Tourist VAT refund threshold ‘wholly inadequate’Minimum purchase reduced from €175 to €75 to support Covid-hit tourism and retailWed Nov 18 2020 - 19:01
Emigrants who ‘left in crisis’ to be embraced in new diaspora strategyPlan for referendum on voting rights for Irish abroad in presidential ballots resurrectedWed Nov 18 2020 - 09:00
Brexit talks creating ‘tremendous uncertainty’ in NI, says Bill ClintonPSNI warns gangs could exploit the Border for human trafficking after transition periodTue Nov 17 2020 - 20:39
Three nursing homes reported 89 deaths linked to Covid-19, Hiqa reports findWatchdog inspections show scale of virus outbreaks and multiple deaths at care homesTue Nov 17 2020 - 11:21
Barack Obama’s new memoir: the 10 best bitsTrump features little but looms large over this autobiography of life in the White HouseTue Nov 17 2020 - 10:30
Dublin Port and Stena clash over Brexit border checks ‘in the wrong place’Swedish shipping chief criticises traffic management plan in State’s busiest portTue Nov 17 2020 - 03:45
Oireachtas group hears of North-South greenways possibilityFeasibility study on high-speed Dublin-Belfast rail connection to consider link to DerryThu Nov 12 2020 - 20:07
Decision on naming child rapist shows need for law to lift reporting banOireachtas could grant power to courts to use discretion to identify people in certain casesThu Nov 12 2020 - 01:00
Coveney: We have a week to do a Brexit trade deal with UKDáil hears competition issues, state aid and fishing still subject of ‘significant gaps’Wed Nov 11 2020 - 23:22
Travel restrictions eased following changes to Covid-19 testing rulesDublin Airport will have on-site testing facility ready for passengers ‘within days’Wed Nov 11 2020 - 16:14
Coronavirus: Non-testing of nursing home residents concerns watchdogHiqa queries why residents were not tested in homes where some staff tested positiveWed Nov 11 2020 - 01:06
Only ‘gold-standard’ Covid test will result in restriction-free travel around IrelandCabinet agrees range of measures for new arrivals under EU traffic light systemTue Nov 10 2020 - 20:08
Coronavirus: 16 further deaths and 270 cases reported in RepublicHolohan urges vigiliance but notes ‘significant improvement’ in profile of diseaseTue Nov 10 2020 - 18:02
‘We were glued to it’: John King’s Irish cousin on CNN’s magic election wallTV anchor says Irish interest in his election coverage is ‘very kind and flattering’Tue Nov 10 2020 - 15:55
Brexit: Shipping lines will set up new routes to Europe to meet demand, says State agencyImporters and exporters urged to ‘trial’ direct routes to ContinentMon Nov 09 2020 - 19:03
Regulator told HSE a month ago that nursing homes were not being supportedHiqa raised concerns in October that care homes were having serious staffing issuesMon Nov 09 2020 - 03:02
Watchdog concerned about HSE support for nursing homesLetters reveal tensions between Hiqa and HSE over care homes’ Covid-19 assistanceMon Nov 09 2020 - 03:01
‘It begins in Doonloughan’: CNN’s John King maps his Irish ancestryUS TV anchor says a visit to Connemara home of his forefathers is ‘long overdue’Sun Nov 08 2020 - 23:47
Kamala Harris to make history as first female US vice-presidentElection of California senator will send compelling message about what is possible for women and people of colourSat Nov 07 2020 - 19:23
Joe Biden’s folksy appeal belies a battle-scarred toughnessPersonal tragedies and professional challenges have shaped the 77-year-old’s outlookSat Nov 07 2020 - 01:00
Trump’s Doonbeg set to accept transition to Biden’s BallinaCo Clare village more focused on Trump’s investment in golf resort than his re-electionFri Nov 06 2020 - 22:05
Daily ferries to France starting from January to bypass Brexit congestionServices will take at least 18 hours, making journey longer than current direct route favoured for time-sensitive loadsThu Nov 05 2020 - 20:26
Brexit: US envoy claims Coveney said EU could make ‘life very difficult’ for UK airlinesMick Mulvaney claimed minister told him EU could use aviation as leverage over BritainThu Nov 05 2020 - 19:59
Trump will run for presidency again if he loses, says former chief of staffPresident could mount challenge again in 2024 or 2028, says Northern Ireland envoyThu Nov 05 2020 - 18:32
Covid-19: Rise in HSE staff redeployed to nursing homesMore than 80 such workers covering shortages in State-run and private nursing homesTue Nov 03 2020 - 06:29
‘Afraid, frozen, stuck’: The mental health pandemic and how to fight itCovid-19 doesn’t just make us physically ill. It has also increased anxiety and mental illnessSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Close contact numbers fall in sign restrictions may be workingNewly infected ‘annoyed’ HSE contact tracers skipped calls to them due to backlogSat Oct 24 2020 - 01:00
Westmeath nursing home says it is managing Covid-19 outbreak with 15 casesMoate Nursing Home has 11 residents and four staff who have tested positive for diseaseFri Oct 23 2020 - 13:58
Relatives not given chance to be with dying Covid nursing home residents - reportWatchdog says grief compounded by personal items handed back in black plastic bagsFri Oct 23 2020 - 12:05
US presidential debate: who won, was it any good, were there any surprises?Six Irish Times journalists and commentators assess the Trump-Biden face-off in NashvilleFri Oct 23 2020 - 05:28
Brexit trade deal is ‘doable but difficult’, says Coveney‘The pressure is on. We’re running out of time,’ says MinisterFri Oct 23 2020 - 01:00
Galway nursing home sees 26 out of 28 residents test positive for Covid-19One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says directorThu Oct 22 2020 - 17:26
Coronavirus still ‘untreatable’ for some elderly nursing home residentsGeriatrician says it would be ‘wrong to pretend’ older people more resilient to diseaseThu Oct 22 2020 - 01:00
Martin only told of contact tracing problem when texted Irish Times storyTaoiseach should have been informed by Minister of Health, Dáil toldWed Oct 21 2020 - 13:57
Coronavirus: GPs voice concern over contact tracing ‘confusion’HSE is asking up to 2,500 people to follow up with their own close contacts to clear backlogWed Oct 21 2020 - 13:24
Covid-19 Explainer: Why is the contact tracing system getting swamped?Volume of new cases and calls to trace contacts overwhelmed the system last weekendWed Oct 21 2020 - 06:32
Covid-19: Backlog forces HSE to skip calls to thousands of close contactsGovernment fears health officials will seek another lockdown after ChristmasTue Oct 20 2020 - 22:00
Coronavirus: Why Level 3 failed and why Level 5 might too‘If people don’t buy into this, it is never going to stop, no matter how many levels you go to’Tue Oct 20 2020 - 02:18
Six weeks at Level 4 would cost about €1bn, with 115,000 job lossesBalancing the protection of lives and livelihoods is Government’s toughest taskMon Oct 19 2020 - 04:09
‘Brexit buster’ can ‘dramatically’ increase direct ferries to EuropeShipping line CLdN says it has ‘contingencies’ for UK ‘landbridge’ delays in a hard BrexitMon Oct 19 2020 - 03:14
Coronavirus: Schools safer than wider community, officials sayRate of positives in school testing running at about a third the rate in overall communityMon Oct 19 2020 - 02:57
Coronavirus: Testing capacity up 20% in a week, says departmentTrials on antigen tests being conducted around State; tracing regime under fireMon Oct 19 2020 - 01:09
Government plans ‘Level 4-plus’ restrictions, with schools likely to remain openNew curbs would see only essential retail and primarily outdoor businesses openMon Oct 19 2020 - 00:20
Three deaths and 1,283 more Covid-19 cases reported in the RepublicDCU’s Prof Anthony Staines says Ireland needs more rapid testing and increased emphasis on mask-wearingSun Oct 18 2020 - 18:20
Simon Harris signals imminent move to at least Level 4 Covid-19 restrictions nationwideMinister admits Level 3 has not worked and says Government will act tomorrowSun Oct 18 2020 - 13:36
Coronavirus: Weekly testing of nursing home staff consideredNphet to discuss increasing testing frequency to protect care homes from outbreaksThu Oct 15 2020 - 04:10
Target opening of children’s hospital in 2023 ‘very challenging’, says HSECovid-19 pandemic and cost issues threaten to delay planned opening of Dublin hospitalWed Oct 14 2020 - 20:57
HSE says zero-hour contracts issued to new Covid-19 contact tracers in errorPeople Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says incorrect contracts are ‘shocking’Wed Oct 14 2020 - 20:33
Fourth Covid-positive resident of Co Laois nursing home diesKilminchy Lodge said the person died in hospital in Portlaoise on MondayWed Oct 14 2020 - 15:23
Record budget designed to limit fallout from a no-deal BrexitMeasures include €3.4bn recovery fund with 500 extra staff to be hired for port and airport checksTue Oct 13 2020 - 21:06
