Gabriel Scally

A further 50 deaths of Covid-19 patients were reported on Friday as the chief medical officer warned of a newly identified variant identified in Brazi(...)

A 48-hour ban on all flights arriving into the Republic from Britain comes into force at midnight tonight as part of an emergency response to growing (...)

As if a novel and mutating virus was not threat enough, old political unsayables are part of the public health crisis in Northern Ireland. With a popu(...)

What is happening on Friday? Under the planned third phase of the reopening, restrictions on household visits and travel between counties are to be (...)

A series of “decisive” and “robust” interventions are to be proposed to try to deal with heavy demands on Northern Ireland’s health service, Stormont (...)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that the Covid-19 crisis in the North could happen in the State “if we allow things to go out of control”. The la(...)

The North’s Minister for Health has warned that further restrictions will be necessary in the new year to combat an expected rise in coronavirus cases(...)

The North’s health minister has warned he will not hesitate to immediately recommend a further tightening of restrictions if the number of coronavirus(...)

In Edinburgh, the silence is everywhere, in empty restaurants and deserted train stations, with people walking quickly by, heads down, and masks on. W(...)

A further 243 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the State. Seven additional deaths were reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team ((...)