All nursing home residents, staff could be vaccinated in February, says task force head

[ad_1] All nursing home residents and staff could be vaccinated in mid to late February, based on an interim model, said the chairman of the state’s Covid-19 vaccine task force. Professor Brian MacCraith told the Oireachtas health committee that while this was not a target or model target, different vaccine arrival rates had been made, … Read more

Biden Congratulated As President Elect By Top Republicans On Inauguration For Having ‘Extremely Limited’ Crowds Due To Covid

[ad_1] Updated 11 hours ago SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell has congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect, saying “the Electoral College has spoken.” The Republican leader’s statement, delivered today in a speech in the Senate, ends weeks of silence over the defeat of Donald Trump. It also comes a day after voters met and officially … Read more

Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Pedro Neto checks the progress of the Blues with the latest winner | Football news

[ad_1] The Wolves came from behind to check on Chelsea’s title aspirations with Pedro Neto scoring a winning goal in injury time in the 2-1 victory. After a monotonous first 45 minutes where only a Kurt Zouma header that shot back off the crossbar threatened any goal, Olivier Giroud put Chelsea ahead (49) when his … Read more

The first vaccines could occur before the end of this year, as the government presents an implementation plan

[ad_1] Updated 17 minutes ago PLANS FOR the deployment of Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland have been released this afternoon, with details on logistics and who will carry out the inoculations included. The vaccines will be delivered in three phases: the initial launch, a massive surge, and open access. Once a large number of doses are … Read more

The first vaccines could occur before the end of this year, as the government presents an implementation plan

[ad_1] Updated 2 minutes ago PLANS FOR the deployment of Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland have been released this afternoon, with details on logistics and who will carry out the inoculations included. The vaccines will be delivered in three phases: the initial launch, a massive surge, and open access. Once a large number of doses are … Read more

Irish lecturers heard insulting students on video call | Ireland

[ad_1] The 2020 curse of video conferencing has struck again after two Irish professors forgot to turn off their cameras while taunting students who had just given virtual presentations. “I thought I would have to get a drill and start drilling my teeth, it was so painful to listen to,” said one of the tutors … Read more

Twitter fined 450,000 euros by Irish data regulator in first major GDPR technology case

[ad_1] The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has announced a fine of 450,000 euros on Twitter for data breaches under the GDPR. It is the first fine to a multinational technology company by the Irish regulator since the GDPR was introduced. The amount of the fine was disputed among European regulators, and other countries were unhappy … Read more

Tallaght buildings will heat up using excess energy from Amazon’s data center

[ad_1] Tallaght in Co Dublin will become Ireland’s first major urban center, where many buildings will soon benefit from a very cheap source of energy known as district heating. In this case, the excess heat that will be used to heat the buildings will come from a large data center in the area managed by … Read more

Suspected Russian hackers spied on global governments

[ad_1] US information technology company SolarWinds has said that up to 18,000 of its customers had downloaded a compromised software update that allowed suspected Russian hackers to spy on global companies and governments for nearly nine months. The United States issued an emergency warning yesterday, ordering government users to disconnect SolarWinds software that it said … Read more

GMIT was forced to apologize after two teachers heard offensive language used about students

[ad_1] One of the best universities in the country was forced to apologize after two professors were heard using offensive language about students. The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology apologized to the tutors who forgot to turn off their cameras after watching virtual presentations. In a video shared on social media, they can be heard using … Read more