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The Dáil was told that those vaccinated by the provider were ‘young people, 20s, 30s, 40s possibly’.
Dáil told of childcare provider staff vaccinated ahead of time

A childcare provider had all staff vaccinated in advance of their place in the rollout plan it has been claimed. Labour Party leader Alan Kelly said(...)

The commission has agreed to transfer the audio recordings to the Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman who will become data controller next week. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Deleted testimony from mother and baby home survivors can be recovered

Testimony of survivors to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes which was deleted can be retrieved from a backup system, the Gove(...)

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett claimed the Government’s handling of the pandemic has been ‘shambolic’. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Covid-19: Opposition criticises ‘dangerously defective’ proposals in Government plan

The Government must offer hope and restore public confidence when it unveils its revised Living with Covid plan on Tuesday, Opposition politicians hav(...)

Prof Philip Nolan said progress on reducing case numbers was slowing. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Covid-19: Tight restrictions to remain until May, as case numbers plateau

No further easing of restrictions, beyond the phased return of schools from early March, are likely to be announced by Government next week after the (...)

The White House is said to have assured Irish officials that if the events do have to take place virtually, it is just due to the pandemic and does not set a precedent for future years. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
St Patrick’s Day meeting between Biden and Martin expected to be virtual

The Government is expecting a virtual St Patrick’s Day meeting between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and US president Joe Biden this year due to the Covid-(...)

The programmes are designed to develop team leaders and supervisory management capability. Photograph: iStock
Hospitality and tourism workers urged to take new courses ahead of reopening

Workers in the Covid-19-hit hospitality and tourism industries are being encouraged to use the shut-down of the sector as a time to take up new traini(...)

A floor sticker asks guests to adhere to social distancing guidelines at a hotel that has offered to host quarantining for travellers, near Heathrow Airport in Britain. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images
Covid-19: What might mandatory hotel quarantine look like?

Next Tuesday the Cabinet will consider a Bill to enforce mandatory quarantine in hotels for certain incoming travellers for the first time as part of (...)

Senior Government official Liz Canavan said this figure represented was two-thirds of the Irish people who returned to the country that week and described this as a “very concerning statistic”. Photograph: Gareth Chaney /Collins
Government concern as 5,200 Irish people return from holidays abroad in one week

More than 5,200 Irish residents that arrived into Dublin Airport over the course of a week starting at the end of January said they had been on holida(...)

Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy: said the PAC has an obligation to look into matter and questioned whether the salary level increase can be reversed. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Decision to raise Department of Health chief’s salary ‘stinks’, PAC hears

The decision to raise the salary level of the next secretary general of the Department of Health by more than €90,000 “stinks to the high heavens”, a (...)

The Government aims to have the first election for mayor of Limerick by the end of the year. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
New Limerick mayor in line for €135,000 salary

The future directly elected mayor of Limerick will be in line for annual pay of almost €135,000 under Government plans for the office. An election f(...)

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