[ad_1] Stormont’s ministers will meet later to discuss the final details of the exit strategy from the Northern Ireland blockade. There is uncertainty as to whether the plan will also be released today, as ministers had originally planned, or whether its publication will be delayed until later in the week. Prime Minister Arlene Foster and … Read more
[ad_1] Covid’s 15-minute rapid tests and new rules on ventilation of interior spaces are key elements of a new government plan to allow the country to reopen in the coming weeks, reveals a confidential Cabinet memorandum. The document, prepared for the ministers, establishes that in addition to the launch of the vaccine, the use of … Read more
[ad_1] More than 320,000 children and young people will return to their classrooms this morning for the first time since they left them last December. They include more than 260,000 elementary school children in the country, as well as 60,000 Leaving Certificate students. The special schools will also move to full capacity today, serving only … Read more
[ad_1] Horse trainer Gordon Elliott has apologized “deeply” for an image in which he appeared to be sitting on a dead horse. The image was posted and shared on Twitter over the weekend and the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board said the matter was under investigation. In a statement, the coach said: “I would like … Read more
[ad_1] The Garda ombudsman is investigating contact that “may have occurred” between one of the Hennessy brothers and the Mitchelstown Gardai prior to the double homicide suicide. A spokesperson confirmed that GSOC is conducting “preliminary investigations” as it emerged that the local station may have been called before Thursday’s incident. They said: “GSOC received a … Read more
[ad_1] The US government has licensed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, allowing millions more Americans to get vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine for additional approvals around the world. The J&J vaccine is the third licensed in the United States, after Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna, which require two doses. The … Read more
[ad_1] The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) reported another 13 deaths and 738 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. This brings the total number of deaths in the state from Covid-19 to 4,313 since the start of the pandemic, and the total number of confirmed cases of the disease here to 218,980. Ten of … Read more
[ad_1] WELL MORE THAN A HUNDRED Gardaí participated in the response to this afternoon’s closing demonstrations in Dublin city center, and the force had braced for the possibility of events turning violent. Officers identified the risk of violence in the event after monitoring conversations online in recent weeks, sources say, and put in place a … Read more
[ad_1] The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) reported another 13 deaths and 738 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. This brings the total number of deaths in the state from Covid-19 to 4,313 since the start of the pandemic, and the total number of confirmed cases of the disease here to 218,980. Ten of … Read more
[ad_1] Health officials today announced 738 new cases of the coronavirus in Ireland. That brings the total number of cases in the country since the pandemic began to 218,980. There have also been 13 more deaths from COVID-19 in the country. So far 4,313 people have sadly lost their lives as a result of the … Read more