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Covid-19: Will new strains make the virus more difficult to control?
- Health
- January 16, 2021, 10:56
Two factors are increasingly worrying as the world desperately tries to control ever increasing spread of Covid-19: The first is the almost unbearable(...)

Covid-19: How did Ireland fall from grace to its current 'worst-in-world' statistics?
- Health
- January 13, 2021
The speed of Ireland’s fall from grace in terms of Covid-19 statistics is astonishing and perplexing. From having the lowest incidence in Europe at th(...)

Covid-19: South African variant may affect vaccine efficacy, warn scientists
- Africa
- January 6, 2021, 19:29
The new coronavirus variant linked to a surge in Covid-19 cases in South Africa is not only more infectious than previous forms of the virus but could(...)

Calais port: ‘The problem for us now is not Brexit. It’s Covid’
- Irish News
- January 2, 2021, 05:00
He claims it is the wind, but there is a tear in the eye of the head of Calais port, Jean-Marc Puissesseau, as the ferry Pride of Kent docks safely sh(...)

Ghostly atmosphere on one of last ferries to Britain before Brexit takes hold
- UK
- December 31, 2020, 14:40
Thursday’s early morning ferry from Dublin to Holyhead, one of the last before the January 1st imposition of a European Union trade border between the(...)

Can we draw a final line under the sorry mess that was Brexit? Fat chance
- Economy
- December 27, 2020, 12:00
They think it’s all over. A free trade agreement completed in record time; one that is more comprehensive than any other conducted in the EU’s history(...)

Congestion eases at UK border after thousands of drivers tested
- UK
- December 26, 2020, 17:55
Thousands more lorries have been allowed to cross the English Channel after being held at the border on Christmas Day, but hauliers have warned “it’s (...)

Lorries in Kent resume crossing to France as drivers test Covid-negative
- Europe
- December 24, 2020, 13:02
Transportation of lorries from Dover to France across the English Channel has resumed on Thursday after drivers returned negative Covid-19 test result(...)

New coronavirus strain probably already in Ireland, says Foster
- Irish News
- December 21, 2020, 06:45
It is likely that the new, more infectious strain of coronavirus is already present in Ireland, the North’s First Minister has warned. Arlene Foster(...)

Britain travel Q&A: What you need to know about flights, ferries and refunds
- Irish News
- December 20, 2020, 18:26
How is the Irish Government dealing with the new, more virulent strain of Covid-19 detected in the UK? On Sunday evening, the Government announced a (...)