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Taoiseach Micheal Martin TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD have today announced €40 million for a North-South Research programme. This significant investment, provided through the Shared Island Fund, will support the deepening of links between higher education institutions, researchers and research communities on the island of … Read more

More than 750 pharmacies around the country have begun administering the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Covid-19 vaccine to people between the ages of 18 and 34 who have opted-in to receive it. It comes as the Health Service Executive confirmed that another 343,000 vaccines were administered last week. Almost half (49%) of the adult population … Read more

.Ahead of a meeting with the Government today, the hospitality industry insist rules on table distances should be ditched in return for pub and restaurant owners supporting plans for a new vaccine ID system for indoor dining.Pubs and restaurants are demanding social distancing be scrapped for indoor dining if vaccine passes are introduced. Ahead of the crucial … Read more

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, announced an update to the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. This update to the programme comes following the updated advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) regarding the possible use of adenoviral vector vaccine for those aged under 50 years of age. NIAC has restated that it is still preferable … Read more

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD jointly launched Healthy Ireland’s National Healthy Campus Framework today which will help higher education institutions across Ireland to embed health and wellbeing into campus life for staff and students. The Framework will be supported with … Read more

The 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open gets underway today (July 1st) at Mount Juliet and Fáilte Ireland is using its sponsorship of the event to highlight the importance of golf tourism to the national economy and showcase Ireland as a world-class golfing destination. Pre-Covid19 golf tourism was a hugely lucrative sector in Ireland generating … Read more

On 1st July 2021 An Garda Síochána commenced an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy – Operation Tara.The operation will have a strong focus on tackling street-level dealing in cities, towns and villages across the country  The goal of Operation Tara is to protect communities from the scourge of illegal drugs in line with An Garda Síochána’s … Read more

Electric Ireland announced that it is increasing residential electricity prices by 9 per cent and residential gas prices by 7.8 per cent with effect from August 1st, 2021. This is due to increases in wholesale energy costs. Marguerite Sayers, Executive Director, Electric Ireland commented:“Electric Ireland is determined to keep prices as low as possible, but … Read more

Cereals containing gluten (wheat) have been declared in the list of ingredients of Naturli’ Brownie Buzz Fudgy Chunks ice cream cones, however the text on the back of the pack states that ‘’the cone is 100% plant based, gluten free and delicious…’’ The cone is gluten free, however, the brownie filling is not. This may … Read more

Kirby Group Engineering has announced plans to create 300 new jobs as part of a significant expansion to meet demand for its services in Ireland and across Europe. The family-founded, privately owned company says the new jobs will include engineering, commercial, operations and administrative staff, with recruitment for many of these roles already underway. As … Read more

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 448* confirmed cases of COVID-19.As of 8am yestrday , 44 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 14 are in ICU. There have been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. Ireland is at the beginning of the fourth wave of Covid-19 and a “serious … Read more

The Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. today (Thursday, 1st July) announces the first approvals for funding under the SEAI’s on-street public charge point scheme for Local Authorities. These are the first grants under this particular scheme to roll out public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across counties and towns in Ireland. More and more … Read more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Thursday, 1 July, that two doses of the COVID vaccines approved for use in the European Union appear to provide protection against the rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus, reported news agency AFP. The assessment came in the wake of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent warning … Read more

Chilled meats from Great Britain, such as sausages, which would otherwise be prohibited in Northern Ireland, will continue to move from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after the UK and the EU agreed to extend the grace period allowing this until 30 September. The extension means that Northern Ireland consumers will be able to buy … Read more