More than 30,000 people in Ireland availed Covid vaccine through walk-in vaccination centres in the weekend, HSE officials said. The HSE set up around 20 walk-in vaccination centres all over the country from Saturday to Monday, which were also bank holidays. Anyone above 16 could come directly to the centre without prior booking to avail … Read more
Irish boxer Kellie Harrington assured a medal after beating Algeria’s Imane Khelif in Tokyo Olympics quarter final yesterday. Harrington qualified for semi-final with an authentic victory against Khelif after a 5-round match in Women’s Lightweight Boxing. With this winning, Ireland has secured 4 medals in total so far in this Olympics. “Sometimes you think of … Read more
Irish government is all set to impose a levy on disposable coffee cups, it was confirmed. The levy will be introduced through the Circular Economy Bill 2021 later this year or in early 2022. Minister of the state at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communication, Ossian Smyth confirmed the levy would come into … Read more
Once again India’s PV Sindhu bagged a medal in Olympics, beating China’s He Bing Jiao in women’s singles badminton in the bronze medal match. The match for third place in Tokyo Olympics was taken place between the two after Sindhu losing semifinals to Chinese-Taipei’s Tai Tzu-Ying yesterday. Sindhu, the silver medalist in last Rio Olympics … Read more
Ireland added Georgia and Malaysia to its renewed mandatory hotel quarantine list. People travelling from or through these countries within last 14 days, have to stay in a hotel after arriving in Ireland. The restriction for travellers will come into effect from 4 AM on August 4. Meanwhile the department of health confirmed Saudi Arabia … Read more
Irish Boxer Aidan Walsh backed out from competing in men’s welterweight semi-finals in Tokyo Olympics after injuring his ankle while celebrating quarter final victory. The 24-year-old boxer was about to fight Britain’s Pat McCormack for the journey to the finals today morning. Walsh being forced to walk out, McCormack automatically qualified for the finals and … Read more
Ireland has overtaken neighbouring UK in terms of vaccine rollout, said Taoiseach Michael Martin. The country now vaccinated 72.4% of adults while UK’s vaccinated adult population stands 72.1%. “The vaccine rollout is continuing at great pace. Today we edged ahead of our nearest neighbours – a brilliant effort by everyone involved,” Mr Martin said. He … Read more
The Indian government has extended the ban on international flights to and from the country till August 31. The new decision came in contradiction with the earlier announcement to resume commercial flights from July 31. Scheduled flights also had set to resume from July 30 after 16-month gap. The move comes after India’s fight with … Read more
The Department of Health in Ireland has confirmed all of the 19 maternity units in the country will allow partners with pregnant women from next week. Amid Covid fears, many hospitals in the country advised the partners not to accompany the pregnant women during hospital visits. The government had eased many restrictions including allowing indoor … Read more
The public are advised not to enter at Seapoint beach for swimming as a recent test result showed high presence of e-coli bacteria in the water. The advisory notice was published by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County council yesterday and will be in effect for five days. The council had collected water samples from all five … Read more
The number of homeless people in Ireland has crossed 8,000 once again in June as per the reports from the Department of Housing. Adding 23 more adults and children, the number of homeless people in the country now stands 8,014 for the month of June. The number of families without homes has also increased to … Read more
The Department of Health confirmed 1,501 new Covid-19 cases in Ireland on Friday. As per the reports there are 169 patients admitted in the hospitals and 23 of them are in intensive care units. The Health Service Executive (HSE) also warned the public over a text scam for Covid vaccine appointments. Some people are receiving … Read more
The department of health has launched a new online self-service portal for the Digital Covid Certificate in Ireland. The move comes after a wide range of complaints from the public regarding delays in issuing certificates especially via call centre system. The new poral https://covidcertificateportal.gov.ie/ can be accessed by the public to request for a new … Read more
Walk-in Covid19 vaccination centres are opening across the country from the coming weekend. More details in the HSE link below https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/find-a-covid-19-vaccination-centre/
Global healthcare company Abbott has today announced further investment in its cardiovascular Research and Development Centre based at its Vascular devices site in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Abbott is the world leader in drug-eluting stents. Both R&D and manufacturing of Abbott’s new vascular technologies to treat complex heart disease take place at its Clonmel site. The … Read more