A Kilkenny TD has welcomed new measures to provide expanded dental healthcare services for medical card holders. The announcement by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly clears the way for an expanded Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). Minister Dnnelly also confirmed his commitment to review the scheme to ensure its future viability. He approved an […]
More than 11,000 people have contracted Covid-19 over the past 24 hours as hospital cases rose to the highest levels since late January. The Department of Health today reported 4,423 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19. It said there were 6,957 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal. There were 803 Covid patients in hospital, with […]
Over 9,000 new cases of Covid-19 cases were confirmed this evening. An expert group has been set up to initially identify lessons from the public health components of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. A further 4,006 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health, while 5,212 people registered a […]
Updated Digital COVID Certificates will now be issued to those who have received their booster, it was confirmed this evening. More than 2.2 million additional vaccines have now been administered in Ireland. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said people who’ve had their booster can expect “a Digital COVID Certificate recording their additional dose from this
There have been 3,887 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health, However, the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said results show around 14% of cases are now due to the Omicron variant, and he warned: “We can expect this proportion to rise rapidly over the coming days”. A further 3,887 people […]
There has been a rise in the number of patients being treated in hospitalised with Covid-19. As of 8am, there were 578 patients being treated in hospital for the virus, which is are increase of 12 on the same time yesterday. However, the figures is lower than the 685 people who were hospitalised with Covid-19 […]
Before America introduced national prohibition in 1920, an anti-drink campaigner by the name of Pussyfoot Johnson attempted to bring it in state by state. If he couldn’t persuade a state’s legislators to order a total ban on the sale of alcohol he would aim for minor restrictions designed to make drinking as unpleasant and difficult […]
A further six people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,296 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,200. There has now been 85,394 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]
A further eight people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 329 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,134. There has now been 76,776 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]
One more person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 215 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death told as a result of the virus now stands at 2,097. There are now 74,682 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]