[ad_1] Members of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) called for a hotel quarantine to be imposed on all passengers arriving in Ireland. The long-awaited quarantine system will be introduced this week, but it will only apply to people arriving from 33 countries considered high-risk for Covid-19. Tifco Hotel Group will operate the system … Read more
[ad_1] Tifco Hotel Group will operate the state’s mandatory quarantine regime for passengers arriving in this country under an agreement to be announced this week. The group has designated the Holiday Inn Express and the Crowne Plaza hotel near Dublin Airport to be among the initial quarantine hotels. Four hotels will be used when the … Read more
[ad_1] Almost 10 percent of the total population of the Republic has received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, new figures show. Until March 18, a total of 654,251 vaccines were administered: 478,725 first doses and 175,526 second doses. Health officials expect the 30,000 people who did not receive the AstraZeneca vaccine last … Read more
[ad_1] A priest from Co Cavan has received a fine, which is understood to be € 500, for celebrating Mass with those present. Father PJ Hughes in Mullahoran received the fixed penalty notice after being informed to Gardaí. Under the Level 5 restriction, places of worship must remain closed except for private prayer. Writing in … Read more
[ad_1] An unlicensed shebeen bar was discovered in Limerick after Gardaí searched a garage next to a private home in the county under Operation Navigation, established to enforce liquor licensing laws during the pandemic. The last shebeen found during Saturday’s search was “a fully operational unlicensed bar,” according to Gardaí. “When Gardaí arrived there were … Read more
[ad_1] The contract for the mandatory hotel quarantine system will be awarded to Tifco Hotel Group, as RTÉ News has understood. The group has 24 hotel properties with more than 2,550 rooms in total. Hotels include the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express next to Dublin Airport, and Travelodge hotels at Dublin and Cork airports. … Read more
[ad_1] GARDAÍ on Henry Street searched a private premises in Limerick on Saturday in connection with alleged violations of liquor licensing legislation in support of current public health measures. As part of Operation Navigation, Gardaí discovered a fully operational unlicensed bar in a garage adjacent to the facility. The Limerick location has not been disclosed. … Read more
[ad_1] For nine of the last 14 days, the number of new Covid-19 cases has “stagnated” between 500 and 650. It has been slightly lower on other days. NPHET described the situation in its briefing Thursday as “stagnant” or “static.” He said there was no group to which this plateau could be attributed and, in … Read more
[ad_1] There have been 769 Covid-19 cases reported by the Department of Health, along with two Covid-related deaths. It is the largest daily increase in reported cases since Friday, February 26. Professor Philip Nolan, head of the epidemiological modeling advisory group for the National Public Health Emergency Team, has said there has been a 9% … Read more
[ad_1] Senior health officials said it will be “some time” before vaccination can allow social restrictions to be eased in Ireland. They also warned that we are in a “very different situation” than we were in spring 2020 due to mutations in the virus, and that we cannot expect progress at a “similar rate”. The … Read more