A meeting of Cabinet this afternoon should give more insight into how the Gaelic Athletic Association can proceed with plans to hold inter-county and club championships in 2021.
The GPA has told its members that there has been "no change to the status of inter-county games nor the high regard in which it is held" in government but also revealed that it is the "view of that GAA’s Covid-19 Advisory committee, which includes Professor Mary Horgan who is a member of NPHET, that Gaelic games should not return at this time."
Optimism among recipients of vaccine in nursing homes
Updated / Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021
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23,000 doses have been administered to residents and staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities since vaccination began
Multimedia Journalist
Many residents in nursing homes across the country are optimistic for the year ahead as they receive their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
As of Sunday 17 January, 23,000 doses had been administered to residents and staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities since vaccination began.
While yesterday 79-year-old grandmother Annie Lynch received the second dose after being the first person in the country to receive the vaccine on 29 December.
Oliver Callan
Cabinet and NPHET pointing fingers over who’s to blame for Ireland’s record Covid-19 surge while death toll rises
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13 Jan 2021, 7:15
THERE is an unseemly political row going on between the State and NPHET over who is to blame for Ireland’s record Covid surge.
NPHET has strongly pedalled the line that increased socialising was the cause, suggesting Cabinet is at fault for ignoring their advice against reopening hospitality.
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Dr Mike Ryan said increased social mixing and reduction of physical distancing was the cause of the third wave of the virus, not the new UK variantCredit: Reuters
The number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 this week is likely to reach double the numbers seen at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic here, HSE chief Paul Reid has warned.