A number of gardaí are in isolation after a guest staying at a quarantine hotel tested positive for Covid-19.
SundayWorld.com has learned that one of the recent arrivals into the country, who was required to stay at a hotel, has since tested positive for Covid-19 upon returning to Ireland.
As a result, a number of gardaí have been requested to isolate by Garda management after coming into contact with the individual.
A Garda spokesman said: “As the Department of Health are the lead agency in relation to the management of mandatory quarantining, An Garda Síochána will not be commenting further at this time.
The US city of Baltimore has removed a statue of an Irish-born slave-owning merchant from a square in the neighbourhood he founded in 1786.
After the statue of Captain John O’Donnell was removed from his namesake park in the Canton neighbourhood on Monday night, mayor Brandon Scott said his administration is determined to do much more to erase a legacy of racism.
“Countless publicly named monuments, statues, streets, and schools across Baltimore remain that must be reassessed,” Mr Scott said.
“I am committed to dismantling structural oppression in Baltimore by working with the City Administrator to commission a team to establish procedures for reviewing the impact of these cruel monuments while continuing to promote equitable policies to right yesterday’s wrongs,” Mr Scott said.
The driver of the second vehicle, a man in his mid 30s also died in the collision. His remains have also been taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. The passenger of the second car was removed from the scene to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.
The car also struck a third vehicle and the driver of the car was removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda with non life threatening injuries.
The road remains closed this afternoon, while traffic diversions are in place. Meanwhile, the scene is to be examined by Forensic Collision Investigators.
Three of these deaths occurred in January, two in February, three in March and one in April.
This brings the number of people who have died with the virus in Ireland to 4,727 while the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 238,907 .
Two previously confirmed cases have since been denotified, this is reflected in the total figure.
As of 2pm today, there were 261 people with Covid-19 in Irish hospitals, 60 of whom are in intensive care settings. There have been 12 newly confirmed cases in hospitals in the past 24 hours, while six people were discharged.
Of the cases notified today:
239 are men / 203 are women
Enhanced contact tracing will aid in the uncovering of secret ‘super-spreader events’, such as family parties and social gatherings, which are fuelling the stubborn levels of Covid infection.
The new regime of tracing cases back seven days is finding ‘missing links’ explaining why infection numbers are not falling faster.
Dr Una Fallon, Director of Public Health, HSE Midlands, said the new process, which was added to the national contact-tracing protocol just last week, would help reveal previously hidden information.
It has already alerted public health in her area to a positive case who had been at a family party involving around 15 people.