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Mick Clifford: Why Ireland must face tough questions about its covid strategy
S Mick Clifford: Why Ireland must face tough questions about its covid strategy
Ireland’s pandemic response shaped lives, but did it cause more harm than good? A full, honest inquiry is overdue, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Cemetery workers and funeral agency workers in protective masks transport a coffin of a person who died from coronav
Gareth O'Callaghan: Apart from how to wash our hands, we've learned nothing from covid
Five years after Covid, we claim life is back to normal — but is that a sign we’ve learned nothing?

 Listen | Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

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Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long covid
Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long covid
Experts at UCLH used a technique for correcting blocked nasal passages on patients who have suffered a profound loss of smell after covid infection

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

Child with bag back to school. Faceless cute little boy back to school with blue schoolbag
School closures during covid 'negatively impacted' children's social development, say parents
Also, almost two in five parents (38%) said they believed that the closure of third-level institutions had a negative impact on their child’s future career prospects

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: We agreed that everything must change, but nothing has
Covid — Five years on: We agreed that everything must change, but nothing has
We all experienced the pandemic differently, but instead of tackling inequality we have chosen to ignore it, writes Vittorio Bufacchi

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: How the first year of the pandemic played out in Ireland
Covid — Five years on: How the first year of the pandemic played out in Ireland
A timeline of the first year challenged every aspect of 'normality'

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: ‘We did our best, but we need an inquiry to plan for the next pandemic’ 
Covid — Five years on: ‘We did our best, but we need an inquiry to plan for the next pandemic’ 
Many of the actions taken: lockdowns, social distancing, hospital cancellations, and school closures should be questioned in hindsight, writes Dr Catherine Motherway

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: How the pandemic transformed the newspaper industry overnight
Covid — Five years on: How the pandemic transformed the newspaper industry overnight
Irish Examiner editor Tom Fitzpatrick reflects on a turbulent and transformative time in the newspaper’s history

 Listen | Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

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Cork city rose to the occasion during covid, but is starting to lose its shine
Cork city rose to the occasion during covid, but is starting to lose its shine
How we use our city and town centres changed a lot during the pandemic — and they haven't fully recovered

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: 'I found it hard to readjust to life as it was before' 
Covid — Five years on: 'I found it hard to readjust to life as it was before' 
Readjusting to normal life after covid has been especially difficult for young people, who are only now getting their first taste of 'normality'

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

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Dr Niamh Lynch: Children sacrificed too much during covid
Referrals to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for anxiety and self-harm remain significantly higher than they were pre-pandemic, writes Dr Niamh Lynch

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Covid — Five years on: ‘There was an air of panic around what was coming'
Covid — Five years on: ‘There was an air of panic around what was coming'
Looking back five years on from the global pandemic, Cork University Hospital consultant Arthur Jackson says the concern in the early days was that covid could 'overwhelm hospital resources'

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

Elon Musk
Blanket return to office driven by ‘broligarchs’ in US makes no sense
Ireland went into lockdown in March 2020, and it changed the employment landscape. Five years on, Karen O’Reilly offers a post-pandemic perspective

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Five years on: Frontline workers reflect on how covid changed their lives and careers
Five years on: Frontline workers reflect on how covid changed their lives and careers
Five years after covid first arrived in Ireland, Sharon Ní Chonchúir speaks to five frontline workers about its impact on their lives and the workplace improvements that followed

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Empty Classroom Ready For Pupils
Plan to tackle educational disadvantage to include enhanced funding and priority access to supports
Action plan to focus on improving opportunities and achievement levels of children at risk of educational disadvantage

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Ofsted inspection report
S Fergus Finlay: 1 in 4 primary students missed a month of school — is Ireland facing an attendance crisis?
School absences in Ireland have skyrocketed post-pandemic, with disadvantaged areas hit hardest. Urgent reform is needed now

Tue, 25 Feb, 2025

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Army captain's sex assault was an 'aberration' in otherwise 'glittering career', lawyers argue
Mr Justice John Edwards said the court would reserve judgement in the army officer's appeal against the severity of his sentence

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Pipistrelle Bat
Do bats hold the secrets to fighting future pandemics?
Bats’ status as the only truly flying mammals might mean they also have another ‘superpower’ — invincibility to most viruses

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Security firm should repay €2.2m in Covid wage subsidies
Security firm should repay €2.2m in Covid wage subsidies
Between July 2020 and August 2021, FSSA received some €2,244,179 in subsidies

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025

'Dubai two’ accused of refusing covid quarantine to face trial in April
'Dubai two’ accused of refusing covid quarantine to face trial in April
Kirstie McGrath and Niamh Mulreany had gone to Dubai where they claimed they intended to undergo cosmetic surgery but ultimately did not have the procedure

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Arts audiences back to pre-covid levels but concerns over costs remain
Arts audiences back to pre-covid levels but concerns over costs remain
New research shows that 83% of Irish people attended at least one arts event in the previous 12 months

Tue, 04 Feb, 2025

Prime Minister's Questions
Keir Starmer did not break covid lockdown rules by meeting voice coach — minister
UK health minister Karin Smyth defended the prime minister, saying he was working to prepare for interviews in the run up to the UK leaving the EU

Tue, 04 Feb, 2025

Covid, the 'meaningful' Christmas, and what will a review achieve?
Covid, the 'meaningful' Christmas, and what will a review achieve?
The decision-making behind the move to re-open the country for a 'meaningful Christmas' in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, is likely to form a key part of the State's upcoming covid review, writes Cianan Brennan

Mon, 03 Feb, 2025

Vaccine in the arm
Covid inquiry: 'We need a whole-of-society approach to any future pandemic'
A review into the impact of covid-19 on the nursing home sector must bring reform, say advocates

Mon, 03 Feb, 2025

Donnelly moved children's beds from windows during covid protest attacks
Donnelly moved children's beds from windows during covid protest attacks
He described how ultimately the protests became so large the Office of Public Works erected a fence around the property to help protect their three young children

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025

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‘Fragile’ firm loses Revenue battle over €210,000 from covid wage support scheme
Commissioner Simon Noone upheld the Revenue assessment as the company had failed to demonstrate that its business had experienced or was expected to experience a 30% drop in revenues or customer orders

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

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CSO launches survey to assess impact of covid-19 pandemic on public
March 2025 will mark five years since the threat of covid changed life for people in Ireland almost overnight

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

Man involved in buying €10.3m of unused covid ventilators for HSE lands K Club deal
Man involved in buying €10.3m of unused covid ventilators for HSE lands K Club deal
Robert Quirke previously came to public attention when his company Roqu Media International received €14.1m from the HSE to procure 328 ventilators from China at the height of the pandemic

Thu, 16 Jan, 2025

PORTUGAL-ECONOMY-TECHNOLOGY-WEB SUMMIT
Defamation action against Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave struck out
Deputy master of the High Court dismissed the case as plaintiff Robert Quirke had not responded to attempts to contact him for over a year

Wed, 15 Jan, 2025

Woman blowing in a tissue in a cold winter with a snowy mountain in the background
Dr Phil Kieran: Is it too late to get my flu or Covid vaccine? 
In Ireland, our flu season lasts well into January, into February. So, getting it now would still be in time to give you some protection

Mon, 06 Jan, 2025

Coronavirus
What is HMPV, are cases surging in China, and should we be worried?
Surging HMPV cases in northern China have prompted some online alarm but experts say the risk of another Covid-like pandemic is low

Mon, 06 Jan, 2025

Spread of influenza sees number of people attending Southdoc up 10% on last year
Spread of influenza sees number of people attending Southdoc up 10% on last year
Doctors urging people to get the flu vaccine as patient numbers soar

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025

Hospital surgery corridor
Hospitals brace as flu and RSV cases surge
More than 2,000 cases of flu, RSV, and covid have been notified in the past week

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

What is long Covid and how do you know if you have it?
Long covid sufferers turn to support group for help
Some 18% of people who had covid-19 went on to develop long covid, a HSE survey showed

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

Cute Little Caucasian Newborn Baby Lying in Bassinet in a Maternity Hospital. Portrait of a Tiny Playful and Energetic Child wit
Visitor restrictions still in place in Galway maternity unit
women in the maternity hospital are only allowed nominate one support person who can visit, and that person cannot be changed

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

Historic buildings in Kilkenny Ireland
Trump Mark 2 means the next Government must seriously support domestic industries
Tourism Chief Eoghan O'Mara Walsh is clear on what the next Government must prioritise

Sun, 24 Nov, 2024

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'Dubai two' lose appeal over prosecution for allegedly refusing covid quarantine
A unanimous five-judge Supreme Court found the arguments on behalf of the women were 'wafer-thin'

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: Investment in third-level education 'should be a priority of next government' 
Election 2024: Investment in third-level education 'should be a priority of next government' 
UCC president John O'Halloran tells education correspondent JESS CASEY about his concerns about investment in third-level education — views echoed by students and academics

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Mom giving nebulizer breathing treatment to sick infant baby at home
Catherine Conlon: Newborns most at risk from surge in whooping cough
With over 500 cases of pertussis recorded in Ireland so far this year, pregnant women are being urged to get vaccinated 

Mon, 04 Nov, 2024

Nurse pushing air out of syringe for vaccine injection. Doctor wearing blue gloves and medical mask. Person holds a syringe with
Covid-19 deaths surpass 10,000 in Ireland
Toll has continued to slowly rise in recent months, officials said

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Covid inquiry process not off to a great start
Irish Examiner view: Covid inquiry process not off to a great start
Questions need to be asked as to the purpose of this 'evaluation'

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Coronavirus
No April's fool joke: 2026 before covid report lands
It will be over six years by then since the first death from covid in Ireland with more than 9,500 since

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Cork's Opera Lane fully occupied for first time since 2019 with new Mountain Warehouse lease
Cork's Opera Lane fully occupied for first time since 2019 with new Mountain Warehouse lease
Mountain Warehouse to open flagship store, filling Topshop's prime retail space after five years vacant

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Homemade Spicy Jalapeno Pepperoni PIzza
Profits at Milano pizza restaurants fall 80% to €2.34m
Agenbite Ltd's new accounts show that Milano's revenues increased by 5.5% last year, from €25.48m to €26.9m

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

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