More Than 10,000 Travelers Arrived In Ireland Through Dublin Airport Last Week

More Than 10,000 Travelers Arrived In Ireland Through Dublin Airport Last Week

Around 10,500 people arrived in Ireland through Dublin Airport last week, the Minister for Health has revealed. Speaking in the Dáil, Stephen Donnelly said that between 1,000 and 3,500 people were still arriving in the country every day. Last week...
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Leinster And Munster Get Home Field Advantage In Champions Cup’s Round Of 16

Leinster And Munster Get Home Field Advantage In Champions Cup’s Round Of 16

Both Leinster and Munster are guaranteed home advantage in the new Champions Cup format. For the first time ever there will be a round of 16 stage in the competition. Wasps join Exeter, Bristol, Gloucester and Sale in being promoted...
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Children’s Minister Says Extension Of Mother And Baby Homes Commission Is Unnecessary

Children’s Minister Says Extension Of Mother And Baby Homes Commission Is Unnecessary

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman has said an extension to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission would serve “no practical purpose” now that audio recordings of survivors’ testimony have been recovered. The Social Democrats tabled a motion to exten...
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Neil Lennon Resigns As Manager Of Celtic

Neil Lennon Resigns As Manager Of Celtic

Neil Lennon has resigned as Celtic manager, the Scottish Premiership club have announced. Lennon, who returned to the club for a second stint in charge after Brendan Rodgers left to take over at Leicester in February 2019, has been under...
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Giroud Gives Chelsea Advantage Over Atlético In Champions League

Giroud Gives Chelsea Advantage Over Atlético In Champions League

Olivier Giroud produced another Champions League special to hand Chelsea the advantage in their last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid after a 1-0 first-leg win in Bucharest. The Blues forward grabbed his sixth goal in the competition this season with an...
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South African Variant Of Covid-19 Virus Confirmed In The North

South African Variant Of Covid-19 Virus Confirmed In The North

The first confirmed cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the North. Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann said three cases of the variant have been confirmed. The minister said a detailed health protection risk assessment...
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New Figures Suggest Low Income Families Would Have Lost Up To 30% Of Earnings Without Supports

New Figures Suggest Low Income Families Would Have Lost Up To 30% Of Earnings Without Supports

Low income households would have lost between 18 per cent and 30 per cent of their earnings during the first lockdown in 2020 were it not for new financial supports, figures suggest. Covid-19 income supports such as the pandemic unemployment...
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Research Shows ‘Robust Evidence’ That Vitamin D Helps Protect Against Coronavirus

Research Shows ‘Robust Evidence’ That Vitamin D Helps Protect Against Coronavirus

There is an extensive body of international research showing the protective role of vitamin D against Covid-19, the Oireachtas health committee has been told. Health experts, who are members of the Covit-D Consortium, have called on the Government to introduce...
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Liverpool Council Grant Planning Permission For Everton’s New Stadium

Liverpool Council Grant Planning Permission For Everton’s New Stadium

Everton have been granted planning permission by Liverpool City Council for a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. Due to the scale of the development, the detailed application for the 52,888-capacity ground now passes to Secretary of State for Housing, Communit...
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Martin Emphasizes Importance And Opportunities Of Northern Ireland Protocol

Martin Emphasizes Importance And Opportunities Of Northern Ireland Protocol

Taoiseach Micheál Martin insisted the Northern Ireland Protocol offers many benefits and opportunities for the region as he stressed the importance of its full implementation. Mr Martin welcomed efforts by the UK and EU to find ways to resolve some...
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