Decline is ‘good news story’ from pandemic as antimicrobial resistance remains a threat

Drop in numbers of close contacts noted as 1,025 confirmed new cases in State reported

Publication in plain English marks 40 years of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)

Ordering process for children’s nasal spray vaccine to start at beginning of next month

Returning to work as schools reopen a threat to health of many staff, union warns

Groups looking into different approach to fevers and swabs to stop people avoiding tests

Garda checkpoints to enforce new travel limits, cafes and pubs to close for two weeks

Radio review: The Sunday morning programme needs more zip to compete with rivals

Initial results expected in late August to measure prevalence of virus in population

‘We will probably get more cases as restrictions lift’, clinical co-ordinator says

Irish College of General Practitioners said vulnerable family members could be at risk

‘There will be difficult choices, difficult decisions and huge ethical issues for doctors and society’

What happened to the goal of 15,000 tests a day and other testing questions

Most people with coronavirus will have mild symptoms that can be treated at home

Depends who you ask. If you have children to play, there are certain rules you should follow

One Cork medical practice moves to mostly phone consultations to reduce virus risk

Open letter to Arts Council and Government says movement ‘will not be silenced’

Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home

Third album from The Frames’ man fuses traditional sources and contemporary music with ease

With tricky commemorations ahead, Nuala O’Connor’s documentary is nicely measured

A guide to historical happenings around the country this year

Molly King is head of development for the Other Voices festival in Dingle and has been involved with it since her childhood

Today marks 200 years since the death of Jane Austen. Here seven writers discuss her extraordinary impact

Government, HSE and Irish Medical Organisation to begin talks within next fortnight

John Banville, Kevin Barry, Sara Baume, Anne Enright, Louise O’Neill, Nuala O’Connor and Edna O’Brien on 147-strong longlist

Nuala O’Connor has found a novel way into the life of the reclusive poet

Review: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne admires a compelling novel about the friendship of poet Emily Dickinson and her Irish maid

Peter Mc Guire explores the science behind some folk cures and remedies for colds and flu, and the misconceptions about how the illnesses can be caught and cured

This month’s Irish Times Book Club choice is a moving, beautifully written portrait of love, grief and motherhood

Antibiotic use in Irish nursing homes is twice as high as any other country in Europe

Writer Nuala Ní Chonchúir has struck a substantial deal in the US and Canada for her third novel about poet Emily Dickinson’s Irish maid. She tells The Irish Times about writing, motherhood and rural Ireland