Elderly care will require ‘significant changes’ to manage Covid-19HSE chief to tell Dáil committee that half of nursing home infection clusters now ‘closed’Thu Jun 18 2020 - 00:31
Medics feel most at risk of contracting Covid-19, CSO data showsSecondary teachers feel less exposed to coronavirus disease than primary teachersTue Jun 16 2020 - 16:45
Easter Sunday 2020: Ireland’s deadliest Covid-19 dayOn April 12th there were 45 confirmed Covid-19 deaths and 13 probable onesSun Jun 14 2020 - 06:15
‘The virus will be back’: Preparing for the second wave of Covid-19Where are the dangers, and how can a new wave be turned into a ripple, not a tsunami?Sat Jun 13 2020 - 06:05
Ireland hopeful of winning UN Security Council seat in ‘group of death’Campaigning by Ireland, Canada and Norway will run right up to Wednesday’s ballotFri Jun 12 2020 - 16:17
‘He needs to be allowed to come home’ – Irish man detained in China for 15 monthsWife of Dublin businessman urges Government to intervene amid fears for his healthFri Jun 12 2020 - 00:29
Russia’s low Covid-19 death rate is accurate, says ambassadorDiplomat rejects claims by the European Commission that Russia was spreading false informationThu Jun 11 2020 - 21:11
Minister urged to investigate claims of neglect of nursing home residentElderly advocacy group says case shows no oversight of clinical care in nursing homesThu Jun 11 2020 - 09:25
Nursing home deficiencies subject of Hiqa concern at start of AprilStaffing levels and nursing skills ‘not commensurate’ with Covid-19 care needsTue Jun 09 2020 - 01:07
Covid-19: Testing could cost State €450m by year end, says HSEOireachtas committee told current system needs overhaul to be fit for purposeTue Jun 09 2020 - 00:18
Coronavirus: Numbers receiving pandemic payment falls as firms start to reopenHealth Minister warns progress against virus still fragile but says ‘today is great day for country’Mon Jun 08 2020 - 13:15
Serving ‘substantial’ meal will be required for pubs to reopenGrowing pressure from hospitality industry to reduce social distancing to 1mMon Jun 08 2020 - 07:56
Covid-19: Watchdog received 280 complaints on nursing homesConcerns over infection controls, staff and poor communication loom largeMon Jun 08 2020 - 02:30
Covid-19: One further death and 25 new cases in RepublicHSE figures show 124 people with coronavirus in hospital, down from 182 a week agoSun Jun 07 2020 - 18:51
Coronavirus causes childcare access disputes over face masks and Zoom callsFamily law cases reveal ‘unanticipated impact’ of pandemic on access with childrenSat Jun 06 2020 - 01:00
Dublin nursing home to close as it ‘cannot meet regulatory requirements’St Mary’s Centre on Merrion Road says Covid-19 has had no bearing on decisionSat Jun 06 2020 - 01:00
Safety watchdog has inspected 13 meat plants with Covid-19 outbreaksHealth and Safety Authority expects to check all 20 outbreak plants by end of next weekSat Jun 06 2020 - 00:50
Temperature checks for visitors after nursing homes reopen from June 15thNew guidelines will set tight restrictions on phased reopening of care homes to visitsFri Jun 05 2020 - 20:03
Covid-19 restrictions: What you still can’t do this weekendBe aware, the next wave of reopening does not come into effect until MondayFri Jun 05 2020 - 16:29
Covid-19: Wage subsidy and unemployment payment extended to end of summerGovernment expected to move to phase two of easing lockdown restrictionsFri Jun 05 2020 - 06:02
Coronavirus: Five more deaths brings toll in State to 1,664NPHET recommends further easing of lockdown from MondayThu Jun 04 2020 - 20:09
Some larger stores to reopen on Monday ahead of schedule‘Air bridges’ proposed to facilitate overseas travel as further easing of lockdown is recommendedThu Jun 04 2020 - 19:54
Nursing homes dispute accuracy of HSE data on Covid-19 deathsHomes say virus deaths were wrongly assigned to them or dispute number of deathsThu Jun 04 2020 - 05:55
Remaking Ireland: Five positives from the pandemicThe crisis poses huge threats but also shows us ways forward in health, housing, work and lifestyleSat May 30 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Pupils may be kept apart in groups and pods when schools reopenPrimary and secondary schools to restart at end of August, Varadkar confirmsSat May 30 2020 - 01:45
Coronavirus: Health watchdog warned about danger to care homes in MarchHiqa alerted HSE to 212 ‘at-risk’ residential facilities, records sent to committee showSat May 30 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: HSA says 800 workplace inspections carried out since May 18thAuthority claims ‘high level of compliance’ is part of the return-to-work safety protocol in meat plantsFri May 29 2020 - 01:00
Nursing home infection rates ‘quite unpredictable’, says HSE officialData shows mortality rate in some homes as proportion of occupancy above 40 per centThu May 28 2020 - 11:05
New HSE figures reveal the toll on care homesHSE statistics offer insight into 1,030 deaths across 167 residential facilitiesThu May 28 2020 - 06:07
The human cost of Covid-19: Ireland's care homes with the most deaths revealedOf the 10 settings which saw the highest number of deaths, only one is a HSE-run facilityThu May 28 2020 - 00:38
New rules for arrivals to Ireland start today - what is changing?People arriving must say where they will stay or face a €2,500 fine and six months in prisonThu May 28 2020 - 00:34
Older adults in nursing homes more likely to get Covid-19, report findsDepartment of Health study shows over 70s in care more prone to getting disease than peers in general populationThu May 28 2020 - 00:02
Coronavirus: Further 17 deaths reported along with 73 new casesTwo-metre social distancing rule needed to suppress Covid-19 spread, says HolohanWed May 27 2020 - 18:21
Covid-19: Department was warned of 200 ‘high risk’ nursing homesSome nursing homes say they had to use painter’s overalls due to lack of PPEWed May 27 2020 - 03:05
Explainer: Did the Taoiseach ignore public health rules by going on a picnic?People were urged last week not to have picnics. This week’s advice is: ‘use your head’Tue May 26 2020 - 17:21
No national clinical oversight of care being delivered to those in nursing homes, watchdog to tell TDsHiqa to raise concerns about care oversight shortcomings for some of State’s most vulnerable citizensTue May 26 2020 - 03:00
Coronavirus: No new Covid-19 deaths reported in State for first time since MarchLeo Varadkar: ‘Significant milestone today... This is a day of hope. We will prevail’Mon May 25 2020 - 20:01
Is one metre or two safe for physical distancing from Covid-19?Official advice says two but others say one, though the risk of spreading the virus risesMon May 25 2020 - 16:39
More than 1,400 nursing home healthcare workers infected in outbreaks – HSESiptu wants nursing home workers represented on Minister’s new expert panelMon May 25 2020 - 01:27
Ireland’s coronavirus restrictions may lift more quickly if case numbers keep fallingEasing plans for late July might be brought forward amid growing calls from businessMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Department of Health reports four more Covid-19 related deaths, 57 new casesHSE chief says reducing physical distancing to one metre would create extra capacitySun May 24 2020 - 17:20
One in five inspected nursing homes ignored infection control rules in 2018Health watchdog queried on ‘unacceptable’ non-compliance prior to Covid-19 pandemicSat May 23 2020 - 01:54
Covid-19: Relative of nursing home resident who died calls for State inquirySt Mary’s Hospital has been one of the worst hit nursing homes in the countryThu May 21 2020 - 12:41
HSE told nursing homes regulator it could not supply requested PPEHiqa chief inspector sought ‘priority’ supply for homes from HSE chief on April 8thThu May 21 2020 - 03:00
Why are there so many coronavirus infections at meat plants?The prolonged, close proximity of workers increases the risk of spreading the virusThu May 21 2020 - 02:07
Coronavirus: ‘Immediate’ action needed over infection control in several hospitalsWatchdog warns Limerick and South Southwest groups face ‘significant’ risksThu May 21 2020 - 02:00
Covid-19 has made majority rethink dealing with death, survey findsIrish Hospice Foundation calls for ‘a national response’ to end of life care after pandemicWed May 20 2020 - 11:00
Granddaughter of resident fielded 2,500 calls when helping at Covid-19 hit-nursing homeDealgan House had to rely on a volunteer, the grand-daughter of resident, to staff phonesWed May 20 2020 - 01:02
HSE suspends practice of giving Covid-19 test results to employersMove follows Dr Tony Holohan’s description of the practice as ‘a breach of confidentiality’Tue May 19 2020 - 21:19
'Ever-present danger' of further waves of coronavirus, says health chiefSecretary general of Department of Health set to tell Dáil committee that the social and economic costs of Covid-19 have been ‘huge’Tue May 19 2020 - 02:14
