Irish citizens could holiday in UK within weeks

New plan for mandatory hotel arrangements and travel restrictions set to be discussed

Some 250,000 shots given this week, with 2,000,000-dose milestone now surpassed

Twenty cases of B1.617.2, which is spreading rapidly in the UK, identified in State up to last week

No further deaths reported as Holohan urges vaccinated to ‘safely resume lives, mindful of guidelines’

Public-only consultant contracts and hiring 70,000 healthcare staff by 2023 also planned

Donnelly ‘quite frustrated’ at lack of progress in allowing partners to attend appointments

Government’s chief science adviser backs use of rapid tests to complement other health measures

Isme calls for Government to question reliability of advice it says is ‘so demonstrably wrong’

Five suspected blood-clot cases linked to AstraZeneca vaccine in Northern Ireland

Varadkar says guidelines will be issued, highlighting risk of ‘false reassurance’

Country begins biggest reopening since last summer

Major trauma centres to open next year in the Mater and CUH aim to improve outcomes

Fears of ‘cancer epidemic’ across Europe as screening stalled during pandemic

Nphet official critical of at-home rapid antigen test

Donnelly rejects call to stop cross-Border travel following spike in Donegal case numbers

Move comes amid optimism in Government ahead of easing of restrictions on Monday

Chief medical officer Tony Holohan ‘genuinely concerned’ at sale of such kits

Over a third of the eligible population has now received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine

IHME puts deaths from virus at 6.9m globally as it warns of under-reporting in every country

Lax travel restrictions may have been ‘weak link’ in Covid defences, say UCD academics

Ministers consider ‘summer stimulus’ package as rollout of one-shot vaccine begins

No plans by HSE to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for health workers

Doctors advocate co-locating national neurosurgical centre rather than siting two centres in two hospitals

Two further deaths and 383 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the State

Drug potency and misconception as harmless are ‘devastating’, psychiatrists warn

Nphet letter came ahead of Cabinet decision to approve easing of restrictions

National public health regulation compliance dropped since January, says ESRI

Meat-processing plants have reported some 3,000 cases during pandemic

Taskforce is currently reviewing the Covid jab rollout plan due to supply issues

Analysis: Research findings demonstrate the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines

Half of 3,500 housebound adults have received first Covid-19 vaccine

Family challenged initial decision not to provide radioactive iodine therapy

Government’s decision criticised by staff at State’s main neurosurgery centre

Number of clusters in workplaces decline while there none reported in nursing homes

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

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

Use of both vaccines had been curtailed due to concerns around blood-clotting events

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

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

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

For the third time we stand on the threshold of reopening. Let’s get it right this time

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

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

Fewer than five reports of clotting with low platelets post-jab, regulatory authority says

Further 10 deaths due to Covid-19 and 617 new cases reported

Pharma multinational announces plans for its own programme of family vaccination

Taoiseach rules out lifting of overseas holiday ban in early summer

Five school outbreaks last week, down from 14 the previous week and 44 a week earlier

Senior medics say a significant benefit to the vaccination programme would be needed to justify extending the gap

B1617 cases in England are doubling weekly, with the latest update recording 103 cases

Dr Ronan Glynn criticises ‘unhelpful’ media coverage and speculation over B1617 variant

No further deaths and 403 more Covid-19 cases reported in the State

Resistance to change has led Ireland down some very strange paths in this pandemic

Of 532 people to quarantine in hotels in past three weeks, 18 tested positive for Covid-19

B117 is up to 70% more transmissible than previous variants, and was first identified in Ireland in mid-December

Report is critical of actions taken by hospital to separate virus and non-virus patients

309 new coronavirus cases and 8 further deaths reported in the State

Greencore chief Patrick Coveney accuses Government of ‘incompetence and lack of foresight’

Analysis: New advice will affect thousands of patients due to be inoculated this week

HSE rescheduling appointments as Niac recommends not giving vaccine to under-60s

Many patients will deteriorate while waiting for treatment, conference hears

Evidence shows risk of virus to foetus causing stillbirth in six of seven reported cases

Latest figures show a further 12,475 doses of Covid-19 vaccinations administered

Dr Ronan Glynn said the change in advice was based on ‘an abundance of caution’

Analysis: Covid-19 rates still high but not among elderly as we move to cut economic carnage

Officials consider whether to strengthen virus-related advice for pregnant women

Officials awaiting advice as drug linked to blood clots which have affected younger people

‘People’s efforts continue to make a real difference,’ says acting Chief Medical Officer

Plans to expand quarantine list next week as first Irish case of ‘rare’ blood clot investigated

Seven further deaths and 400 new cases reported on Thursday evening

Up to 960,000 vaccine doses expected to be delivered and 860,000 set to get dose in April

Nphet likely to consider lifting mask requirement as extra ‘vaccine bonus’

Analysis: ‘Queue jumping’ and lack of transparency compounding anger over progress

Nphet member Dr Mary Horgan urges public to ‘think before they travel’ over Easter

Pharma firm disappointed over failure to meet commitments, says Dan Wygal

Minister: ‘Absolutely no defence’ after Bray fee-paying school teachers get jabs from private Beacon Hospital

Marie Brennan from Clontarf is housebound and was unable to her GP last month

Play dates ‘clearly’ a factor behind Covid-19 cases in children, says Paul Reid

Taoiseach says ‘leverage has to be there’ to ensure Europe ‘has sufficient vaccines’

Three further deaths and 606 more cases confirmed in the State

Republic has nine cases to Britain’s 10 of Covid version blamed for surge in Manaus city

Six classes in Longford school sent home after five Covid-19 cases confirmed

Outpatient appointments and elective procedures to be fully restored from June

Extra testing may be introduced to tackle high case numbers in some counties

Analysis: Pandemic severity best measured by death toll, and ICU and hospital figures

Gerard Waters of Celbridge a ‘conscientious objector’ who opposes jab and test referral

If Covid-19 cases remain high travel restrictions could be expanded only to 10km or perhaps 8km

Great-grandmother from Galway may be the oldest unvaccinated person in the State

A year after first reported Covid-19 death in Northern Ireland, death toll reaches 2,877

National Immunisation Advisory Committee says use can begin after clotting concern

Pessimism expressed on key metrics of hospitalisations, vaccinations and cases

EMA determines vaccine safe and effective and its protection outweighs any risks

No further deaths, as 582 more cases of coronavirus reported in the State

Decision to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine will see delay for thousands in high-risk category

Boys account for more injuries, with most occurring in the afternoon in summer

Analysis: Danger of falling ill from Covid-19 appears far greater than the threat of blood clotting

Public health expert says number of infections detected daily ‘static, if not increasing’

Government to await outcome of EMA investigation before deciding on future use of vaccine

‘We have uncovered a new neuro-rehabilitation solution that really works’