The crisis pregnancy support organisation, Gianna Care, has opened a new location for its services in Kerry in response to increased demand. The new location will boost already existing services provided from centres in Dublin and Galway, which reach out across the country. Gianna Care says its new centre in Kerry will most of the services […]
Eavan Boland, who was one of Ireland’s best-loved poets, has died in her home in Dublin, aged 75. Boland was a pioneering figure in Irish poetry and was Professor of Humanities and Director of the Creative Writing Programme at Stanford University from 1996 to her death. Widely published and studied, one of her best-known poems […]
A leading medical expert has said he would take minutes at the next meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team to help with transparency, after the Chief Medical Officer said the delay in publishing minutes was “just a work-load issue”. Dr John Crown’s tongue-in-cheek tweet was in response to a statement by Dr Tony […]
Whilst the state average of those who had already been infected and developed antibodies was found to be 13.9%, the rate among residents of New York City was 21.2%.
A Japanese island which lifted the state of emergency imposed because of the coronavirus has now been struck by a second wave of Covid-19. The island of Hokkaido in northern Japan became the first region in the country to declare a state of emergency due to Covid-19 in late February. A tourist hotspot, Hokkaido would have welcomed […]
It is believed that Kim, who has not been seen in public for over two weeks, became severely ill because of delayed surgery, prompting China to send a team of medical experts to offer their help.
A controversial sex education programme that taught children as young as six about touching their “private parts” has been withdrawn by a council in Britain following a backlash from parents. The Telegraph reports that the “All About Me” syllabus, which was rolled out at over 200 primary schools across Warwickshire, proposed that children should learn […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called on the Taoiseach to commit to an Investigation into the crisis in the Nursing Home sector. He says he seeks to ensure “for Public Health reasons, that we do not repeat these mistakes again”. Deputy Tóibín said the investigation “should happen after the Coronavirus crisis subsides”. Speaking in […]
A premature baby girl born in England has successfully fought off the coronavirus. Born eight weeks early, and weighing just 3lbs 5oz (1.5kg), baby Peyton was diagnosed with Covid-19 just three weeks after she was born. Her mum Tracey Maguire spoke to BBC News, recalling the moment her tiny baby girl baby was tested for […]
The slip-up came as the Wicklow TD was answering a question about whether a vaccine would be found to end the outbreak of Covid-19.
A Tipperary TD has said that nursing homes are still being told by the HSE that they will only be provided with protective clothing and equipment where they have a confirmed case of Covid-19. The virus has hit nursing homes hardest in the crisis with almost 60% of deaths occurring in nursing or care homes. Several […]
A video posted by the Cork City Libraries Facebook page has prompted widespread anger among some users after a guest contributor wore a Repeal jumper during her presentation on creative writing.