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January 10, 2021 No Responses

Health Service Begins Accessing Private Hospital’s Surge Capacity

The HSE has begun accessing the surge capacity agreed with private hospitals as the system comes under increasing pressure, its chief executive has said. Paul Reid said private hospitals have begun providing some non-Covid urgent care to public patients in...

January 10, 2021 No Responses

50,000 Places In Further Education And Training Courses To Be Created This Year

Minister for Further Education Simon Harris has confirmed an additional 50,000 places in further education and training courses will be created this year. The extra places will bring the total number of courses in further education and training to 300,000,...

January 9, 2021 No Responses

Health Officials Believe South African Variant Cases Have Been Contained In Ireland

Three cases of the South African Covid-19 variant discovered in Ireland have been contained, a senior health official has said. The first cases of the more infectious variant were confirmed in Ireland on Friday in people who had travelled from...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

People Before Profit Calls For Strict Lockdowns Until Covid-19 Is Eliminated

Ireland’s strict lockdown should continue until community transmission of Covid-19 is eliminated, People Before Profit has said. Richard Boyd Barrett called for the Government to abandon its policy of living with Covid and instead implement a zero-Covid appr...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

More Than Half A Million People On Live Register Or Supported With PUP

There were 517,347 people on either the Live Register or Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) in December, new figures show. The figure represents a decrease of 3.4 per cent on the previous month. Live Register figures eased slightly in December, according...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

Over 200 People Died With Covid-19 In The North Over Christmas

More than 200 people died with Covid-19 over the Christmas period in Northern Ireland, official statistics show. That included 115 in the week December 19th-25th and a further 91 in the week from December 26th to January 1st. Total fatalities...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

‘Up To One In Forty’ May Have Covid-19 In Parts Of The North

As many as one in 40 people may have coronavirus in some parts of Northern Ireland, the region’s chief scientific adviser has warned. Prof Ian Young said one in 100 had a Covid-19 diagnosis in the last week, but that...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Mass Cull Of 100,000 Birds To Begin In The North After Avian Flu Outbreak

A mass cull of more than 100,000 birds is to take place following an outbreak of avian flu in Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been found in...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

US Special Envoy To The North Resigns After Violence In Washington, DC

The US special envoy to Northern Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, has resigned from his post. Mr Mulvaney, a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, said he “can’t stay” in the role following chaotic scenes in Washington DC when protesters...

January 6, 2021 No Responses

Ireland’s Leaders Express Concern And Dismay After Washington Unrest

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has voiced his “concern and dismay” at events in Washington DC, where pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol building. Mr Martin tweeted: “The Irish people have a deep connection with the United States of America, built up ove...

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