Donal MacNamee
@donalmacnamee97Ireland urgently needs to pass new online safety laws, department says
State has already missed EU deadline to enact media bill which would regulate web platforms
Glynn rules out offering choice of vaccines despite concerns over AstraZeneca
Deputy chief medical officer says maintaining high level of public confidence in vaccine rollout is crucial
HSE spent €525m on Irish-made PPE in 2020
Overall spend on protective equipment to prevent spread of Covid-19 came to €896 million, new figures show
Bank of Ireland replaces Ulster Bank as Irish member of global bank network
BOI says IBOS membership will allow it to bring more foreign direct investment into Ireland
Linda Doyle elected first-ever female provost of TCD
Doyle defeated fellow academics Linda Hogan and Jane Ohlmeyer to the ten-year position
‘Hot desking’ still on the table in Central Bank’s post-pandemic work plans
The regulator is likely to offer choice between full-time office or hybrid models of working, with contentious desk-sharing practices not ruled out
Data Protection Commission seeks answers from LinkedIn over data scrape
Watchdog has contacted LinkedIn days after engaging with Facebook over a separate data leak
Some people with cystic fibrosis still awaiting Covid-19 vaccine, charity warns
Cystic Fibrosis Ireland expresses concern about younger patients who are at very high risk from the coronavirus but still have not received their jab
HSE to face questions from Oireachtas health committee over vaccine rollout
Politicians will ask health service about data underpinning the programme and the move to an age-based model at a hearing later this month
Cork start-up Varadis wins €600k contract for satellites in outer space
European Space Agency deal is hailed as one of a number won by Irish cutting-edge tech companies
‘Very serious’ Davy breaches not criminal offences, says Central Bank
Regulator refuses to name the 16 people implicated in the scandal for which the stockbroker was fined €4 million
Self-catering accommodation should reopen before hotels, lobby group says
Holidays in self-contained houses are safer and could be used as first step in return to domestic tourism, government is told
Taoiseach’s office to spend €130,000 hiring firm to improve Covid-19 messaging
Department offers tender for company to streamline government’s coronavirus strategy after months of leaks and contradictory communications
Sale of Ulster Bank’s loan book will make a ‘serious situation considerably worse’ for SMEs
SMEs are concerned that ‘effectively, Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland will have 95 per cent of the commercial loan book in the state’
CMC Coal’s revenues hit 18-year low after strike at Colombian mine
Revenues at the Irish distributor for coal from Colombia’s Cerrejón mine have fallen below $1 billion for the first time since the company filed end-of-year accounts
A&L Goodbody apologises to staff after impersonating HSE in fake Covid-19 email
An email sent by A&L, purporting to be from the HSE, told staff recipients they were a close contact of a confirmed Covid case
Amazon’s Irish workers urged to ‘blow the whistle’ if they face poor conditions
Hotline is launched for employees who may have issues with their treatment as company prepares to open its first Irish fulfilment centre
VHI chief steps aside amid board investigation into his vaccination at Beacon Hospital
Health insurer has launched a review to ‘establish the facts’ after learning that John O’Dwyer received a Covid-19 vaccine at the private hospital