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22.01.2022 / 00:23

Lessons to be learnt from pandemic - McDonald

The Sinn Féin Leader, Mary Lou McDonald, said there were lessons to be learnt from the pandemic for the health service and the housing crisis.

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Mum, 36, spent Christmas and New Year in Covid coma and can still barely move

A heartbroken dad ‘didn’t want to get out of bed on Christmas day’ while his partner was in a Covid-19 induced coma.

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Number of college places 'may not be as high' this year, Dáil hears

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the Dáil that the 3rd level education sector might not be able to provide as many places for new entrants this September, as it did in 2021 and 2020.

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Kelly and Martin row over stay-at-home rule

Labour leader Alan Kelly has accused the Taoiseach of telling "porkies".

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Kelly and Martin feud over stay-at-home rule

Labour leader Alan Kelly has accused the Taoiseach of telling "porkies".

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Teachers to be exempt from 'stay-at-home' rule - Kelly

Household contacts of a person with Covid-19 will have to restrict their movements for five days and take three antigen tests.

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Govt to seek NIAC advice on extending booster vaccination programme

The Tánaiste has said that he believes the Government will seek NIAC advice to extend the vaccine booster programme "more widely".

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Govt's new Covid-19 measures 'absolutely bananas' and 'unenforceable'

The Labour Party leader Alan Kelly has dismissed the latest government Covid-19 measures as being "absolutely bananas...discriminatory, unenforceable...shocking stuff. Amateur hour".

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HSE to consider advice on reducing AstraZeneca dose gap

Labour Party leader Alan Kelly has called on Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to explain how he will respond to advice on the manner in which the AstraZeneca vaccine can be administered.

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Partners to be allowed attend maternity hospital appointments

Partners of pregnant women and new mothers will be allowed to accompany them to maternity hospitals for scans and other medical appointments under plans expected to be announced tomorrow.

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Taoiseach reaffirms June target for offer of vaccine to 80% of adults

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has reaffirmed the Government's target of ensuring that 80% of adults either receive their first Covid-19 vaccine, or are offered one, by the end of June.

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Vaccine suspension was a setback, but only time will tell how big

This one-week interruption has been a setback.

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'I'm not the son of Fianna Fáil privilege' - Opposition TDs' row over Covid strategy

It's not often that the Healy-Rae brothers come under attack from fellow opposition TDs, but today the tables were turned by Labour's Duncan Smith.

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Plans to increase international travel fine to €2,000

The Government is seeking to increase fines for non-essential international travel from €500 to €2,000.

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Government 'kite flying' over restriction changes - SF

Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson David Cullinane has accused Government of "kite flying" when it comes to commentary around changes to Covid-19 restrictions next month.

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Kelly calls for stricter lockdown to suppress virus

The leader of the Labour Party, Alan Kelly, has said a longer lockdown should be implemented to suppress Covid-19 with what he described as a "national aggressive suppression strategy".

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Sinn Féin welcomes Government move, seeks more health investment

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson David Cullinane has said he welcomes the Government's decision to take action to control the coronavirus.

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Mixed reaction from politicians, health workers to Winter Plan

The HSE's Winter Plan has been met with a mixed reaction from politicians and those working in healthcare.

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Cabinet to be 'working as normal' after Donnelly tests negative for Covid-19

Restrictions on members of the Cabinet were lifted late last night, after the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly tested negative for Covid-19.

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Labour call for protection for low-paid workers

Low-paid workers must be protected so that they do not have to make a choice between "declaring that they have Covid and losing their wages, or their job in some cases," the leader of the Labour Party has said.

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Kelly criticises 'Orwellian nature' of pandemic payment changes

Labour leader Alan Kelly has said the sense of solidarity that brought the country through the Covid-19 pandemic went "out the window" last night over the "discriminatory" changes made to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

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Labour welcomes accelerated plan but calls for health services to resume

Labour leader Alan Kelly said welcomed the Taoiseach's announcement of a further acceleration in the roadmap to ease coronavirus restrictions this evening, but added that he has still seen no plan for reopening cancer screening and other non-Covid health services.

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Opposition seeks clarity over social distancing

Opposition parties have called for clarity over the Government's approach to social distancing, after a majority of the Cabinet is reported to have questioned the existing two-metre limit yesterday.

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Reid raised concern over NPHET's commitment on number of weekly Covid-19 tests

The HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid raised concern over the National Public Health Emergency Team's (NPHED) commitment to increase to 100,000 the number of Covid-19 tests per week.

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The Department of Health has published further minutes of NPHET meetings

The Department of Health has published further minutes of meetings of the National Public Health Emergency Team, known as NPHET, which had been a source of some political controversy over the past week.

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Dept publishes details of NPHET governance structure

The Department of Health has published details of the governance structure of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).

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Damien Duff set for Celtic departure as Ireland appointment forces Neil Lennon rethink

Damien Duff looks set to leave Celtic at the end of the season after being named as part of Steven Kenny’s new-look Republic of Ireland coaching team.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0