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Safefood said parents should ease back on the treats. Photograph: iStock

2:01 Half of children eating more junk food since pandemic began – study

Safefood seeking to help families get back to healthier habits as society opens back up

Stephen Lynch died after being hit by a car in Brookview, Tallaght. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Family of Stephen Lynch renew appeal for information on fatal hit-and-run

Lynch was murdered when he was struck by a vehicle in Tallaght in 2017

Students attend Visconti High School in Rome on Monday, the first day of reopening. Photograph: Massimo Percossi/EPA

Ireland one of three countries to fully reopen schools in April, says Hiqa report

Czechia and Portugal record highest Covid-19 related hospital and ICU numbers since January

A member of the public arriving at a walk-in test centre in Dublin: The centres support enhanced testing for local communities and allow further identification of any variants of concern, says HSE. File photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Covid walk-in test programme extended as two new centres open

Celbridge opens facility with Tullamore to follow as 42,900 people have been tested since programme began

Among those who were hospitalised, chronic heart disease, asthma and morbid obesity were associated with increased risk of ICU admission, research shows. File photograph: iStock

Covid-19 carries higher risk for morbidly obese men with heart disease – study

Chronic neurological conditions and cancer brought higher mortality rates, based on Irish data

Just 6 per cent of people said they will not take a vaccine for Covid-19, an Ipsos MRBI survey has found. Photograph: Alan Betson

About 85% of people willing to get Covid-19 vaccine, survey finds

Younger groups most reluctant with 10% of those aged 25-34 saying they would refuse shot

Brothers Willie and Paddy Hennessy, pictured in 2009. The men died along with another brother, Johnny, in a double murder-suicide in Curraghgorm, Co Cork in February. Photograph: Seán Burke/Provision

Family of double murder-suicide brothers raising money for mental health services

Daughter of Paddy Hennessy hopes that open discussion of tragedy may help others

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, pictured last week, has said that fully vaccinated American tourists will be able to visit the European Union over the coming months without restrictions. Photograph: JOHN THYS / Getty

EU flags move to unrestricted travel to Europe for fully vaccinated visitors from US

Any Irish changes for inoculated travelers to be based around self-quarantine rules

Joint mobility, strength, confidence and aerobic fitness have ‘hugely, hugely declined’ because of inactivity. Photograph: iStock

4:49 Locked-down elderly facing ‘tsunami’ of health problems

Many have suffered falls and have balance difficulties while there is also a ‘fear element’

Evelyn Hanrahan: ‘I won’t be going to play for two or three hours like I used to.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

4:03 ‘Lockdown breaks you’: A sportswoman on her physical decline

Evelyn Hanrahan says some outdoor sports should have been allowed under strict rules

The scene of the fatal shooting of Det Adrian Donohoe in Co Louth. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Man arrested in inquiry into garda’s murder released without charge

Key person of interest in fatal shooting of Det Adrian Donohoe released without charge

Both the Brazilian and South African variants carry a mutation in the spike protein – the part of the virus that allows it to infect a host – called E484K, which helps bypass immunity from past infection.

Covid-19: More than 200 Irish cases linked to potentially risky variants

Variant cases found but they may struggle to get foothold due to UK B117 dominance

Dr Callum Swift and Dr Derek Cawley outside the Convention Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Covid-19 a chance to build ‘healthier, more just world’ – doctors

Climate decisions will have ‘lasting consequences’ for ‘lives of future generations’

From Sunday people aged 62 were able to register for their jab, while 61-year-olds will be able to sign up from Monday. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

People who refuse AstraZeneca will not be eliminated from rollout – HSE

Covid-19: About 120,000 ‘very high risk’ people have not received their first vaccine dose

People enjoying the good weather in St Stephens Green, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

One million first vaccine doses administered, Taoiseach says as ‘outdoor’ summer ahead

429 new cases and one further death reported in the State as Cabinet set to consider reopening measures

Vaccinators administering Covid 19 Vaccinations of Cohort 4 at the HSE Vaccination Centre in the Aviva Stadium .Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Coronavirus: Five further deaths and 461 new cases reported as a quarter of adults get first vaccine

Number of Covid-19 patients in hospital falls to 162, the lowest level since October

Pop-up community Covid testing centre in Coolock, Dublin. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins

UK variant makes up 94 per cent of Irish Covid cases sequenced - report

55 cases of South African variant, 24 cases of th P1 Brazil variant and three cases of India variant recorded

The European Medicines Agency has reiterated that the benefits of AstraZeneca’s vaccine outweigh any risks. File photograph: Getty

3:40 Vaccine rollout to be boosted by delivery of 165,000 AstraZeneca doses

Change to supply plan comes after EMA licenses manufacture of drug in Asian plant

Despite a new spike in the case numbers, Dr Holohan and other officials remain unperturbed. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

4:46 Holohan returns to a much brighter picture, though clouds remain

Approval for Johnson & Johnson jab could see Ireland catch up quickly on neighbours

University Hospital Kerry has said a programme of weekend endoscopes will clear a backlog of 100 priority cases by June. File photograph: iStock

University Hospital Kerry says weekend work will clear endoscope backlog by June

Hospital responds after accusations by Fine Gael TD of ‘significant delays’ for patients

Dr Colm Henry of the HSE cites loneliness, malnutrition, late presentations with illnesses other than Covid, and breaks in screening services as part of the fallout from lockdown. Photograph: Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland

HSE chief warns of ‘secondary harm’ from pandemic

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