jab incoming
Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out at low level before new year depending on EU approval, health minister says
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Updated: 15 Dec 2020, 19:23
IRELAND may roll out the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine before the new year depending on EU approval, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.
The European Medicines Agency, which informs decisions made by the Irish government, were due to approve the coronavirus jab on December 29, but this date may be moved forward to December 21.
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Jabs are on the way for IrelandCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Speaking at a press briefing this afternoon, Mr Donnelly said that the possible fast track in the vaccine approval was welcome news .
cluster report
No Covid-19 outbreaks in restaurants, gastro pubs and cafes since reopening as Govt urged to take report on board
Updated: 16 Dec 2020, 17:06
THERE have been no Covid-19 outbreaks in restaurants, gastro pubs and cafes since they reopened earlier this month, a new report shows.
More than 70,000 people returned to work in the restaurant and hospitality sector on December 4 after Government lifted Level 5 restrictions.
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Number of Covid-19 oubreaks from week 10 to week 50
The latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre on virus outbreaks show that there were no outbreaks reported in eatery settings since they reopened their doors to customers.
IF this year has taught us anything, it is that nothing in life is certain.
So what will life in Ireland look like in a decade? And what else will change in the next ten years?
From transport to food, health to energy, NEIL COTTER finds out what scientists Dr Cara Augustenborg from UCD and University College Cork’s Fionn Rogan think Ireland will be like in 2030.
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The world is set to be very different in 2030Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Big ‘black fields’ will replace green as solar farming is ramped up, Ireland’s bogs will become eco tourist attractions and petrol pumps will make way for charging stations…..welcome to the future.
Patients treated in car parks as pressure continues to mount on Northern Ireland’s over-capacity health service
David Young
Updated: 15 Dec 2020, 20:53
PATIENTS were treated in car parks as queues of ambulances formed outside several hospitals in Northern Ireland as pressure continued to mount on the region’s over-capacity health service.
The scenes unfolded as First Minister Arlene Foster participated in a call with other UK political leaders to review the planned relaxation of restrictions on household gatherings over Christmas.
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Medical staff return a bed to an ambulance at Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim in Northern IrelandCredit: PA:Press Association
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Ambulances at the entrance to the emergency department with a number of the vehicle with patients awaiting to be admitted at Antrim Area HospitalCredit: PA:Press Association
Comment
16 Dec 2020, 7:15
IT’s almost three weeks since Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley tweeted his widely-condemned conflation of IRA attacks in the War of Independence and the Northern Troubles.
The story has dominated political debate and media coverage since.
Stanley’s tweet was stupid and offensive, but did it merit exhausting so much political energy on it?
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Nearly every party has had a tweet-related scandal and often the response is overegged.
The cycle is monotonous tweet causes outrage, outrage gets milked, retrospective outrage applies as new posts are found.
Nothing along the way serves the people as legislators are meant to.