All London primary schools will be closed after the Christmas break

[ad_1] All of London’s primary schools will remain closed next week, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan, as the UK capital struggles with high levels of coronavirus infections. The city leader said ministers have confirmed that a general approach will be applied to schools, having initially chosen to keep a select number closed after the Christmas … Read more

Senate overrides veto on Trump’s defense bill

[ad_1] The United States Congress today dealt Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his final days in office with the Senate voting overwhelmingly to override his veto on a radical defense bill, the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency. By an uneven vote of 81-13, far more than the two-thirds of the … Read more

Protesters hand out letters asking GPs to use a drug deemed ineffective against Covid

[ad_1] A protest group against face masks is personally delivering letters to GPs advising them to treat Covid-19 patients with a drug that the HSE and other health authorities around the world have said is not effective against the virus. . Health Freedom Ireland organized rallies this year to protest Nphet’s advice on the pandemic. … Read more

Liverpool have three transfer priorities in January and leaves Jürgen Klopp with some tough decisions

[ad_1] The January transfer window is officially open. Clubs across the country, and across Europe as well, will be busy scouting the market and looking to attract new faces as they look to make a late charge in the second half of the season. But will Liverpool be one of those clubs? Due to the … Read more

Most of the cargo accessed the ports of Ireland and the United Kingdom on day 1 after Brexit

[ad_1] Stenaline has said that the majority of cargo has successfully accessed its ports in Ireland and the United Kingdom on the first day after Brexit. In a statement, the company said that current cargo volumes are markedly below pre-Christmas / Brexit storage levels, so it was too early to draw conclusions on the impact. … Read more

Hundreds of sleeping starlings die after fireworks explode in Rome | World News

[ad_1] Hundreds of birds have died after fireworks went off in Rome on New Year’s Eve, animal rights groups have claimed, calling it a “massacre.” Video footage from the roads near the main train station in the Italian capital showed dozens of birds, mostly starlings, dead on the ground. The reason was not certain, but … Read more

Meet the first babies born in Ireland in 2021

[ad_1] The first baby born in Ireland in 2021 was born four seconds after midnight to a Covid-positive mother at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) Holles Street. Brodie McWilliams Brown arrived shortly after midnight. His 19-year-old mother, Jennifer McWilliams, is fine. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on December 22 and alerted the hospital. All protocols … Read more

“Big Small Step”: Switch to Australia’s National Anthem Wins Cautious Support | Indigenous Australians

[ad_1] Scott Morrison’s decision to modify Australia’s national anthem so that it no longer ignores tens of thousands of years of indigenous history has won support across the political spectrum. But the prime minister’s surprise move to change the “young and free” line to “one and free” also prompted calls for the government to take … Read more

Tributes to the Dublin healthcare worker who died on Christmas Eve

[ad_1] Tributes were paid to a healthcare assistant (60) at St Vincent Hospital in Dublin who died of Covid-19 on Christmas Eve. Mariter Tarugo, a native of the Philippines, who lived in Dalkey, worked in St Andrew’s Ward at the hospital, She was admitted to her workplace as a patient a week ago and passed … Read more

Tributes to the Dublin nurse who died on Christmas Eve

[ad_1] Warm tributes have been paid to a nurse (60) at St Vincent Hospital in Dublin who died of Covid-19 on Christmas Eve. Mariter Tarugo, a native of the Philippines, who lived in Dalkey, worked in St Andrew’s Ward at the hospital, She was admitted to her workplace as a patient a week ago and … Read more