Thursday 22 April, 2021
The Cabinet is due to meet next Tuesday and Thursday before signing off on plans for the easing of restrictions in May.
More vaccinators will need to be recruited to as we head into the summer months, Cabinet was told today.
The Rural Independent group said today that the government’s climate bill will ‘kill off the Irish farmer’.
Five additional judges will be appointed to the High Court in a bid to clear the backlog of cases.
Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers says Ireland can learn from what other countries are doing.
It’s been almost six years since reforms of the Ireland’s mental health laws were recommended.
Additional money will also be given to businesses that take on people with a disability, or are from direct provision as apprentices.
Minister McEntee said the constitutional rights of freedom of expression and of association will be respected in the new legislation.
Varadkar said the issue of spacing out the Pfizer doses is under consideration, but no decision has been taken yet.
Micheál Martin said that the vaccine programme is also “on track” in the wake of today’s Pfizer boost.
Spacing out of Pfizer doses was discussed at Cabinet today, but the matter is still under review.
The health minister said room capacity will be ramped up to 1,300.
It’s understood the time between vaccines being administered will be looked at, as has been the approach adopted by the UK and Canada.
No bookings are available on the State’s mandatory hotel quarantine site until next Monday.
The Labour leader says clear advice and practical guidance by public health experts is needed now for the over 60s.
Advice on exempting vaccinated passengers from hotel quarantine is expected from the HPSC.
Discussions between the officials have been taking place throughout the week.
A week of difficult government discussions concluded with an incorporeal Cabinet meeting last night.
Dentists will warn TDs and senators that the State’s dental scheme for medical card holders is on the “brink of collapse”.
One idea on the table is expanding the role of quarantining at home.
The motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The women are due in court tomorrow morning.
The easing of maternity hospital restrictions was not included in the government’s roadmap for reopening the country.
The man was taken from the water known locally as Hidden Beach, near Whitewater Brook.
Four deaths occurred in March, with four happening in February.
The decision to overhaul the vaccine plan has sparked anger from teachers who expected to be vaccinated sooner.
Antigen testing on construction sites will begin in a matter of weeks, say sources.
A delivery of 112,000 vaccines were delivered last night, said Varadkar.
The right to disconnect gives employees the right to switch off from work outside of normal working hours,
TDs have been hearing from teachers and other frontline workers unhappy with the changes.
Paul Gallagher has written to Stephen Donnelly about the plans.
The biggest factor in mortality and severe illness from Covid-19 is age, said the Taoiseach.
On-street dining similar to that found in other European cities to be facilitated in urban areas, towns and villages.
Leo Varadkar was speaking on Prime Time last night.
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
