Mother and baby homes commission accused of ‘disrespect’Survivor say evidence was misrepresented and call for accountability of commissionFri Jun 11 2021 - 19:54
Nursing homes express alarm at loss of State funding for Covid-19 prevention measuresPrivate nursing homes raise ‘very serious concerns’ with Holohan about end of schemeThu Jun 10 2021 - 20:47
FG members used business cards from fake polling companyPolling firms express concern about how they are seen by the public after revelations about partiesThu Jun 10 2021 - 19:41
Four in five nursing homes reported at least one Covid case in 2020 – regulatorHiqa says number of unexpected deaths more than doubled to 1,833 during 2020Wed Jun 09 2021 - 19:24
McGinley says first HSE meeting after call for investigation a ‘good start’Dubliner wants wife’s treatment before she killed their three children investigatedWed Jun 09 2021 - 18:06
Nine-month post-Covid immunity ‘increases fully vaccinated numbers with single dose’Longer immunity period would increase number of under-50s who only need one dose of vaccine, Hiqa saysThu Jun 03 2021 - 10:36
HSE still in ‘state of very high risk’ amid slow recovery from cyberattackChief operations officer says just 30,000 of health service’s 80,000 IT devices cleaned so farWed Jun 02 2021 - 19:25
Northern Ireland faces ‘turbulent few months’ over Brexit, says VaradkarTánaiste warns against any unilateral action that would damage Irish Sea trade dealWed Jun 02 2021 - 12:09
Health worker caught Covid twice in first scientist-confirmed Irish reinfection caseConcern for semi-vaccinated over more infectious Indian variant as restrictions liftedWed Jun 02 2021 - 01:00
Coveney discusses case of detained Irish businessman with Chinese ministerExit ban on Richard O’Halloran raised during weekend visit by Minister to ChinaTue Jun 01 2021 - 20:00
Breached data at INM may have contained sensitive information – regulatorConfidential information identifying journalistic sources may have been accessedTue Jun 01 2021 - 01:00
Reopening plan is ‘work in progress’ with risk from Indian variant - Luke O’NeillImmunology professor sees reopening as ‘sensible’ but ‘close eye’ needed on more infectious strainFri May 28 2021 - 17:12
Connemara school fears for its long-term futurePrincipal hopes remote working as a result of Covid might encourage families to relocateThu May 27 2021 - 01:00
HSE uneasy about restarting record-sharing system between hospitalsCyberattack like ‘a missile dropped’ into health service with the impact unknownThu May 27 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Nursing-home outbreaks linked to high local infection ratesReport from health watchdog and HSE surveillance centre notes hazard of congregated settingsWed May 26 2021 - 14:39
Spread of Covid-19 from shop worker led to 54 people becoming infectedDoctor fears close contacts will think Covid tracing are hoax calls linked to cyberattackWed May 26 2021 - 01:00
Counselling helps nursing home staff manage ‘devastating impact’ of Covid-19Nursing home group recalls unprecedented ‘scale of the sickness’ of the third waveTue May 25 2021 - 02:00
Surge in people seeking Covid-19 tests in LimerickContact tracers find growing number of cases in county linked to social gatheringsMon May 24 2021 - 19:38
Traffic accidents four times more likely to be fatal on N20 Cork-Limerick roadRoute upgrade not expected to be complete until 2027 with €850m earmarked for projectMon May 24 2021 - 18:13
Andrew McGinley urges Government to involve him in any law changesWillingness to bring new mental health legislation before Oireachtas welcomedMon May 24 2021 - 01:05
Global outcry after Belarus forces Ryanair flight to land and arrests activistBelarus’s ‘unprecedented actions’ to detain activist spark widespread concernMon May 24 2021 - 01:00
Cyberattack: HSE braced for release of stolen patient dataPlans to counter leak drawn up with Garda, data protection chief and social media firmsMon May 24 2021 - 00:52
Aviation, hospitality and live events in line to reopen by end July‘Very significant’ decision on reopening of badly hit sectors to be made on FridayMon May 24 2021 - 00:05
Public appetite for Covid-19 vaccine rises sharply since January – surveyNumber of those who will refuse jab declines three points since start of year to 4 per centMon May 24 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: Top public health official warns on rapid reopeningMutations can ‘exploit fact that we are only partially protected in July’, says Prof Philip NolanMon May 24 2021 - 00:00
Forced landing of Ryanair plane in Belarus to detain activist ‘unacceptable’, EU saysPlane from Athens to Vilnius was escorted to Minsk airport by a fighter aircraftSun May 23 2021 - 15:48
Up in the air: Pilots grounded by Covid-19 face a turbulent futureHundreds of Irish pilots on minimal or no pay have been forced to look for low-paid jobsSat May 22 2021 - 06:00
Proposal to involve families in treatment of mentally ill relativesMinister to seek Cabinet approval on wider role for advocates in patient psychiatric careSat May 22 2021 - 02:33
Creche owner had to do her own contact tracing after cyberattackHSE says the affected north Co Dublin childcare facility was an ‘isolated case’Fri May 21 2021 - 20:30
Taoiseach quizzed at IBRC loan write-offs inquiry by Denis O’Brien legal teamMicheál Martin appeared before commission to discuss 2015 private meeting with then senior Department of Finance officialFri May 21 2021 - 19:23
Higher cost of building materials could ‘lock out’ more home-buyersBuilders warn increased pandemic-related costs must be passed on to buyersThu May 20 2021 - 01:01
Nama close to approving sale of Dublin apartments to UK-based fundState agency reaches deal in principle with serial block-buyer of apartments to rentTue May 18 2021 - 01:03
Noonan testifies at inquiry into loan write-offs at IBRCFormer minister for finance asked about department’s relationship with State bankMon May 17 2021 - 21:56
Cyberattacks a ‘wake-up call’ for politicians and public, experts warnResourcing cybersecurity properly ‘as necessary as paying your health insurance’Mon May 17 2021 - 20:47
State must invest further on cyber security protections - multinational sectorIreland’s reputation has not been undermined by HSE cyber attack, says US chamberMon May 17 2021 - 19:52
Cyber attack to impede ability of health service to organise effective Covid-19 testingHSE says receipt of results may be delayed and those with test appointments booked urged to attendFri May 14 2021 - 15:14
Court ruling could help up to 20,000 people in Celtic Tiger-era debtCourt permits 54-year-old woman to keep paying mortgage until she is 90Fri May 14 2021 - 01:00
Israeli ambassador accuses some TDs of spewing ‘hate’ towards Jewish stateVaradkar says Israel’s aggression is ‘unacceptable’ while condemning Hamas for human rights violationsThu May 13 2021 - 19:51
Covid-19 contact tracers start day-four check-in calls with self-isolatorsCalls being made to positive cases to check if they need financial or mental health supportWed May 12 2021 - 20:55
‘Excessive attraction’ to invest in Ireland for tax reasons – former US treasury secretaryLarry Summers says reliance on multinationals ‘cause of concern’ with US tax plansWed May 12 2021 - 18:29
Generation Covid: Are there short-term fixes to help young adults?Experts believe changes are urgently needed for long-term problemsTue May 11 2021 - 20:50
Care home lacked isolation space five months after Covid-19 outbreakHiqa report raises concerns about Clonakilty facility where 10 residents died last yearTue May 11 2021 - 13:44
‘We are living a nightmare’ – Indian nurses in Ireland fear for family at homeTwo nursing home staff feel 'helpless' as they witness India's Covid crisis from afarMon May 10 2021 - 01:17
New online portal to open for self-referral Covid-19 testsHSE’s testing plan aims to target younger people as average age of infections fallsThu May 06 2021 - 21:23
Irish Sea ferry firms call for reopening of Irish-UK travelTime needed to prepare for resumption of movement, say Stena Line and Irish FerriesThu May 06 2021 - 17:41
Government and big pharma face clash on Covid-19 vaccine patent waiverTwo Ministers back US support for patent waiver opposed by pharmaceutical industryThu May 06 2021 - 14:28
New reported Covid-19 outbreaks in Traveller community double in a weekPavee Point says high incidence rate shows urgency of priority vaccination for TravellersWed May 05 2021 - 16:48
Younger people with disabilities living 'wasted lives' in nursing homesOmbudsman report finds some did not give informed consent to be placed in home long-termWed May 05 2021 - 00:01
Number on Covid-19 unemployment payment falls below 400,000Pandemic Unemployment Payment to be paid to more than 385,000 people this weekTue May 04 2021 - 20:02
Alan Shatter: ‘I was effectively cancelled, completely’The former minister will ‘never fully get over’ the circumstances of his departure from cabinetSat May 01 2021 - 06:00
