More Covid-19 Cases In January Than In All Of 2020
January 31, 2021 No Responses

More Covid-19 Cases In January Than In All Of 2020

There have been more than 1,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 and more than 100,000 cases of the virus in Ireland in January, it has emerged. Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan warned about the remaining level of infection on Saturday...
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Criticism Grows Despite EU U-Turn On Vaccine Export Controls To The North
January 30, 2021 No Responses

Criticism Grows Despite EU U-Turn On Vaccine Export Controls To The North

Criticism of the European Union is mounting after its short-lived move to override part of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland over export controls on Covid-19 vaccines. UK prime minister Boris Johnson was urged by the North’s first minister Arlene...
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Foster Calls For British Government To Replace NI Protocol After Vaccine Row
January 30, 2021 No Responses

Foster Calls For British Government To Replace NI Protocol After Vaccine Row

Northern Ireland’s first minister has pressed British prime minister Boris Johnson to replace the NI Protocol after the EU sparked a dispute over vaccine controls. The EU caused outrage on Friday evening when it invoked Article 16 of the post-Brexit...
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Taoiseach Welcomes EU’s U-Turn On Vaccine Border Restrictions For The North
January 30, 2021 No Responses

Taoiseach Welcomes EU’s U-Turn On Vaccine Border Restrictions For The North

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has welcomed the European Commission’s decision not to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit. In an extraordinary move that blindsided both Ireland and the UK, the EU invoked Article 16 of the Northern...
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Northern Parties Unite To Condemn EU’s Attempt To Block Vaccine Exports
January 29, 2021 No Responses

Northern Parties Unite To Condemn EU’s Attempt To Block Vaccine Exports

Parties across the political spectrum in Northern Ireland have condemned a bid by Brussels to block the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the region. The EU has moved to prevent Northern Ireland from being used as a back door to...
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Taoiseach Expresses Concerns Over EU Decision To Block Vaccine Supplies To The North
January 29, 2021 No Responses

Taoiseach Expresses Concerns Over EU Decision To Block Vaccine Supplies To The North

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has spoken to the European Commission’s president to express concerns over EU plans to block the supply of Covid-19 vaccinations into Northern Ireland. In an unexpected move on Friday, the European Union triggered Article 16 of the....
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Ireland To Receive First Shipment Of AstraZeneca Vaccine In Early February
January 29, 2021 No Responses

Ireland To Receive First Shipment Of AstraZeneca Vaccine In Early February

Ireland will receive its first shots of AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine during the week beginning February 8th after its approval by Europe’s medicines regulator, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said. “The contract was t...
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New Restrictions On Travel Are Introduced As Lockdown Is Extended
January 27, 2021 No Responses

New Restrictions On Travel Are Introduced As Lockdown Is Extended

The Taoiseach has defended the Government’s plan to reduce Covid-19 cases after it introduced new restrictions on travel and extended the lockdown. Micheál Martin said he will do “whatever it takes” to keep numbers down, telling the Dáil there will...
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Archbishop Eamon Martin Asks For Forgiveness From Survivors Of Mother And Baby Homes
January 27, 2021 No Responses

Archbishop Eamon Martin Asks For Forgiveness From Survivors Of Mother And Baby Homes

The head of the Catholic church in Ireland has apologized and asked for the forgiveness of the survivors of the mother and baby homes. Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin issued a statement after the publication of the research report on...
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Rabbitte: Ireland Still Targeting Vaccinating Every Adult By September
January 26, 2021 No Responses

Rabbitte: Ireland Still Targeting Vaccinating Every Adult By September

Ireland’s target remains to vaccinate every adult in the country by September, despite disruptions to the supply chain, the Seanad has heard. Junior Minister Anne Rabbitte, speaking on behalf of the Minister for Health, said the Government has “significant...
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