Politics (Page 661)

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said everyone who wants a Covid-19 vaccine appointment could be offered one by the end of June. As The Irish Times reports, Mr Varadkar raised the prospect at a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday evening. Sources said Mr Varadkar told TDs and Senators that an announcementContinue Reading

Significant differences have emerged between Ministers and public health officials over the use of antigen testing during the reopening of business and social life. As The Irish Times report, senior members of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet), including chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan and modelling chief ProfContinue Reading

EU member states are aiming to agree on a system for digital vaccine certificates for international travel by June 21st, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said. Some member states will begin using the system to ease restrictions surrounding non-essential travel, according to The Irish Times, however, others may wait untilContinue Reading

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said people should not buy Covid-19 antigen tests sold in supermarkets due to the risk of false results. The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) is “genuinely concerned” about the sale of the testing kits and their use in uncontrolled circumstances, the chiefContinue Reading

The Government is “drowning in the shadows of Fine Gael housing policy”, a private meeting of Fianna Fáil senators and TDs has heard. There are also calls for house purchase to be limited to one buyer. The meeting is discussing recent controversy over property purchases by investment funds, The IrishContinue Reading

Nearly 250 flights arriving in Ireland since the start of the year had at least one positive Covid-19 cases, while up to 80 per cent of close contacts on some planes have never been traced. Over 50 of those flights contained “variants of concern”, a concerned contact tracing employee toldContinue Reading

One further Covid-19 related death and 402 additional cases have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland today. There has now been a total of 4,906 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland along with a total of 249,838 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the State. Of the cases notified today: 220Continue Reading