Covid-19

Dublin riots left north inner city youth ‘traumatised’ by the stigma of violence

Many young people remain on edge and feel unfairly blamed for the violence, while local youth workers question a system that ‘allows people to be born into poverty’

Trump names TV doctor Mehmet Oz as Medicare, Medicaid chief

Oz was an informal health adviser to Trump during Covid-19, when he promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that was not approved to treat the coronavirus

Gilead’s Irish business sees profit slump on falling sales of Covid drug

Business which accounts for close to one-third of group sales also took in €437m in dividends from subsidiaries dotted worldwide

Trump nominates vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy jnr to run US health department

Appointment would put Kennedy, who sowed doubts about Covid-19 vaccines, in charge of a department with a $1.8 trillion budget

Whooping cough cases in country increase by 3,000% in a year

Latest figures show 567 cases in Ireland up to November 9th, compared to 18 cases in 2023

Hybrid working gains made during pandemic must be protected, Fórsa election document says

Pay increases that go above rate of inflation among other key issues next government must address, says union

Irish chefs return to the kitchen in post-Covid bounce

Fáilte Ireland research has identified a softening of difficulty in filling key hospitality roles, although staff concerns linger

Supreme Court rejects ‘wafer thin’ arguments by women who refused hotel quarantine after Dubai trip

Niamh Mulreany (27) and Kirstie McGrath (32) had appealed High Court dismissal of their challenge to lockdown prosecution

Robert Kennedy jnr’s influence over Donald Trump sparks Big Pharma alarm

Vaccine sceptic expected to hold sway over health policy and top appointments

Covid-19 left deep scars in Irish society. Those whose lives were lost or upended deserve better

People need, want and deserve a proper accounting of the successes and failures of the handling of the pandemic

RIP FF-FG-Green Coalition, 2020-2024 - Miriam Lord’s look back at the Government

Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other

This is the ‘Yes Minister’ approach to a Covid inquiry

An 'evaluation' is not an inquiry. But the question of what happened in nursing homes will not go away

Gillian Welch: ‘The community outpouring was incredible here in Nashville. This album is our giant thank-you note’

In 2020, just before Covid hit the US, a tornado hit the country music star’s studio. She and David Rawlings responded with Woodland

Clocking out: Why Gen Z are saying no to management roles

‘Conscious unbossing’ is the new buzz phrase in Gen Z-based employment, but is it just individualism repackaged?

Ireland’s Covid ‘evaluation’ will avoid UK’s ‘gotcha’ moments - but critics say it looks tokenistic

Government officials believe it is entirely unfair to compare Ireland’s handling of the pandemic to that of the UK

The Irish Times view on the Government’s Covid evaluation: a minimalist response

There will be criticism that the proposed process is toothless and insufficiently independent

‘They just want us to work and have babies.’ Exasperation in China as Halloween falls foul of authorities

Beijing Letter: Bars and clubs abruptly called off their Halloween parties and sent out instructions that patrons should not show up in costume

Government will ‘keep an open mind’ on extra powers for Covid-19 committee, says Harris

Taoiseach says he will ‘move swiftly’ to provide clarity on general election once Finance Bill is passed

I’ve liberated myself from the toxic cycle of wine o’clock

Sobriety may be trendy right now, but for me it’s been a much deeper personal shift

Government’s Covid ‘evaluation’ to be voluntary, with no powers of compellability

Prof Anne Scott will chair exercise, which is ‘not a statutory inquiry’, and decide on public hearings

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