Category: Ireland
Europe: Another huge Covid wave is building right across the continent
Almost every country in Europe is now seeing a big increase in Covid cases. More...
Ireland: more Covid cases between Christmas and New Year than in the whole of 2020
More than 120,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland since Christmas Day. More...
Europe: all-time Covid infection record broken by growing winter superwave
Europe has broken through its all-time high for Covid cases, and is seeing sharp increases in infections right across the continent. More...
Ireland: new restrictions to prevent Covid winter wave
Working from home, midnight closing time for hospitality among measures announced by Irish Taoiseach. More...
Ireland: Half of all Covid deaths were infected in fewer than 400 buildings
A eureka moment from Irish architect Orla Hegarty who has found that half of all deaths from Covid in Ireland were infected in just 400 buildings. More...
Prediction: European Covid winter wave of 2021 will be the worst wave of the pandemic so far
This isn’t the most difficult prediction we have ever had to make, but there is no doubt that, despite huge vaccination campaigns across the continent, the winter wave now breaking over Europe will be their worst wave of the pandemic so far. More...
WHO: 500,000 deaths from Covid in Europe this winter
“The current pace of transmission across the 53 countries of the European Region is of grave concern,” said regional WHO head Hans Kluge. More...
Ireland: highest Covid numbers since January 2021 despite 92.5% vaccination rate
Ireland has reported the highest 7 day Covid case rate since the peak of January 2021 wave. More...
Ireland: 54% of hospitalized Covid patients are fully vaccinated
About half of all Covid-19 patients in Irish hospitals and intensive care units are fully vaccinated against the disease, new figures show. More...
Ireland: 17% vaccine breakthrough “entirely in keeping with what we expect”
The Irish Department of Health has reported 1,522 new cases of Covid-19. More...