out Of Champions League

PSG Hold On To Knock Bayern Munich Out Of Champions League

Paris St Germain knocked holders Bayern Munich out of the Champions League on away goals despite losing the second leg of their quarter-final 1-0 at Parc des Princes. Mauricio Pochettino’s men had edged a thrilling first-leg clash 3-2 in Munich,...
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Government Seeking Advice On Whether To Quarantine Fully Vaccinated Travelers

Government Seeking Advice On Whether To Quarantine Fully Vaccinated Travelers

The Government is seeking advice on whether fully vaccinated people can avoid facing mandatory hotel quarantine. The Minister for Further and Higher Education said it is his “firm view” that anyone who has been vaccinated against Covid-19 should not be...
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Gatland Announces Coaching Team For Lions’ Tour Of South Africa

Gatland Announces Coaching Team For Lions’ Tour Of South Africa

Warren Gatland insists the British and Irish Lions will benefit from “new voices and a fresh perspective” after naming three assistants who will be making debut tours as coaches. Eddie Jones’ England have been overlooked entirely and there are no...
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Ireland To Miss Target Of Administering 180,000 Vaccinations This Week

Ireland To Miss Target Of Administering 180,000 Vaccinations This Week

The Government’s goal of administering 180,000 jabs this week will be missed following the change in advice on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Thousands of vaccine appointments this week will be rescheduled by the HSE after the the National...
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Stormont Looking To Ease Lockdowns Further As Vaccinations Continue

Stormont Looking To Ease Lockdowns Further As Vaccinations Continue

Progress in tackling Covid-19 has created enough headroom to allow for further lockdown relaxations in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill has said. The deputy First Minister said she was confident the power-sharing executive could agree a timetable for the r...
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