Coronavirus: Cork company altering personal protective equipment flown from China‘We took the legs off them and used them as sleeves, because a lot of the sleeves on the garments are too short’Tue Apr 07 2020 - 19:38
Q&A Covid-19 testing: How many tests have we done?What happened to the goal of 15,000 tests a day and other testing questionsThu Apr 02 2020 - 01:12
Ireland’s pharma industry gears up to make key ingredient for Covid-19 testingInability to secure sufficient supplies of reagent has led to reduced testing of samplesThu Apr 02 2020 - 01:10
Childcare workers laid off by employers who still had State subsidies‘Certain providers put the interest of their business ahead of staff and parents’ – SiptuThu Apr 02 2020 - 01:01
Coronavirus: Equipment shortfall brings test results down to 1,500 a dayHealth service hoping to reach goal of 15,000 test results per day by mid-AprilWed Apr 01 2020 - 01:15
Coronavirus: Equipment shortages continue to stall HSE testing scheduleStocks expected to be fully replenished by Tuesday while laboratories also lack reagentMon Mar 30 2020 - 21:24
Coronavirus: Medical staff may face ‘emotional distress’ over patient prioritisationDocument aims to aid difficult decisions on patient priority and resource allocationMon Mar 30 2020 - 02:45
Coronavirus: Medics get guidelines on 'difficult decisions to be made'Advice an aid to staff ‘in thinking through difficult decisions that will need to be made’Mon Mar 30 2020 - 02:38
Coronavirus: Ireland should ‘look seriously’ at closing borders to keep new infections outTen more deaths and 200 new cases bring death toll in Republic of Ireland to 46 and case total to 2,615Mon Mar 30 2020 - 02:33
Coronavirus: Creches under pressure could receive fast-tracked financial supportPotential extra funding for creches still in financial difficulty could come from the Early Learning and Care Sustainability FundSun Mar 29 2020 - 17:04
Coronavirus: Smartphone app to facilitate contact tracing to be rolled out, HSE saysData protection experts caution design should be compliant with privacy and data processing standardsSun Mar 29 2020 - 13:49
Coronavirus: Oxygen equipment meant for Ireland held back by ItalySupplier cites recent Italian law that domestic need take precedence over exportsSat Mar 28 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: Children services being shifted from Tallaght hospitalMove as a result of ‘anticipated demand on acute services, especially adult services’Thu Mar 26 2020 - 20:41
Two men found dead after fire in Kells, Co MeathGardaí say two other people who were in the house at the time are uninjuredThu Mar 26 2020 - 12:07
Creches look for clarity on Zappone financial assistance schemeState to underwrite wage bill in exchange for waiving fees charged to hard-pressed parentsThu Mar 26 2020 - 01:00
New coronavirus testing criteria put GPs under ‘considerable strain’GPs also say reduced testing means estimates of virus’s prevalence will be less accurateWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:25
Coronavirus: The latest major adjustment to testing eligibility explainedWhere things were relatively simple, a lot of complexity has been introduced overnightWed Mar 25 2020 - 11:56
Private hospitals in State to cater for Covid-19 cases only as pandemic spreadsNon-essential elective surgery in private facilities to ‘go to back of queue’ during crisisWed Mar 25 2020 - 05:15
Coronavirus: People told to stay at home, non-essential shops closedNumber testing positives jumps by over 200 for second day in a row, while another fatality is recordedWed Mar 25 2020 - 00:10
Coronavirus: Creches will not ask parents for fees after deal with StateWages of childcare workers topped up beyond the 70 per cent levelTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:18
Coronavirus: Enhanced income supports due to be announcedState will pay employers 70-80% of a worker’s salary up to €35,000-€40,000Tue Mar 24 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus test backlog: How did it emerge and can it be controlled?State’s strategy for controlling Covid-19 has put unprecedented pressure on our virus testing systemTue Mar 24 2020 - 01:00
Academics urge EU to issue ‘eurobonds’ to aid coronavirus responseMore than 400 sign open letter calling for bill to be picked up by euro zone not individual statesMon Mar 23 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus: Huawei to send medical equipment to IrelandChinese tech company ‘will do everything we can to help’ as part of Covid-19 relief effortsFri Mar 20 2020 - 03:00
Coronavirus: Health experts warn against reading into data on Covid-19 patientsFigures released this week had shown concentrations of cases in people of working ageThu Mar 19 2020 - 22:32
Coronavirus: Frontline doctors warn of delays in receiving test resultsMedics say patients should expect to wait up to a week for results amid unprecedented demandThu Mar 19 2020 - 17:06
Coronavirus: Government urged to show plans to deploy 4,500 student nursesUnion calls for agreement on pay and risks for student nurses combating Covid-19 surgeThu Mar 19 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: 300 dentists criticise guidance and seek halt to elective servicesMany dental practices scale back amid warnings the profession is ‘on the brink of collapse’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 17:28
Coronavirus: Facebook forced to restore Covid-19 posts following complaintsSocial network says posts on coronavirus were incorrectly removed from platformWed Mar 18 2020 - 16:32
Coronavirus: 54 new cases confirmed in Ireland, 15,000 forecast by end of MarchRise in cases cannot be stopped’ as restrictions set to be extended beyond March 29thMon Mar 16 2020 - 23:01
Another 54 new cases of coronavirus confirmed on MondayDepartment of Health projections suggest cases will rise significantly in coming daysMon Mar 16 2020 - 22:21
Coronavirus: Dental association warns of inevitable closure of dentists’ practicesGroup seeks urgent meeting with Minister amid fears for vulnerable professionalsMon Mar 16 2020 - 20:50
No plans to combat sharing of coronavirus misinformation on WhatsAppTaoiseach has urged people not to share dubious WhatsApp messages about virusMon Mar 16 2020 - 15:30
Coronavirus Ireland: 39 new cases and second death confirmed in the RepublicChief medical officer urges people to reduce social activities as much as possibleSat Mar 14 2020 - 20:14
Coronavirus: Second death in Republic as US extends travel ban to IrelandFrance to shut shops, restaurants; Coveney warns against non-essential journeys to PolandSat Mar 14 2020 - 20:13
Covid-19: Beaumont Hospital to use kidney association buildingFacility used by kidney transplant patients, dialysis patients and families during staysSat Mar 14 2020 - 18:17
Wexford Bus cuts capacity ‘to assist with social distancing’Brittany ferries announce changes to schedules in response to rolling coronavirus crisisSat Mar 14 2020 - 17:54
Coronavirus: HSE advises parents to carry on having play dates for childrenAll Dublin councils close children’s playgrounds amid concerns over spread of Covid-19Sat Mar 14 2020 - 12:40
Banks wary of Covid-19 impact on non-performing loan levelsRequests for debt moratoriums make lenders uneasy due to effect on balance sheetsSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:13
Coronavirus: Ireland to see ramping up of testing amid jump in new casesGovernment issues travel warning as borders across the world start to shut to tackle pandemicSat Mar 14 2020 - 03:01
Creche sector may face monthly shortfall of €12mConcern for childcare operators if Covid-19 emergency measures extendedSat Mar 14 2020 - 02:45
Defence Forces to shift to ‘status yellow’ with 330 troops aiding HSEPlatoons of 30 to be available to back up HSE at each barracks around RepublicSat Mar 14 2020 - 00:01
Broadcasters focusing on climate change to benefit from €40m schemeBAI will run up to three open funding rounds annually for ‘innovative programming’Fri Mar 13 2020 - 00:01
Minister warned of consequences of mixing Covid-19 and CF patientsMixing CF and Covid-19 patients ‘potentially disastrous’, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland saysThu Mar 12 2020 - 02:30
Coronavirus: how do I get tested to see if I have Covid-19?Everything you need to know about getting checked for the conditionTue Mar 10 2020 - 09:33
Dermot Desmond and Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin talk housingPair had ‘constructive exchange’ around billionaire financier’s Irish Times articleTue Mar 10 2020 - 01:00
Consumer experts believe fans entitled to Ireland-France match refundWarning of possible difficulties claiming from airlines or accommodation providersMon Mar 09 2020 - 20:37
Is Ireland prepared for a wetter future?Traditional political cures for flooding may not be effective in the years aheadSat Mar 07 2020 - 02:07
Gene therapy used in clinical trial for person with haemophiliaDevelopment hailed as ‘momentous occasion for the haemophilia community in Ireland’Thu Mar 05 2020 - 13:52
New direct provision centre at Rosslare to cater for up to 100Independent living facility to be located at former Rosslare Port Lodge Hotel siteMon Mar 02 2020 - 23:12
