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Micheal Martin during a media briefing.”It will pass. We will make it through this pandemic,” he said. PhotographTom Honan/Julien Behal Photography/PA Wire
Nationwide ban on home visits imposed while Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal moved to Level 4

The Government has announced a nationwide ban on visits to homes or gardens in almost all circumstances, except for providing care to children or elde(...)

Stephen Vernon is backing Urbanvolt, a firm which fits LED lights to industrial premises at no charge to the user. It gets paid by sharing the savings on their bills. Photograph: Alan Betson
Vernon and ISIF back €7m funding round for Urbanvolt

Former property magnate Stephen Vernon and the State’s Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) have backed a €7 million fundraising round by energy-sav(...)

Prof Fergal O’Brien, professor of bioengineering & regenerative medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
A scaffold for healing

Fergal, you work on materials to fix bone and cartilage, can you explain? In my lab, the Tissue Engineering Research Group, we develop materials made(...)

A female spiny seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) shelters is a healthy meadow of common eelgrass. Photograph: Alexander Mustard
IWT report lists ‘serious deterioration’ in Ireland’s protected marine habitats

Some of Ireland’s most important protected marine habitats are experiencing “serious deterioration and in some cases outright destruction”, a report b(...)

The high cost of rent for a single person is seen as one of the reasons for the rise in the number of homeless single adults. Photograph: The Irish Times
High rent costs driving rise in number of homeless single adults

The number of homeless single adults increased again last month, even as the number of homeless overall fell by 26, from 8,728 in July to 8,702 in Aug(...)

The boat with its engine which was stolen. Photograph: Ray Ryan
One of Ireland’s biggest lakes without rescue boat as engine stolen

One of the largest lakes in Ireland has been left without a search and rescue service after the engine and navigation gear on the volunteer unit’s boa(...)

In May, it emerged 23 common European buzzards were poisoned with carbofuran. Photograph: Frank Miller
The importance of cracking down on carbofuran
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  • September 17, 2020, 01:00

“Carbofuran has the unpleasant distinction of being so hazardous to wildlife, that it simply cannot be regulated or managed accordingly without mortal(...)

It is unsurprising that Dublin is the hot spot for the virus. File photograph: The Irish Times
Covid-19 plan puts whole country at Level Two, which is nonsense

Timing is everything, especially so with pandemics. It is unfortunate for the Government, therefore, that the pressing task of reining in a surge of C(...)

American entrepreneur Chuck Feeney (centre) signs papers to dissolve his Atlantic Philanthropies foundation at his office in San Francisco. The signing was witnessed by Christopher Oechsli, president and chief executive of the foundation, and Mr Feeney’s wife Helga.
Chuck Feeney dissolves Atlantic Philanthropies after giving away $8bn

Veteran American entrepreneur Chuck Feeney has signed the papers to dissolve his Atlantic Philanthropies foundation that provided more than $8 billion(...)

The difficulty for vaccine makers is that even clinical trials involving 30,000 people – such as AstraZeneca’s current phase 3 trial – may not pick up rare, but potentially devastating, reactions. Photograph: iStock
Oxford Covid trial pause a reminder of huge challenges in race for vaccines

When AstraZeneca confirmed on Tuesday evening that it had temporarily halted trials of its coronavirus vaccine, the news disconcerted millions around(...)

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