Unvaccinated Driving Rise In Numbers Admitted To ICUs Says Reid
October 10, 2021 No Responses

Unvaccinated Driving Rise In Numbers Admitted To ICUs Says Reid

A recent rise in the number of admissions to intensive care units due to Covid-19 has been driven by unvaccinated patients, HSE boss Paul Reid has said. There were 74 patients with coronavirus in ICUs, a 20 per cent increase...
read more
Plans To Ban Smoking In Cars When Children Present Are Announced In The North
October 10, 2021 No Responses

Plans To Ban Smoking In Cars When Children Present Are Announced In The North

The North’s Health Minister, Robin Swann, has laid out plans to ban smoking in cars when children are present. Those in breach of the proposed legislation would be liable for fines of £50 (€59). The sale of so-called e-cigarettes to...
read more
Winter Could See ‘Greatest Pressures Ever Experienced’ By Health Service In The North
October 9, 2021 No Responses

Winter Could See ‘Greatest Pressures Ever Experienced’ By Health Service In The North

The winter months could see “the greatest pressures ever experienced by our health service”, the North’s Health Minister has warned. Speaking at the Ulster Unionist Party conference in Belfast, Robin Swann said a likely upsurge in respiratory illness...
read more
Mica Compensation Scheme Will Not Be Ready For Budget 2022
October 8, 2021 No Responses

Mica Compensation Scheme Will Not Be Ready For Budget 2022

The Taoiseach has said a compensation scheme for thousands of homeowners whose properties have been significantly damaged by mica will not be ready for next week’s budget. Micheál Martin stressed that the Government wants to provide a “comprehensive solut...
read more
Taoiseach: Fighting Climate Change Will Require Shared-Policies Across Island Of Ireland
October 8, 2021 No Responses

Taoiseach: Fighting Climate Change Will Require Shared-Policies Across Island Of Ireland

The fight against climate change will need joined-up policy and investment on a cross-Border basis, the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin said there is no more “significant and common concern” than tackling the generational challenge of climate change in...
read more
Donaldson Welcomes ‘Change In Tone’ From EU On NI Protocol
October 8, 2021 No Responses

Donaldson Welcomes ‘Change In Tone’ From EU On NI Protocol

Jeffrey Donaldson has welcomed the “change in tone” from the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol. The DUP leader made the comment following a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Belfast on Friday. They discussed the latest proposals by the...
read more
Government Releases Detail Of Plan To Raise Pension Age To 68
October 7, 2021 No Responses

Government Releases Detail Of Plan To Raise Pension Age To 68

The Government has published a report which proposes raising the state pension age to 68 by 2039. The Report of the Commission on Pensions develops options for ministers to consider in order to address the sustainability of the state pension...
read more
Sinn Féin Calls For Funding Of Citizens’ Assembly On Reunification In Budget 2022
October 7, 2021 No Responses

Sinn Féin Calls For Funding Of Citizens’ Assembly On Reunification In Budget 2022

Sinn Féin have called on the Government to include a provision for a citizens’ assembly on a united Ireland in next week’s budget. In their alternative budget proposals, launched in Dublin on Thursday, the party included an allocation of €1.5...
read more
PSNI Launch Investigation Into Alleged Abuse At Mother And Baby Homes
October 6, 2021 No Responses

PSNI Launch Investigation Into Alleged Abuse At Mother And Baby Homes

Police in Northern Ireland have announced a probe into allegations of abuse at mother and baby homes. The announcement comes after an independent panel recommended a public inquiry to examine human rights abuses in the homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses...
read more
Coveney: Britain ‘Not Likely’ To Invoke Article 16
October 6, 2021 No Responses

Coveney: Britain ‘Not Likely’ To Invoke Article 16

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that he does not believe that the UK government is likely to trigger Article 16 in the near future. Simon Coveney said on Wednesday that he did not think it was likely that...
read more
1 … 47 48 49 50 51 … 288