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Holohan rebuked by Donnelly over Nphet replacement group

The chief medical officer raised concerns over membership of the new advisory team, correspondence seen by the Business Post shows
  • Cónal Thomas
  • May 13, 2022

Pfizer’s Covid-19 anti-viral drug arrives in Ireland

Paxlovid to be available in hospitals for in-patients from next week
  • Cónal Thomas
  • April 8, 2022

Tony O’Brien: High levels of Covid are a policy failure, but refusing to act is a leadership failure

The reintroduction of a partial mask mandate seems a simple and proportionate response to the situation we are now in
  • Tony O'Brien
  • April 3, 2022

Pfizer Covid-19 antiviral pills to arrive in April

HSE has now signed contract for the drugs, which studies have shown are 100 per cent effective at preventing death in unvaccinated patients
  • Cónal Thomasand
  • Daniel Murray
  • March 20, 2022

‘Exit wave’ of Covid-19 puts hospitals under more pressure

While few patients are developing serious illness, persistently high case numbers are affecting the HSE’s ability to deliver non-Covid care
  • Daniel Murray
  • March 20, 2022

Department to underpin Nphet decisions in event of legal action

Legal service to compile reports and documentation relating to team’s work
  • Cónal Thomas
  • March 10, 2022

State inspectors cut PUP payments to more than 37,000 working claimants

Pandemic payments were stopped after data-matching showed thousands were still claiming support while back at work
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 6, 2022

Comment: The route to global vaccine equity is not through the status quo

Open source technology stimulates rather than blocks innovation
  • Susi Geigerand
  • Ciara Conlan
  • March 4, 2022

Comment: The route to global vaccine equity is not through a waiver of IP rights

A Trips agreement waiver would lead to a drop in research and development for Covid-19-related products like vaccines and treatments
  • Bernard Mallee
  • March 2, 2022

Health officials divided over ending use of Covid certs

Nphet meeting heard that focus should be on ‘long-standing deficits’ in the county’s health service exposed by the pandemic
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 23, 2022

Covid Tracker App used in less than 2% of positive cases

Report on app that has cost €1.66 million due in coming weeks following delays
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • February 17, 2022

Holohan signals end of Nphet as mask wearing set to be eased

The team met for the first time today since most Covid-19 restrictions were lifted almost four weeks ago
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 17, 2022

Israeli expert says country’s Covid-19 spike should be a ‘warning sign’ to Ireland

Dr Nadav Davidovitch said it was important to speed up the vaccination campaign for children around the world
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 3, 2022

Decision to wind down Nphet rests with Minister — Holohan

The chief medical officer told an Oireachtas committee that Nphet is examining what level of public health surveillance is required over the coming months
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 2, 2022

Covid-19: Global public health risk still ‘very high’, Holohan to say

Chief medical officer will tell politicians the outlook is ‘broadly positive’ when it comes to the risks associated with the disease in Ireland
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 1, 2022

Too early to assess pandemic response: public health doctors

Make-up of expert group to assess Ireland’s response to Covid-19, is criticised for narrow focus and for lack of frontline workers and patient representatives
  • Danielle Barron
  • January 30, 2022

75% of children aged 5-11 yet to be registered for Covid vaccine

Less than 20% of young children have received a first dose of the vaccine, which has been available since early January
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 28, 2022

Government’s expert group on antigen testing stood down

The group met 20 times between last July and January to advance the widespread use of rapid testing
  • Cónal Thomas
  • January 27, 2022

More than €50 million in wage subsidies recouped through inspections

The Revenue enforcement measures returned €31.5 million in Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and €19.2 million in Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme to the state
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • January 25, 2022

€180,000 in Covid-19 business support grants repaid to Department of Enterprise

Enterprise Ireland received €2.5 million in early repayments under the sustaining enterprise fund
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • January 24, 2022

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