“The best option is the vaccine that’s offered to you, and all the vaccines are effective and they’re safe for the age groups they’re indicated for.”
On the 200th day of workplace lockdown, Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has criticised the growing economic inequality taking place in Ireland, which he says is being excerbated by Covid and creating a two-tiered Irish society. “Covid-19 has highlighted and aggravated income and societal inequality both in our Ireland and globally. According to the CSO and […]
Denmark has announced a full cessation of the use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine citing concerns about rare cases of blood clots. It is the first European country to announce that it is withdrawing the vaccine until further notice – with some 2.4 million jabs shelved until further notice. During the announcement the head of […]
Rowling had been the subject of discussion during the broadcast after a tweet from Jeward criticising the Harry Potter author was read out.
The cost of renting in Dublin rose by 2.2 per cent in the last year, an effect of limited supply and business staff being sent to the capital by multinational companies according to the report.
Almost a quarter of deaths registered as Covid deaths in Britain are where the person has not died from the disease, the Telegraph has reported. The paper says that “the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 23 per cent of coronavirus deaths registered are now people who have died “with” the […]
Parents of deaf children have said they are “relieved and hopeful” after the Minister of State for Disability, Anne Rabbitte, paused the rollout of a scheme which would have meant that special schools lost their in-house speech and language therapists. Educators and parents had strongly opposed the removal of the on-site therapists from deaf schools, […]
The young adult died with a blood clot in their brain and a diminished platelet count, outcomes that authorities have recently associated as a “very rare” possible side-effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Labour leader Alan Kelly called the situation “embarrassing”.
People on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been told by their Prime Minister that they won’t be rescued from an erupting volcano unless they’ve had the covid-19 vaccine. In recent weeks a number of cruise ships have been dispatched to evacuate the island after a 4,000-foot high volcano, named La Soufrière erupted last […]
Singer and former MEP, Dana Rosemary Scallon, has received substantial damages and an apology from the Sunday World newspaper in settlement of a defamation claim. Dana, a former Eurovision song contest winner, who also held a seat in the European Parliament as an Irish MEP and is a prominent values campaigner, said that the paper had published […]
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced that professional and elite athletes will be excluded from hotel quarantine requirements when they arrive in Ireland.