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An almost empty arrivals hall in Terminal 2 of Dublin Airport: Since last week, all passengers arriving into the State must produce a negative test result. Photograph: Brian Lawless/ PA Wire 4:27 Passengers arriving into Republic without valid PCR tests could face compulsory quarantine

Cabinet to consider tighter controls as Nphet says pre-flight Covid tests are not enough

Ryanair said  it would reimburse the couple “for any extra costs incurred” and fly them home free of charge. File photograph: Nick Ansell/PA Wire Ryanair to fly couple home after rejecting Covid-19 test results printed in Polish

Airline says staff refusing permission to board as results need be in English an ‘isolated case’

Some 81 reports of suspected side effects linked to the Covid-19 vaccine have been reported to Irish medical regulators. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times. Regulator receives 81 reports of suspected Covid-19 vaccine side effects

Joint pain, nausea, fatigue and headache among reactions reported to Irish regulations

GP Mary Behan administering the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 to GP Ellaheebuksh Muhammud Fardeen of VHI Clinic Dundrum, at a vaccination centre in Dublin on Saturday. Photograph: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland/PA Wire 4:22 Hospitals in south and southwest getting lion’s share of Covid vaccines

Rollout under scrutiny after families of staff at Coombe hospital given leftover doses

Two of the recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Coombe  are understood to be children of the  hospital’s master. Photograph:  Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin 4:28 Ex-master of Coombe Hospital seeks inquiry over Covid vaccine row

Chris Fitzpatrick stresses ‘transparency, equity and accountability’ in eyes of public

University Hospital Kerry  has  confirmed that 10 construction workers received Covid-19 vaccines. Ten construction workers at Tralee hospital given Covid-19 vaccine

Hospital says staff are working on time-critical pandemic related works

People walk along an almost deserted Grafton Street in Dublin city centre on Monday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Coronavirus: 2,121 further cases and eight more deaths reported

Some 81 reports of ‘relatively mild’ suspected side effects linked to vaccine reported to medical regulators

The recommendation is outlined in a report by scientists leading the on-going Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (Tilda). Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Older people should increase exercise prior to Covid-19 vaccination – report

Trinity team outlines ways to boost uptake, efficacy of vaccine among vulnerable group

The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Photograph Nick Bradshaw Family members of staff at Rotunda Hospital received leftover Covid-19 vaccine

Dublin maternity hospital says doses of drug would have been wasted ottherwise

The Government is currently advising against all travel to and from countries in South America. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Covid-19 advice sent by text to 1,511 arrivals from Brazil amid new strain

Up to four messages to be sent to each person advising them to self-isolate and arrange a test

Irish scientists found  that a specific molecule could selectively kill the cells of triple negative breast cancer while sparing normal cells. Photograph: iStock Breakthrough in treatment of breast cancer reported by RCSI researchers

New treatment for triple negative breast cancer now being pursued

It remains unclear where the real decision on the vaccination rollout are being made. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin Coombe vaccine usage symptomatic of rollout issues

Hospitals have previously had to make up their own rules for allocating supplies

A  billboard at the Beacon Hospital in Sandyford, Dublin. Photograph:  Nick Bradshaw Beacon Hospital hopeful of agreeing Covid deal with HSE

HSE chief executive Paul Reid expressed ‘extreme frustration’ at Dublin hospital

Covid-19 probably arose in a horseshoe bat. But the biological and ecological steps it took to reach humans remain obscure. Photograph: Conor Kelleher Covid-19: Will new strains make the virus more difficult to control?

Variants from UK, South Africa and Brazil an increasingly menacing threat

The Coombe said it was able to produce more than 120 additional vaccines, beyond what was anticipated, Photograph: Aidan Crawley Coombe board to discuss giving of Covid-19 vaccine to 16 family members of staff

Stephen Donnelly spoke to hospital chairman about controversy about leftover doses

HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry,  says healthcare worker is a broad category that includes people at very different levels of increased risk. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times Issues of fairness raised in way vaccine distributed to healthcare workers, HSE says

Colm Henry acknowledges frustrations for those who see colleagues get jabs while they have to wait

Soldiers will be deployed daily over the coming weeks to assist nursing home staff with non-clinical general duties. Photograph: iStock Defence forces deployed to three nursing homes to ease staff pressure

Over 25 soldiers sent to facilities in Ballincollig and Douglas, Co Cork, and Ennis, Co Clare

There are 2,500 nurses and 400 doctors among the nearly 6,400 healthcare staff off work due to Covid-19. Photograph: Sascha Steinbach/EPA Almost 6,400 healthcare staff are off work due to Covid-19 as hospitals face virus peak

Defence Forces deployed to three nursing homes in Cork and Clare after HSE appeal

The Coombe said it was unable to find more frontline healthcare workers  after it produced a higher-than-expected number of Pfizer-BioNTech  doses from its supply when it was rolling out vaccines to staff. Photograph: EPA/Lukasz Gagulski Coombe hospital chief ‘deeply regrets’ that staff relatives were given Covid vaccines

The Coombe gave 16 doses to family members of staff so they would not be wasted

Site of the new national children’s hospital. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill 4:11 Delays in completion of national children’s hospital ‘exacerbated’ by lack of programme

Board overseeing the project has yet to receive ‘valid works programme’ from builder

St Michael’s  Hospital has been told not to expect further doses of the vaccine ‘for the coming week or two at the least’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times 3:31 Covid-19: Frustration at Dún Laoghaire hospital as staff vaccines fail to materialise

General manager says she is seeking ‘fair share’ as nursing homes are prioritised

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