Philip Nolan

Public health officials have expressed concern about an increase in recent days in the level of transmission of Covid-19. The reproduction number, wh(...)

Later, when the documentary we are living through is finished, part of the soundtrack of this particular episode will be all those radio ads telling u(...)

Are we any closer to knowing if we will be able to travel overseas this summer? Maybe, but not much and things are still far from clear. “We wouldn’t (...)

The Cabinet has approved plans to accelerate Ireland’s exit from restrictions put in place to tackle the spread of Covid-19. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar s(...)

Epidemics of infectious diseases can be unpredictable but they often come in waves. History has left hard lessons showing that a virus can quickly ret(...)

The Government is finalising a substantial financial package for the childcare sector to ensure it is in a position to reopen and facilitate a wider r(...)

House parties are being organised “with abandon, as though we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic”, chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said. Th(...)

Our lives have been severely restricted in recent months. We are assured the constraints have been imposed following “the best scientific advice”, but(...)

The two-week quarantine period for people arriving into the State from abroad will be lifted for those coming from countries where the coronavirus has(...)

An additional nine people have died from coronavirus in the Republic, it was confirmed by the Department of Health on Thursday evening. This brings t(...)