Colm Henry

Further measures to tackle scores of coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, along with a multimillion euro package of economic supports for the secto(...)

THE JARGON Covid-19 Some diseases, like storms or hurricanes, get their own names. Covid-19 is the acronym the World Health Organisation has given th(...)

Hundreds of home carers are to be redeployed to nursing and residential care homes to plug staffing gaps caused by outbreaks of coronavirus. Separate(...)

Eight more patients diagnosed with Covid-19 have died, the National Public Health Emergency Team reported on Monday evening. Six of the eight deaths (...)

The first Aer Lingus flight to China to collect a batch of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Irish health service arrived in Dublin on Sunda(...)

In moments of crisis we cling to the strangest things. With coronavirus, it turns out Irish households can’t bear to go without a king’s ransom in sli(...)

Main points UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Covid-19. Yesterday was the single most deadly day for Coronavirus as the w(...)

Ten more patients with Covid-19 died on Thursday, by far the highest daily death toll so far in the outbreak. There was also a record daily number of(...)

Ten more patients with Covid-19 have died, by far the highest daily death toll so far in the outbreak. The deaths occurred among three women and seve(...)

Personal protective equipment, ie clothing used when treating infectious patients, is a key issue in the coronavirus pandemic. A shortage of personal(...)