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WHO downgrades Covid-19 pandemic, saying it is no longer a global emergency

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and ...

05 May 2023 at 15:05

National News

'Humans are a social species' - Mental health charity tells people to go outside

A national mental health charity is encouraging people to stop isolating and start socialising again. Turn2Me's call echoes that of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Breda Smyth, who tweeted a Healthy Ireland campaign on Wednesday (March 1), ...

03 Mar 2023 at 16:22

National News

We need to do everything we can to prepare for another pandemic, says Donnelly

We need to do everything we can to be ready for another pandemic, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said, saying he was advised the world will be dealing with them more frequently than an average of every 100 years. He said he was given this ...

11 Sept 2023 at 19:46

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland had lowest Covid deaths rate in UK, report states

Northern Ireland had fewer deaths per head of population than England, Scotland or Wales across the three years of the pandemic, evidence given to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has stated. A report, published on the inquiry website, sets out the ...

13 Nov 2023 at 11:35

National News

Jobs market recovery post-Covid likely due to state intervention and pandemic welfare supports, says study

Employment rates rose for almost all groups of people post-pandemic, while unemployment and labour market inactivity generally fell, new findings show. A new study from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and ...

24 Apr 2024 at 11:46

National News

Increase in large for-profit operators providing nursing home care – report

Large for-profit operators are the “dominant” providers of nursing home care in Ireland since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a think-tank’s report. Research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) indicates 14 large ...

09 Jan 2024 at 00:01

National News

‘Forgotten’ frontline workers demand pandemic recognition payment

Contract cleaning and security workers are demanding receipt of a pandemic recognition payment of 1,000 euro which was announced for eligible frontline health and ambulance workers. SIPTU members working in contract cleaning and ...

15 Jun 2023 at 17:04

National News

Harris defends decision to ‘evaluate’ how Ireland handled Covid pandemic

The Taoiseach has defended a decision to “evaluate” how Ireland handled the coronavirus pandemic rather than set up a statutory inquiry. Simon Harris said that a Covid evaluation will “get to the bottom” of Ireland’s response ...

31 Oct 2024 at 16:38

National News

Taoiseach urges vigilance over anti-vaccine sentiment in Ireland

There has to be vigilance that anti-vaccine sentiment does not take hold in Ireland, the Taoiseach has said. Micheal Martin also said he hoped the Government’s review of the response to Covid-19 would be expedited to ensure ...

17 Mar 2025 at 00:01

National News

Total immigration figures fall as work permits and asylum numbers rise – report

There has been a drop in overall immigration numbers in Ireland despite a 40% increase in asylum applications and a 27% increase in work permits last year. The Economic and Social Research Institute (Esri) has analysed new ...

11 Dec 2025 at 00:01

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