Month: December 2020

The Department of Health has confirmed 938 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 further deaths. Health chiefs believe a new variant of the coronavirus found in Britain is now present in Ireland. There have now been a total of 82,155 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 2,184 deaths related to the virus in Ireland. Source https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1223/1186201-covid-figures/ Photo […]

The chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Professor Philip Nolan said the country is “clearly now in a third wave of this pandemic” as 727 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed this evening. The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that “really at this stage it’s really important that people stay at […]

It is confirmed that there is four futher deaths related to Covid-19 in Ireland. There is a further 764 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 79,542. The number of people died from Coronavirus now stands at 2,158. The public have been advised to limit social interactions in the last […]

Face coverings are mandatory across all forms of public transport, and passengers are asked to maintain social distancing. Dublin Bus Dublin Bus will continue to operate a weekday service on all routes on 21, 22 and 23 December before launching into its Christmas schedule. On Christmas Eve, buses will run on a Saturday service, with […]

The Penneys stores in Blanchardstown and Dundrum will be open all night tonight in a bid to keep queues at the branches to a minimum. With just a week left until Christmas, Penneys have confirmed that their stores in the Blanchardstown Centre and Dundrum Town Centre will remain open from 8am on Friday, December 18 […]

It is confirmed that there is three futher deaths related to Covid-19 in Ireland. There is a further 484 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 77,678. The number of people died from Coronavirus now stands at 2,143. Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said: “The 5-day moving average is […]

It is “too early” to know if a new strain of coronavirus confirmed in Britain has emerged in Ireland, the deputy chief medical officer has said. Dr Ronan Glynn said Irish public health officials only received formal notification of the new Covid-19 strain on Monday, at the same time as the UK government publicly announced […]