Letter to the Editor

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has announced €10 million in once-off funding for palliative and end-of-life care in 2020.

A privately operated drive-thru Covid-19 testing facility is set to be established at Shannon Airport.

The government has issued a statement in relation to international travel which has been seriously affected by Covid-19.

Extreme values of serum uric acid levels in the blood can markedly reduce a patient’s chance of surviving and reduce their lifespans by up to 11 years, according to a new study by researchers at University of Limerick’s School of Medicine.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced that it has confirmed avian influenza subtype H5N8 in a wild bird in County Limerick.

The Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks has today written to Minister Eamon Ryan welcoming the Government’s adoption of the EU traffic light system for international travel from midnight on Sunday, 8 November, and calling on the Minister to ensure testing for Covid-19 at Irish airports is a central element of its implementation.

The HSE has confirmed that a number of of cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in patients and staff on a ward at Ennis General Hospital.