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Wednesday 21 October 2020
There are currently 13 C0vid-19 cases in ICU – the highest figure since 30 June.
The child was taken to Children’s Health Ireland with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
Partners cannot attend scans and can only join pregnant women for the late stages of labour.
Three wards at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh have been hit by coronavirus clusters.
Concerns have been raised by GPs about major difficulties in accessing hospital services.
Several staff at the Craigavon Area Hospital are self-isolating as a precaution.
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The hospital said the ward is now closed to new admissions.
Paul Reid said there are 10 confirmed positive cases in hospital.
The alleged attack occured at a house gathering on 13 June.
‘A fire alarm went off and we sent four fire tenders, and people are saying now we should only have sent three,’ the secretary general said.
The hospital said it is working to understand how the data was not “accurately captured”.
Notification of infectious diseases is required by legislation.
Labour leader Alan Kelly said normal diagnostics and screening services need to get back up and running.
The former Barcelona player is expected to return home on Monday.
The question of extra deaths in the population as a result of the virus has been raised several times over the past number of weeks.
Keith Watson was admitted to hospital for surgery last month and tested positive for Covid-19.
It was reported today that two wards in the hospital were closed following an outbreak of infection.
The Irish government has spent over €200 million on PPE from countries such as China.
Simon Coveney said restrictions on public movement due to the Covid-19 emergency may be extended beyond the current 12 April deadline.
The contractors had been criticised for continuing construction at the site after new government guidelines.
Gardaí at Store Street garda station have launched an investigation into this assault.
Professor Fergal Malone has asked members of the public to “work with us”.
The rest of Scotland Women’s Six Nations games were postponed.
Some outpatient appointment slots on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday be reduced or rescheduled.
Food production for the hospital has been moved to Merlin Park University Hospital.
The two patients are members of the same family.
The woman, who was in a distressed state, told the volunteer she had been released from an acute hospital.
University Hospital Limerick is worst affected with 75 people on trolleys.
The Mater was the hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys in Dublin yesterday morning, according to the INMO.
There has been a marked increase in flu presentations in comparison to last year.
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He is expected to be in hospital for a few days.
The new contract for consultant doctors offers increased pay levels of up to €222,460, rising further to €252,150 by July 2022.
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
In total, it has €17.4 billion – a 6.3% increase in funding compared to 2019.
The suspect fled the scene but later shot and killed himself, police have confirmed.
Opening hours at the centre in Dublin are currently 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The judge said that the victim, who has special needs, still has a bond with her father.
The woman was yesterday found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of her three-year-old daughter.
There has been an increase in self-harm among young people aged 10-24 years.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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