Niamh O Beirne

HSE’s head of testing and tracing says there are no plans to scale down testing

Churches allowed to resume Communions, Confirmations ‘very quickly’ in September – Minister

Paul Reid calls for unvaccinated people to get the jabs amid high infection levels

Republic has second highest rate of full Covid vaccination in EU, according to ECDC

Fewer than 10% of people who test positive for disease using link to share key information

HSE chief Paul Reid says Ireland remains in a period of ‘sustained threat’ from Covid-19

Over 80% of cases among unvaccinted with rise in vaccinated people linked to rollout to younger groups

Foreign travel ban to be lifted on Monday despite travel being second-highest source of infection

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly warns Seanad of ‘roaring’ growth in virus infections

Thousand cases a day threshold has been met ahead of when expected, Paul Reid says

Public health director says new PCR test will allow ‘more actions’ to prevent spread

Offaly posts highest rate in country, but still unclear whether Delta variant to blame

Contact tracers find growing number of cases in county linked to social gatherings

HSE says the affected north Co Dublin childcare facility was an ‘isolated case’

More than 30% of eligible population have received one dose, as 12.5% fully vaccinated

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