Hospitals To Resume Non-Coronavirus Health Services As Numbers In ICUs Fall

Hospitals To Resume Non-Coronavirus Health Services As Numbers In ICUs Fall

Non Covid-19 health services are set to resume in hospitals as the numbers of people in ICU beds has decreased, the Health Service Executive boss has said. Chief executive Paul Reid said the situation with Covid-19 is starting to improve...
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Soccer Restarts In The Faroe Islands Behind Closed Doors

Soccer Restarts In The Faroe Islands Behind Closed Doors

Not since bobble-hatted goalkeeper Jens-Martin Knudsen inspired a famous victory in his country’s first competitive international in 1990 has Faroese football reveled in such a spotlight. While other European leagues wrestle with the implications of coronavi...
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Passengers From Ireland To Be Exempt From New UK Quarantine Rules

Passengers From Ireland To Be Exempt From New UK Quarantine Rules

UK airlines say the government has told them it will bring in a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from any country apart from Ireland. The new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. The industry...
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Jacare Souza Tests Positive For Coronavirus Ahead Of UFC 249

Jacare Souza Tests Positive For Coronavirus Ahead Of UFC 249

Jacare Souza is out of UFC 249 after testing positive for coronavirus ahead of his bout at the controversial event. The UFC is the first high-profile sport on US soil to make a comeback, with Tony Ferguson’s bout with Justin...
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Businesses Will Be Shut Down If They Don’t Comply With Regulations – Humphreys

Businesses Will Be Shut Down If They Don’t Comply With Regulations – Humphreys

Business Minister Heather Humphreys has said inspectors from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will be able to shut down workplaces which do not comply with new safety measures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19. She was speaking at...
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League Restructuring In Scotland Side-Lined After SPL Meeting

League Restructuring In Scotland Side-Lined After SPL Meeting

Plans to restructure the league system in Scotland have broken down following a meeting of Scottish Premiership clubs. A discussion was held on Friday, with talks centered around proposals to revert to a three-division model from next season as part...
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Nursing Home Visitors Not To Blame For Spread Of Virus – Holohan

Nursing Home Visitors Not To Blame For Spread Of Virus – Holohan

People who visited nursing homes should not feel they are to blame for spreading coronavirus, the Chief Medical Officer has said. There have been 857 deaths associated with residential care facilities, including 740 nursing home residents, according to the lat...
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Timeline For Brexit Deal ‘Virtually Impossible’ Amid Pandemic Says Coveney

Timeline For Brexit Deal ‘Virtually Impossible’ Amid Pandemic Says Coveney

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said the Covid-19 pandemic has made the timeline for a UK-EU trade deal “virtually impossible”. The UK Government has insisted the transition period will not be extended beyond 2020, despite officials in London and Brussels admi...
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Temporary Rule Change Allows Five Substitutes In Soccer During Pandemic

Temporary Rule Change Allows Five Substitutes In Soccer During Pandemic

Football’s lawmakers have approved a temporary rule change that will allow each side up to five substitutes per match while opening up the prospect for the controversial video assistant referee system to be suspended. Proposals to allow an additional two...
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Son Heung-Min Set For Return To England After Completing National Service

Son Heung-Min Set For Return To England After Completing National Service

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min will return to London next week after completing a three-week stint of national service in South Korea. The 27-year-old has been serving with the Military Corps on the island of Jeju, having been required by law...
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