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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

Spain pulls Genrui antigen tests after 1,350 Irish complaints over false positives

Company has identified two contaminated batches and issued product recall for both

More than 2,500 positive antigen results uploaded to HSE portal

New system went live at 9.30am today and had 2,578 positive results uploaded by 2pm

Over 200,000 antigen tests sent out by HSE at Christmas as Omicron surge continues

It comes as Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly set out new guidelines for PCR testing

Highest number of community PCR tests carried out since pandemic began — HSE

The latest figures come after the first case of the Omicron variant was confirmed in Ireland

Free antigen tests for Oireachtas staff from next week

Government parties have decided to cover the costs of these tests for their own members and staff

HSE sitting on stock of 1.5 million antigen tests

Only 35,000 tests had been dispatched to close contacts as of last week

Digital Covid-19 test gives result in 15 minutes

Reassurance.ie's new system means workers can share antigen results immediately, allowing employers to monitor infection risk in real time

Government to seek agreement with chemists to roll out subsidised antigen tests

Ministers hope the measure could help to minimise the chance of further restrictions before Christmas

More than 100,000 antigen tests sent to Irish households

The HSE has ordered two million antigen tests under EU procurement

Tony O’Brien: Antigen testing must be scaled up, and quickly

The government will have to decide where it is going to get the testing capacity from and who is going to pay for it

Analysis: Moral hazard at the heart of public health leaders’ reluctance to begin use of rapid antigen testing

Rapid tests may be useful in certain situations, but it’s all about the context in which they are deployed

Irish tourism depends on rollout of antigen testing, companies warn

Rapid test providers say staycations won’t save Irish businesses dependent on international tourism

Supermarkets rule out antigen test sale after Lidl controversy

Supervalu and Aldi say they have no plans to sell the rapid testing kits after public health officials rebuke Lidl

Nphet must recognise 'reality' of antigen test use, says Iemag member

Cathal Walsh says public health team must offer people advice on how antigen tests should or should not be used

Lidl to still sell rapid antigen tests despite Nphet’s warning on risks

Concerns that people will be falsely reassured by Covid-19 tests with a 50 per cent failure rate fails to deter supermarket chain

Haughey and Johnson: two peas in a pod of flawed political leaders

Boris Johnson has, and Charles Haughey had, a fondness for living off other people’s money. And both men are proof of Samuel Johnson’s assertion that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel

Covid-19: Can rapid testing and vaccine passports allow us to reopen fully?

Of all the public health tools that have been deployed in the battle against Covid-19, it may be two new ones that ultimately allow the return to something resembling normal life

Government to pilot rapid Covid testing in colleges as part of its reopening plan

Rapid antigen tests will be trialled in third-level settings as Leo Varadkar encourages businesses to consider them as part of their reopening plans

Rapid antigen tests to be restricted to workplace outbreaks

Government continues to take a cautious approach to the tests, which are already being widely used by construction workers