Three More Irish Citizens Evacuated From Afghanistan
August 20, 2021 No Responses

Three More Irish Citizens Evacuated From Afghanistan

Three more Irish people have been evacuated from Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed. On Friday, the department said that a total of six Irish citizens have now left the country. Thirty-five Irish citizens and their dependents are currently...
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Almost A Quarter Of Irish ICU Admissions With Covid-19 Are Fully Vaccinated
August 19, 2021 No Responses

Almost A Quarter Of Irish ICU Admissions With Covid-19 Are Fully Vaccinated

Around a quarter of Covid-19 daily case numbers and intensive care admissions are in fully vaccinated people, according to the HSE. A briefing on Thursday heard around 20-23 per cent of ICU admissions, and between 20-25 per cent of daily...
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Sinn Féin Calls For Independent Inspections Of Homeless Accommodation
August 19, 2021 No Responses

Sinn Féin Calls For Independent Inspections Of Homeless Accommodation

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) would be given new powers to inspect all homeless accommodation, under new legislation proposed by Sinn Féin. The plan, announced on Thursday by Sinn Féin TD, Eoin Ó Broin, comes days after the...
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Brandon Lewis Meets With Group Representing Northern Veterans
August 19, 2021 No Responses

Brandon Lewis Meets With Group Representing Northern Veterans

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has met with a group representing army veterans. The Northern Ireland Veterans Movement (NIVM) has supported the UK government’s bid to introduce a statute of limitations on Troubles-era legacy killings. In a statemen...
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Irish Research Shows People With Long Covid Have Higher Measures Of Blood Clotting
August 16, 2021 No Responses

Irish Research Shows People With Long Covid Have Higher Measures Of Blood Clotting

New evidence shows that patients with long Covid continue to have higher measures of blood clotting, which may explain persistent symptoms, including reduced physical fitness and fatigue. The study, led by researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ir...
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Coveney: No Decision Made On Replacement For Zappone
August 16, 2021 No Responses

Coveney: No Decision Made On Replacement For Zappone

The Government is yet to decide whether to appoint another person to the role of UN special envoy on freedom of opinion and expression, following the Katherine Zappone controversy. The former children’s minister stepped back from the role after a...
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Ireland To Focus On Pfizer And Moderna Jabs Going Forward Says HSE
August 15, 2021 No Responses

Ireland To Focus On Pfizer And Moderna Jabs Going Forward Says HSE

Ireland is set to stop ordering further deliveries of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and place more reliance on mRNA jabs, the head of the HSE has said. Paul Reid said Ireland’s program would rely mainly on Pfizer...
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Almost 30,000 12 To 15-Year-Olds Receive Vaccinations So Far This Weekend
August 15, 2021 No Responses

Almost 30,000 12 To 15-Year-Olds Receive Vaccinations So Far This Weekend

Around 30,000 children aged 12 to 15 received Covid-19 vaccines in the first two days of the rollout to that age group in Ireland. Health Service Executive chief executive Paul Reid said 90,000 children in the cohort had been registered...
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Rising Hospital Admission Rates ‘Not Sustainable’ Says Scientific Advisor
August 14, 2021 No Responses

Rising Hospital Admission Rates ‘Not Sustainable’ Says Scientific Advisor

A senior scientific adviser to the Government has expressed concern after daily Covid-19 case numbers in Ireland exceeded 2,000 for the first time since January. Professor Philip Nolan, a leading academic involved in modelling the course of the disease, said.....
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British Government Warned That Amnesty Proposals Risk Undermining Reconciliation
August 13, 2021 No Responses

British Government Warned That Amnesty Proposals Risk Undermining Reconciliation

British government plans to ban future Troubles prosecutions risks undermining reconciliation in the North, the UK Labour party has warned. Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Louise Haigh urged the British prime minister to think again on the contentious propos...
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