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Friday 22 January 2021
# Lockdown
# daniel kane
Irish GDP grew by 2.5% in spite of the pandemic, according to the updated data.
Public Health officials are urging people to stay at home as high levels of community transmission continue to pose a risk.
Trump was suspended after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.
Home visits have also been cut as well as flights from Britain, South Africa and South America.
It’s the first time the Reds have been lost at home since April 2017.
Next time you come for cervical screening your sample will be tested for the HPV virus.
We have been answering readers’ questions in our Q&A and covering the roll-out extensively on The Explainer Podcast.
Ex-Munster fullback Sean Scanlon has retired from professional rugby after seven seasons in the Championship.
Meanwhile, the latest letter from the Chief Medical Officer said that ‘optimistic’ projections show between 800 and 1,600 cases per day at the end of January.
The RISE TD argues that now is the time for an overhaul of our approach to Covid-19 so we can make this lockdown the last.
Taoiseach indicates restrictions until at least late February, Joe Biden’s first full day in office, and the death of an Irish athletics legend…
We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
The CCPC was notified of the proposal from AIB, BOI, KBC and Permanent TSB earlier this month.
Here are a few options for weekend watching.
Health officials have regularly sought to get the reproductive number below 1.
The Fórsa union has said it wanted special education back “as soon as possible” but criticised “running commentary in the media”
The broadcaster also received over 90 emails and a number of phone calls with “negative feedback” over the broadcast.
A total of 64% of 6,000 healthcare workers from the two hospitals participated in the study.
Sport Ireland CEO and former athlete John Treacy pays tribute to his late friend.
121,900 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ireland to date.
The figures were confirmed by public health officials this evening.
Clinical Nurse Manager Bernie Waterhouse shared her experience of working on a Covid ward for the last ten months.
We outline what’s in the report, and talk to a historian about issues it raises.
That’s according to an article published in this month’s Irish Medical Journal.
One worker has died from head injuries in the explosion, state media said earlier.
Deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill said this afternoon that the health service is facing into its “toughest week”.
Richard O’Halloran from Foxrock hasn’t seen his family since February 2019.
It includes busts of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The RSA launched a new online portal in December.
The incident happened at a house in the Gortgonis Road area of Coalisland yesterday.
The HSE has provided an update on the vaccination programme.
Kiernan finished ninth in the 1984 Olympic Marathon, and went on to coach many of Ireland’s top athletes.
Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974.
Nearly 180 flood warnings remained in place across England at midday today.
‘They didn’t come in Covid positive, they picked up Covid while in the hospital,’ said Leo Varadkar.
Gardaí also seized almost €4,000 in cash, a weighing scales and mixing agent.
Organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said they were “so sorry” to have to cancel the event.
The woman told the court she “might be dead or in a vegetative state” if doctors and gardaí had not intervened.
She is in a serious condition.
They want an independent team of detectives to search for leads for fresh prosecutions and other measures to recover information.
A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY collection for survivors of mother and baby homes has been suggested by independent senator Rónán Mullen.
The government is drawing up a redress scheme for survivors on foot of the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation last week.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that religious organisations should “make a contribution” towards this scheme.
Speaking in the Seanad yesterday, Mullen said the country should consider “whether it would be appropriate to have some kind of national voluntary contribution as part of a redress package to reflect the social and community dimension to this story, along with Church and State contributions”.
“We are all connected with families who are in some way a part of this story,” he added.
We want to know: Should a ‘national voluntary collection’ be set up for survivors of mother and baby homes?
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