Monday 27 June, 2022
There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.
Dr Holohan will be stepping down as the country’s Chief Medical Officer to take up the role at TCD in July.
The Health Minister said that the Government is currently looking at a medium-term strategy for current Covid-19 protections, like vaccines and testing.
Sinn Féin spokesperson David Cullinane said that the measures announced don’t go far enough.
The booster shots for the over 60s will begin ‘imminently’, said the minister.
She’s been charged with “endangering the lives of others”, the prosecutor of the Republic’s Court of Justice said.
Stephen Donnelly said he expected the health service to see an increase in the number of patients presenting with cancer in the coming months.
However, he said it’s his “preference that we manage the pandemic first with all hands on deck”.
He urged those in attendance who were “too close to people for too long” to go and get tested.
Failte Ireland’s guidelines for pubs and restaurants were published yesterday.
Dr Cillian de Gascun said negative commentary can be “a little bit disheartening”.
The former Downing Street aide is claiming that Boris Johnson called his health minister ‘totally f*cking hopeless’ last March.
A row erupted after four gigs by Van Morrison at the Belfast hotel were cancelled at the last minute on Thursday.
70% of Northern Ireland population have received first Covid-19 jab.
A decryption key was made available yesterday but Donnelly said “no ransom has been paid”.
The Tánaiste made the comments at a Fine Gael meeting this evening.
Restrictions remain in place in certain hospitals, with protesters gathering outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin yesterday.
The health minister said last month that he had met students administering vaccines.
Teachers and SNAs in Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin South East received vaccines yesterday.
People arriving from these countries from 6 April will need to pre-book hotel quarantine.
30,180 people were waiting on outpatient appointments up to the end of January.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly brought a memo to Cabinet today to extend the access to the cards for a further three years.
Stephen Donnelly is appearing before the Oireachtas Health Committee to answer questions from TDs.
Carers and dentists are to be added to cohort 2 in the vaccine plan.
Varadkar says between 50,000 and 55,000 people will be vaccinated this week.
The minister said there has been a 40% fall in demand for testing in the past week.
One Fianna Fáil TD condemned the new rules as ‘authoritarian’.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has asked NPHET whether the Kildare lockdown can be lifted early.
Stephen Donnelly said that the number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital and in ICU doubled over the weekend.
Donnelly also said that from a disease perspective, gastro pubs are seen as restaurants.
Obadiah Moyo (66) was arrested last night following investigations brought by the country’s anti-graft commission.
The Heallth Minister said he understood the motivations of protesters and “would have been there with people in normal times”.
The Health Minister called the over-70 group a “resilient generation”.
Government is to consider making it mandatory to self-isolate if you arrive in Ireland from abroad.
Talks on government formation are expected to ratchet up from this week.
Vaughan Gething later apologised and said he was “obviously embarrassed”.
Factors such as ICU capacity and the reproduction rate of the virus will determine how and when restrictions can be eased back.
Siptu’s Kevin Figgis says that “many” of these student radiographers are replacing existing staff who have to self-isolate.
