The Irish Times

Ronan Glynn latest in long line of top medics to exit health service

Lack of order in health, long hours and organisational stasis accelerating brain drain

Wed May 11 2022 - 01:00

Was scrapping contact tracing in schools a mistake?

Rising coronavirus cases put spotlight on whether antigen tests would afford defence

Tue Oct 19 2021 - 01:00

Covid-19: 1,466 more cases amid concern over rising ICU rate

70% of people being treated in intensive care for Covid-19 have not been fully vaccinated, says Glynn

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 18:07

Fall in the number of Covid-19 cases detected in primary school children

HSE reports another surge in testing as 70,000 children were swabbed last week

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 16:38

Covid-19 cases among primary school children jump 48% in a week

Some 2,418 children test positive as number seeking tests more than doubles

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 01:09

Huge coronavirus testing surge recorded among children

In just one week 32,000 walk-in and self-referral tests carried out on children

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 01:04

Coronavirus: 1,470 new cases reported, with 367 in hospital

Incidence of virus in Ireland has further reduced, according to new data

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 16:30

Coronavirus: Up to 12,000 out of school due to close contact

Knock-on impact countrywide as up to 1,200 schools identify case of virus among students

Mon Sept 06 2021 - 18:55

Covid-19: Close contacts being tested in over 600 schools

Surge in demand for HSE contact testing since classes resumed last week

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 03:44

Covid-19 mass testing programme to be reviewed as disease comes under control

HSE’s head of testing and tracing says there are no plans to scale down testing

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 01:00

Public transport set to return to full capacity from Wednesday, Ryan says

Churches allowed to resume Communions, Confirmations ‘very quickly’ in September – Minister

Sun Aug 29 2021 - 18:50

State at risk of ‘exponential’ surge of Covid-19, HSE chief says

Paul Reid calls for unvaccinated people to get the jabs amid high infection levels

Thu Aug 19 2021 - 19:38

Coronavirus: 1,558 cases reported in State, with 262 in hospital

Republic has second highest rate of full Covid vaccination in EU, according to ECDC

Mon Aug 16 2021 - 18:01

Coronavirus: More than 2,000 new cases confirmed

Fewer than 10% of people who test positive for disease using link to share key information

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 02:44

More than 50,000 children aged 12-15 registered to receive Covid-19 vaccine

HSE chief Paul Reid says Ireland remains in a period of ‘sustained threat’ from Covid-19

Thu Aug 12 2021 - 17:43

Almost 20,000 positive tests in last fortnight, Holohan says

Over 80% of cases among unvaccinted with rise in vaccinated people linked to rollout to younger groups

Tue Aug 10 2021 - 05:00

Half of travel-related Covid cases in early July traced to Iberian Peninsula

Foreign travel ban to be lifted on Monday despite travel being second-highest source of infection

Sun Jul 18 2021 - 14:41

Fears mount that State could hit 2,000 coronavirus cases by end July

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly warns Seanad of ‘roaring’ growth in virus infections

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 03:41

Up to 5% cases in Covid ‘surge’ involve fully vaccinated, HSE says

Thousand cases a day threshold has been met ahead of when expected, Paul Reid says

Fri Jul 16 2021 - 01:00

Modified Covid-19 test kit to catch probable Delta cases more quickly

Public health director says new PCR test will allow ‘more actions’ to prevent spread

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 01:00

Midlands and Border counties record highest Covid-19 positivity rates

Offaly posts highest rate in country, but still unclear whether Delta variant to blame

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 06:36

Surge in people seeking Covid-19 tests in Limerick

Contact tracers find growing number of cases in county linked to social gatherings

Mon May 24 2021 - 19:38

Creche owner had to do her own contact tracing after cyberattack

HSE says the affected north Co Dublin childcare facility was an ‘isolated case’

Fri May 21 2021 - 20:30

Coronavirus: One further death and 408 new cases confirmed in the State

More than 30% of eligible population have received one dose, as 12.5% fully vaccinated

Sat May 08 2021 - 17:24

Time to be hopeful and start planning our summer, says Holohan

Ministers consider ‘summer stimulus’ package as rollout of one-shot vaccine begins

Thu May 06 2021 - 22:27

New online portal to open for self-referral Covid-19 tests

HSE’s testing plan aims to target younger people as average age of infections falls

Thu May 06 2021 - 21:23

Seven walk-in Covid-19 testing centres to open around country

Facilities aimed at asymptomatic people have detected more than 1,600 cases

Sat May 01 2021 - 09:38

Covid-19: One further death and 434 new cases reported by Nphet

National Ambulance Service to double its capacity from next week to speed up vaccines to the housebound

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 18:21

Positive Covid-19 cases at walk-in test centres surpass 1,000

Tracers reporting rising number of people with more close contacts, says HSE official

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 17:49

Covid-19: Shops most commonly visited places listed by people later infected

More than 60% of community transmission cases were recorded in Dublin

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 18:24

Q&A: How do walk-in Covid-19 testing centres work?

Pop-up test centres aim to detect asymptomatic cases in areas with high rates of Covid

Sun Mar 28 2021 - 14:47

Five ‘no-appointment’ Covid test centres open in Dublin and Offaly

‘If I get the all-clear I will be reassured. I would be worried I would be asymptomatic’

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 20:41

Rising cases leave State in ‘fragile’ place in Covid battle, Taoiseach says

Government expresses optimism easing of EU-UK row will fast-track delivery of more vaccines

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 02:45

Covid-19: Walk-in test centres aimed at catching asymptomatic cases, says HSE

Centres will target mild or symptom-free cases in hotspots in Dublin and Tullamore

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 16:41