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Friday 23 April 2021
# Covid-19
# Data Protection
RTÉ has reported that a number of people were arrested.
An internal inquiry has been launched into the leaking.
A proposal for a Digital Green Certificate, or a so-called Covid passport, are to be voted on in the European Parliament next week.
Several sectors of the economy have returned.
The IWU are taking the action over a claimed lack of consultation on outsourced work to the private sector.
The number of people affected is reported to be below five.
The so-called “Abú system” has become the source of controversy in recent days.
The KRI Nanggala has less than a day’s worth of oxygen remaining for its 53 crew.
We need to better prioritise the care of pregnant women during Covid, writes Fianna Fáil councillor Deirdre Geraghty-Smith.
Nearly half of business leaders said they expect to return to the office in the fourth quarter.
As of Wednesday night, more than 147,000 people have registered for their vaccine.
Stephen Donnelly said that the action was take over AstraZeneca’s “complete failure to meet its delivery and contractual agreements for April, May and June”.
This applies to all long-term residential care facilities.
Gardaí said that the 14-year-old girl will be re-united with her family tonight.
A round-up of NPHET’s press briefing at the Department of Health this evening.
Bernard Jackman and Murray Kinsella gave their thoughts during a difficult week, and after a stop-start few years, for Irish women’s rugby.
The judicial review challenge has been listed for hearing for five days beginning on 20 September.
We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene earlier.
First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill both expressed frustration over the issue.
There are plenty of locks bigger than Billy Holland about, but few have left such a footprint on rugby in Munster.
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
Kevin Bronson pleaded guilty to robbery at Centra, Old Bawn Shopping Centre, Tallaght.
UCC’s Dr Seán Ó Conaill looks back on an extraordinary week for international football.
The group, the court heard had accumulated debts of US$5.2Bn.
Biden has doubled US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions.
The country has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths.
Everyone in this cohort will be contacted over the next week by the HSE.
The Scottish band enjoyed huge success in the 1970s.
The latest figures were reported this evening.
The All-Ireland champions and The Kingdom will reunite at Semple Stadium 20 years on from a famous clash.
The health minister said last month that he had met students administering vaccines.
A spokesperson for the company says it is “a fluid situation”.
The Liffey Sweeper will remove litter from the upper part of the river.
IT IS FAIR to say that a lot of people would love to jet off for a break in the sun or a weekend away in a European city.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that holidaying abroad is currently illegal but that ‘may change’ over the summer.
Speaking this week at the launch of the government’s Be Summer Ready campaign, Coveney said the government is “not in the space now” to change the rules around travelling abroad but that may change in the coming months.
The European Parliament is set to vote next week on the proposal for Digital Green Certificates– also known as Covid passports.
The aim of Digital Green Certificates is to allow the return of free movement of people around Europe this summer – by proving that a person has either been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, has a negative test result, or has recovered from Covid-19.
Today we want to know: Would you support a Digital Green Cert allowing fully vaccinated people to go on holiday?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
UCC’s Dr Seán Ó Conaill looks back on an extraordinary week for international football.
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