Sam Mcconkey

This week the number of Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland passed 7,000. However, the lifting of restrictions and the fact that deaths are reported o(...)

On Thursday morning, as the laws underpinning nearly two years of sweeping coronavirus restrictions were about to fall by the wayside, there were near(...)

Ireland recorded one of the lowest rates of excess deaths in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a major new study. In Europe, only (...)

All main churches struggle with the issue of homosexuality. It is a reason why they are becoming more marginalised in societies where debate on gay ri(...)

Covid-19 will still be around for the whole of 2022 but anti-viral drugs and better planning could lessen its impact, experts have said. The world en(...)

The threat of dismissal facing a Presbyterian minister in Dublin and the disciplining of a parish council has been criticised by one of the State’s be(...)

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has warned the public to take precautions from today if planning to spend Christmas with loved ones who are vuln(...)

The proposed disciplining by the Presbyterian Church of Rev Katherine Meyer and the council at Christ Church in Sandymount, Dublin, has been described(...)

Won’t somebody please think of the parents? Whatever emotions children might have as Storm Barra shuts schools in much of the country, Clare McKenna, (...)

An intensive care consultant has said measures similar to those taken during previous Covid-19 surges are needed in order to prevent the hospital syst(...)