India and Iran set to be added to mandatory hotel quarantine listTravellers arriving into State from countries on list must spend at least 12 days in hotelTue Apr 27 2021 - 13:23
Double boost for Ireland’s vaccine rollout: J&J use approved and AstraZeneca restrictions easedAllowing J&J for over 50s, along with change in AstraZeneca guidelines, to accelerate vaccinationsTue Apr 27 2021 - 06:37
Cabinet to be warned public spending levels are unsustainablePandemic supports burning through cash quicker than anticipatedTue Apr 27 2021 - 00:30
Niac to recommend Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines for over-50sUse of both vaccines had been curtailed due to concerns around blood-clotting eventsMon Apr 26 2021 - 20:57
Ibec calls for clear roadmap for reopening of the economyLetter to Taoiseach and Ministers says ‘summer being outdoors’ is not a planMon Apr 26 2021 - 18:30
Coronavirus: Five further deaths and 461 new cases reported as a quarter of adults get first vaccineNumber of Covid-19 patients in hospital falls to 162, the lowest level since OctoberSat Apr 24 2021 - 17:14
Coalition partnership settles down into grumpy middle-ageBig two may be uneasy allies but realising this circumstance is recognition of political realitySat Apr 24 2021 - 01:00
Vaccine rollout to be boosted by delivery of 165,000 AstraZeneca dosesChange to supply plan comes after EMA licenses manufacture of drug in Asian plantSat Apr 24 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: State regulator reports serious clotting events linked to AstraZeneca jabFewer than five reports of clotting with low platelets post-jab, regulatory authority saysFri Apr 23 2021 - 01:00
Q&A: What’s happening now with the Covid-19 vaccination programme?Niac to discuss key elements of the State’s plan on ThursdayThu Apr 22 2021 - 01:00
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine usage expected to begin next weekNiac to consider extending time between doses of Pfizer jab to vaccinate more peopleThu Apr 22 2021 - 01:00
Easing Covid restrictions: Ministers want as wide a reopening as possible in MayCabinet agrees to proceed as planned with further easing of measures from MondayWed Apr 21 2021 - 03:40
Gerard Hogan nominated to Supreme Court by GovernmentProcedures approved to appoint chief justice to succeed Frank ClarkeWed Apr 21 2021 - 00:01
Mary Lou McDonald writes to Queen over death of Prince PhilipLetter suggests SF leader following example of McGuinness in seeking to build relations with British royalsTue Apr 20 2021 - 20:20
May reopening: Expect a choppy week ahead of final announcementThere remains much division on how much loosening of restrictions is wise at this stageTue Apr 20 2021 - 18:18
Sorry, not sorry: McDonald’s Mountbatten comments mark a change of toneThough the Sinn Féin leader has not broken from party theology, a shift is perceptibleTue Apr 20 2021 - 03:00
Sinn Féin denies using social media data mining to enhance voter databaseParty will ‘take on board’ any suggestions from commissioner on database management, says Eoin Ó BroinMon Apr 19 2021 - 21:16
Under-30s may get vaccinated early under new plan being considered to slow Covid-19Officials fear a spike in cases among younger people once society begins to reopenSat Apr 17 2021 - 01:43
Pat Leahy: Scrap the ‘abundance of caution’ approach to vaccine rolloutPrioritising the young over middle-aged is one approach that could pay dividendsSat Apr 17 2021 - 01:00
President Michael D Higgins at 80: What can we expect from the rest of his term?After a year in lockdown, the President must choose the themes for the remainder of his time in the ÁrasFri Apr 16 2021 - 19:42
Scramble to fix problems with vaccination and mandatory quarantineDouble blow likely to mean significantly fewer vaccines administered this monthWed Apr 14 2021 - 03:59
Speed of economic recovery depends on vaccination – reportKey stability document to be published by Government on WednesdayWed Apr 14 2021 - 01:00
HSE cancels all AstraZeneca vaccine clinics for rest of this weekOne option available is to space out the doses between vaccines still being administeredTue Apr 13 2021 - 22:38
Is it sensible to delay vaccines if we are at risk of a fourth wave of the virus?Politicians are terrified to deviate from public health advice, so the key decision-makers are the top health officialsTue Apr 13 2021 - 21:02
Robert Watt to be appointed secretary general at Department of HealthJob comes with controversial salary of €292k, the highest paid to a civil servantMon Apr 12 2021 - 00:30
High level contacts between Dublin, London and Belfast continue as riots easeGovernment plays down Jeffrey Donaldson’s comments critical of Simon CoveneyMon Apr 12 2021 - 00:15
Green Party ‘to move on from recent events’ with review of nominationsRow eases over Dublin Mayor Hazel Chu’s decision to stand for Seanad byelection as an independentMon Apr 12 2021 - 00:11
Ministers fear new AstraZeneca curbs will slow vaccine rolloutOfficials awaiting advice as drug linked to blood clots which have affected younger peopleMon Apr 12 2021 - 00:10
Extension of hotel quarantine to proceed despite capacity fearsCurbs on more countries imposed as Covid variant concerns persistMon Apr 12 2021 - 00:09
Pat Leahy: Second phase of vaccinations presents new challengesThis time around the issue is not getting the supply but administering the shots that have been deliveredSat Apr 10 2021 - 01:00
EU and UK must work together on North, says TaoiseachMartin acknowledges unionist anger, but little prospect of agreement being reopenedSat Apr 10 2021 - 01:00
Loyalist paramilitaries deny involvement in street violence and criticise Irish GovernmentAnother night of violence in Northern Ireland sees a further 19 police officers injured and two arrestsFri Apr 09 2021 - 21:19
‘Unionism is in turmoil’: Worry in Dublin as North threatens to regressGovernment is keen to make NI protocol as acceptable to unionists as possibleFri Apr 09 2021 - 01:00
‘We’re not there yet’: Nphet warns against further easing of Covid restrictionsPlans to expand quarantine list next week as first Irish case of ‘rare’ blood clot investigatedFri Apr 09 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach, Boris Johnson and Joe Biden urge calm following Northern Ireland riotsNorthern Ireland Executive calls for end to ‘deplorable’ street violenceThu Apr 08 2021 - 23:25
EU ministers ‘frustrated’ by lack of EMA guidance on AstraZeneca vaccineNational Immunisation Advisory Committee to discuss State’s position on shotThu Apr 08 2021 - 12:24
Pressure grows on Government to review use of AstraZeneca vaccinesDonnelly and Glynn set to consider vaccine in context of other EU countries’ restrictionsThu Apr 08 2021 - 03:02
State expects to get 3.9m Covid-19 vaccine doses in next three monthsDepartment of Health outlines rise in projected deliveries by end of JuneWed Apr 07 2021 - 14:26
Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire settles defamation claim against RTÉCork South Central TD settles for sum understood to be in excess of €150,000Wed Apr 07 2021 - 01:00
Deliver those Covid vaccines into our arms right here, right nowHSE guarded on precise drug rollout figures as confidence shaky for immediate futureWed Apr 07 2021 - 01:00
Wide use of rapid Covid tests recommended by expert group, but members are split‘Majority report’ is in favour of mass rollout of antigen tests, possibly in schools by SeptemberTue Mar 30 2021 - 16:11
Greens making a very difficult task even harder for themselvesTime for party to decide if it wants to play at politics or make a differenceSat Mar 27 2021 - 01:00
Mandatory hotel quarantine: more political necessity than public health imperative?Inside Politics: Government has indicated list of countries in quarantine system will soon be expandedWed Mar 24 2021 - 08:02
New constitution will be needed for a united Ireland, says FF’s O’CallaghanProminent backbencher says unionists must be part of any future all-Ireland governmentTue Mar 23 2021 - 13:53
Covid-19: Government pins hopes on vaccine rollout accelerationInside Politics: Efforts to catch up on backlog in health service treatments will not begin until autumnTue Mar 23 2021 - 08:12
Cancer services will not fully resume until year-end under HSE's pandemic planOutpatient appointments and elective procedures to be fully restored from JuneTue Mar 23 2021 - 03:34
‘Absolutely vital’ to keep vaccine supply chains open, Martin saysTaoiseach ‘very much against’ proposed ban on vaccine exports from European UnionMon Mar 22 2021 - 14:10
April 5th may see construction resume on a phased basis and extension of 5km travel limitIf Covid-19 cases remain high travel restrictions could be expanded only to 10km or perhaps 8kmSat Mar 20 2021 - 01:32
Pat Leahy: Sinn Féin fudge on abortion Bill part of its path onwardsMcDonald hasn’t mentioned the DUP Bill is in accordance with her party’s policySat Mar 20 2021 - 01:00
Preparations for AstraZeneca vaccinations to resume amid optimism on safety clearanceReview of jab by European Medicines Agency due to be completed on ThursdayWed Mar 17 2021 - 01:00
