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Chinese invest in Irish social housing and nursing homes
- Commercial Property
- January 9, 2021, 01:00
Chinese investors are paying €1 million each to social housing schemes planned by developer Richard Barrett’s Bartra Capital, in return for the right (...)

Nursing homes hope for full Covid-19 vaccinations by mid-February
- Health
- January 5, 2021, 00:01
The acceleration of the Covid-19 vaccination programme should allow people in all 582 nursing homes in the country to be inoculated by the middle of n(...)

‘A momentous day’: Annie Lynch (79) first person to get Covid-19 vaccine in State
- Health
- December 29, 2020
Dublin grandmother Annie Lynch (79) became the first person in the Republic to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday afternoon. The Pfizer/BioNT(...)

Covid-19: Nine deaths and record 1,546 cases reported in State
- Health
- December 29, 2020, 10:34
A further nine deaths of Covid-19 patients have been reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet). This brings to 2,213 the total num(...)

The Offload: Rejoice in the leadership of David Nucifora
- Rugby
- December 21, 2020, 09:00
Rejoice for 2021 Like so many others, The Offload is ignoring the three pillars of rugby union (racism, doping and concussion) to focus on a brighter(...)

Covid heroes: ‘We don’t need to change the world, just to change someone’s world for 10 minutes’
- People
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
You told us all about the people who have made a big difference to others during this strange and difficult year. Meet the covid heroes of 2020 (...)

Hospital patients far less likely to die from stroke, heart attack than decade ago - report
- Health
- December 15, 2020, 00:01
Patients are far less likely to die in hospital from heart attack, stroke or pneumonia than a decade ago, a new report shows. In contrast, the death (...)

Master of three dimensions – An Irishman’s Diary on sculptor Patrick MacDowell
- Opinion
- November 23, 2020, 19:30
Ireland has produced some notable sculptors, one of the finest of whom was Patrick MacDowell, who died 150 years ago on December 9th. Although he work(...)

Some Covid-19 infections could be missed by inefficient swabbing
- Health
- October 14, 2020, 02:30
Some Covid-19 infections could be missed through poor technique when patients are being swabbed for a test, new Irish research suggests*. With Covid-(...)

Roddy Doyle: ‘My unpublished first novel was sh*te’
- Books
- October 10, 2020, 06:05
The writer discovered this because, when he started writing The Commitments, he knew it was good. But No matter when or where his work is set, Doyl(...)