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First Covid-19 case in Tonga confirmed as it enters first lockdown since pandemic began

More than 19 months since the pandemic began, Tonga has recorded its first Covid-19 case and is preparing to enter a national lockdown for the very first time. Tonga is a Polynesian country located 2,382km from New Zealand with a population of 105,...

01 Nov 2021 at 17:47

National News

Nine year olds now temporarily required to wear face masks in public settings - NPHET

Nine year olds will now temporarily be required to wear face masks in public settings, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET). The news was confirmed yesterday evening by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Tony Holohan, who ...

01 Dec 2021 at 11:43

National News

Two contestants eliminated from The Masked Singer in double unmasking

Two contestants have been eliminated from The Masked Singer in a double unmasking ahead of next week’s semi-final. None of the ITV show’s judging panel of Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, Mo Gilligan and Davina McCall was able to identify artist Sir ...

01 Feb 2025 at 21:07

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Kilkenny community get creative and make face masks to fight Covid-19

A group of kind-hearted Kilkenny volunteers are at home making face masks using cloth and are urging the wider community to do the same. Liselott Oloffson who is married to Oscar-nominated director and co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, Tomm ...

17 Mar 2020 at 15:20

National News

Government to focus on booster uptake as it prepares mask legislation

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that the Government is to consider whether to introduce legislation on mandatory face coverings later this year, but will focus on the vaccine booster campaign in the interim. It emerged ...

29 Jun 2022 at 12:26

Arts & Entertainment

Masked Singer's Poodle shocking identity revealed as they are voted off

Keane frontman Tom Chaplin has become the latest celebrity to be revealed on The Masked Singer. The indie rock singer, 42, was unmasked as Poodle on the surreal ITV programme after he found himself in the bottom two against fellow ...

23 Jan 2022 at 14:55

National News

Covid masks mandatory again in Spanish holiday hotspots popular with Irish tourists

Numerous Spanish holiday destinations have begun to reintroduce mask-wearing while in hospital settings due to the current Covid-19 situation in the country. Regions like Valencia have started to re-introduce mask wearing in ...

09 Jan 2024 at 10:30

National News

POLL: Should we start wearing masks again?

The HSE's national clinical lead in emergency medicine has said an increase on mask wearing is needed if we are to curb the current rise in covid cases. A sharp increase in people presenting with covid and the flu has seen ...

11 Jan 2024 at 10:41

National News

Most vulnerable advised to wear disposable medical masks instead of cloth coverings

Ireland's most vulnerable are being advised to wear disposable medical masks instead of cloth coverings for their own protection. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) made the recommendation due to the ...

21 Dec 2021 at 11:45

National News

The next step we are taking is 'living with Covid like the flu' - Varadkar

There will be no legal requirement to wear a mask in Ireland from February 28, the Tanaiste has announced. Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said there will be no legal requirement to wear a mask in any setting, but it will ...

22 Feb 2022 at 14:35

National News

Unmasked students should not be excluded from primary schools -latest Dept advice

In a relaxation of rules on mandatory mask-wearing for primary school children from 3rd class up, the Department of Education has said it is not the intention to exclude children, with schools urged to take a ...

06 Dec 2021 at 11:36

National News

Public Health Consultant urges people to wear face masks in Covid-19 fight

PEOPLE have been urged to wear face masks in the fight against Covid-19 by a Public Health Consultant based in Tullamore. Dr Douglas Hamilton, a Specialist Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the HSE ...

17 Jun 2020 at 17:32

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