Challenges faced by those living with dementia did not disappear during the pandemic and must be tackled by expediting the implementation of the National Dementia Care Strategy as we emerge from the height of the Covid-19 emergency, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The Taoiseach says the Government is considering the introduction of antigen testing to primary and secondary school settings in the autumn.

Air services at Shannon Airport are set to double from eight to sixteen in time for the lifting of the non-essential travel ban on the 19th July with a significant increase in destinations, services and frequencies.

UL Hospitals Group is pleased to announce an important step in the ongoing relaxation of COVID-19 access restrictions at University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL), with partners now being permitted to accompany women for appointments in the hospital’s Early Pregnancy Access Unit (EPAU) from this Thursday July 8th.

Parish priest and rector of Knock Shrine, Father Richard Gibbons, has confirmed that the National Novena to Our Lady of Knock is being postponed until later this year.

The Department of Public Health Mid-West is urging members of the public to not drop their guard and to continue following Public Health guidelines after they have received their second Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dose, or their single Janssen shot.

The Minister for Health has announced a ‘significant acceleration, of Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine programme.

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton T.D. has announced, details of an extension to the expiry dates of driving licences that have not benefited from a previous extension.