New laws to allow for mandatory mask-wearing in certain settings
The green light has been given to draft new laws around mandatory mask wearing in certain settings. Ministers want to ...
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Covid laws to be allowed lapse as Kilkenny GP says mask etiquette needs to be social norm
The laws giving power to Covid restrictions will be allowed lapse on Thursday. The Government hasn't sought any extension for ...
Amid calls for a return to mask-wearing a Kilkenny consultant says health service is stretched beyond capacity as covid infections soar
A consultant cardiologist at St Luke's hospital for Carlow Kilkenny says their services are on a knife edge. Michael Conway ...
Carlow GP expects mask-wearing will continue for many even if rules are eased
NPHET will consider making the wearing of masks in shops, schools and on public transport optional when it meets later. ...
First formal review of Covid19 measures in schools in Carlow, Kilkenny & rest of country underway since restrictions eased for wider society
Mask wearing's understood to be the subject of the main focus
43 Covid patients at St Luke’s hospital for Carlow-Kilkenny with 2 in Intensive Care Unit
A public health expert is predicting people will be wearing masks much more widely here in the future, as has ...
Tullow Principal says schools should be safe and comfortable amid Covid measures
Steps can be taken to ensure staff and students are safe and comfortable in school despite Covid measures. So says ...
5,471 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed as Govt & NPHET issue new advice to cut spread of virus
5,471 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed.579 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 122 are in ICU. Dr Tony Holohan, ...
Mandatory mask wearing proposed for school children to halt covid spread
Mandatory mask wearing for children in school could be one way to curb the spread of Covid-19. That's the position ...
NPHET calls for correct wearing of face masks
The public health officials say they're noticing too many people wearing masks under their chin, or not covering their noses.
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