Flu cases: Three people have died and over 400 hospitalised this winter season
The number of notified influenza cases increased by 91 per cent in the past week from 277 to 528 cases for the week ending December 8th
Covid-19
Disinformation around vaccines will get worse, says WHO head
Dr Mike Ryan says a new approach is required to engage with people on the benefits of medical treatment
Q&A: Is it too late to get the flu vaccine this year to be covered for Christmas?
There has been a rise in cases of influenza and high levels are expected between Christmas and the New Year, interim Chief Medical Officer Prof Mary Horgan has warned
High Court upholds US court’s annulment of Irish marriage entered into during Covid
Annulment granted on grounds that ‘the parties felt under pressure to proceed with the wedding’ given the cancellations due to pandemic restrictions
Covid factor chills profits at pharma group West
US packaging giant backing huge demand for injectable obesity drugs to fill the gap left by falling demand for Covid vaccines
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
Taoiseach will nominate chair for long-awaited Covid evaluation committee
Simon Harris was speaking on way into meeting in Government Buildings
‘This will be the first year in 58 we’ve never managed to turn a profit’: Irish hospitality sector at breaking point
From VAT increases and Covid closures to rising labour costs, business owners talk about sleepless nights over the uncertainty of working in the industry
Mr Eason: The Meath accountant who turned a bookshop chain into a cash cow
Having survived Brexit, Covid and competition from Amazon, Liam Hanly has a new plan to grow profits
Tánaiste ‘hopeful’ long-awaited Covid inquiry terms of reference published before election
Martin hopes for ‘constructive’ learning from mistakes, otherwise in next pandemic people will be ‘watching their backs rather than making decisions’
‘During Covid, shopping was my medicine. I still have clothes in my wardrobe with tags that I bought during that time’
Lana Dullaghan is an interior designer
Coroner recommends recording of all adverse reactions to Covid vaccines at inquest into Waterford man’s death
Narrative verdict returned at inquest into death of Roy Butler (23) five days after receiving Janssen Covid-19 vaccine
EU budget watchdog raises concerns about spending for post-Covid recovery
No point in EU throwing ‘buckets of money’ at countries without spending controls, top auditor says
From almost drowning in Scotland to a bug in his toilet: four of the best moments from Boris Johnson’s book
Britain’s former prime minister has written a memoir, Unleashed, which will go on sale next week
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