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The government s plan for the resumption of air travel, entertainment and sport will be revealed next week.
The Taoiseach says it ll be part of his comprehensive statement about how restrictions will ease in June and July.
Micheál Martin says we need to reboot the aviation sector as it s crucial to the economy.
It comes as 101 Covid patients are in hospital, with 38 in ICU.
But Dr Alan Gaffney, from the Intensive Care Society, says critical care units are still busy with Covid patients:
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Almost half of all over-50s in England have now been fully vaccinated against coronavirus and as many as two-thirds have been covered in parts of the country leading the way, the latest official figures show.
About 10.5million people in the age group had received both vaccine doses across England by May 2 a rate of 47 per cent according to NHS statistics.
But, as has been the case throughout the rollout, analysis by MailOnline shows uptake has varied.
Some 93 of England s 315 local authorities have already seen more than half of their over-50 populations receive a top-up shot but in 26 areas it is fewer than four in 10 and in two authorities the rate is below 30 per cent.
Limerick’s virtual hug for Dr Motherway as consultant is named Limerick Person of the Year 2020
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AT 9.10am on this soggy, blustery, first Monday morning in May, Dr Catherine Motherway stands on the balcony outside the Pegasus Suite of the Clayton Hotel Limerick with a heavy piece of crystal in hand.
Four nights ago, the head of the Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital Limerick was named Limerick Person of the Year for 2020. But a virus called Covid means it is only now that the actual award presentation is taking place.
Having just come off on-call duty, the mother-of-two who is the past president of the Intensive Care Society, is heading back home to County Galway with her new title. But this Cork native doesn’t do airs or graces - her day job is saving lives, after all.