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.
54 per cent of Britons would vote to maintain Brexit if asked today, with one in five former Remain voters now wanting to stay out of the EU and only 9 per cent of Leave voters regretting their decision.
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said she has written to the Minister for Culture Catherine Martin in an effort to investigate if traditional turf cutting practices can be protected under EU or international conventions. She said that turf cutting could be protected under cultural heritage rights. Deputy Nolan said that she would […]
Arthritis can have a significant impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing, in addition to physical symptoms such as joint damage and pain, according to Arthritis Ireland. The national patient organisation is highlighting the effect the disease has on mental health during National Arthritis Week, which starts tomorrow, 12 April). Covid-19 has exacerbated the situation, […]
Hospital Consultants have warned that non-Covid waiting lists have skyrocketed, with a 100% increase in inpatient waiting lists in some hospitals. They also cautioned that the waiting list may be an “underestimation of the true unmet demand for treatment as they do not yet include all those who have had their care disrupted or have […]
Kerry hotel gets €140,000 rates bill – despite being forced to close for Covid lockdown. The manager of a well-known hotel in Killarney has revealed he was charged almost €140,000 in rates despite the ongoing lockdown. Tom Randles, the manager of Randles Hotel, tweeted a photo of the bill for €139, 376.75 he had been […]
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called the inability of TDs to question NPHET a threat to the democratic oversight within the country. The Aontú leader said that TDs were unable to ask questions despite “the decisions on practical every aspect of the life of the country being made by NPHET.” “Today Ireland’s workplaces have […]
“One case occurred in a clinical trial and three cases occurred during the vaccine rollout in the USA. One of them was fatal.”