Ireland Headlines
Mon, 17 May 2021 08:23:17 +0000Clinical lab capacity as low as 10% due to cyber attack
The HSE has warned GPs that its clinical laboratory capacity for checking samples from patients may be reduced to as little as 10%, due to last week's cyber attack.
Mon, 17 May 2021 05:07:10 +0000Landmark day for retail as non-essential shops reopen
Non-essential retail opens for the first time in over four months as a further easing of coronavirus restrictions continues.
Mon, 17 May 2021 06:00:13 +0000HSE decision expected on expanding vaccine eligibility
The HSE said it has received advice on whether to open up the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines to people in their 40s and a decision is expected be made later this week.
Mon, 17 May 2021 07:01:25 +0000NCSC advising other bodies how to avoid cyber attack
The National Cyber Security Centre says it is working to identify the technical details of the malware used in the cyber attacks on the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive.
Mon, 17 May 2021 06:00:00 +0000HSE breach latest in spider's web of cyber attacks
Mon, 17 May 2021 08:51:53 +0000RNLI urges against use of inflatables
The RNLI has urged water enthusiasts to leave inflatables including airbeds and blow-up dinghies or doughnuts at home this summer, as it launches a water safety campaign.
Mon, 17 May 2021 06:51:28 +0000Further air strikes on Gaza as death toll surpasses 200
Israel has hit Gaza with dozens of pre-dawn air strikes, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Hamas militants left more than 200 people dead, as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded.
Mon, 17 May 2021 07:02:23 +0000Govt concerned over hostile UK tone towards NI Protocol
The Government is concerned at the increasingly hostile tone of the UK government towards the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTÉ News understands.
Mon, 17 May 2021 06:58:42 +0000Ryanair posts record annual loss of €815m
Ryanair has reported a record annual after-tax loss of €815m today after Covid-19 restrictions forced it to scrap over 80% of flights, but the airline said there were signs the recovery had begun.
Mon, 17 May 2021 07:30:00 +0000How would opposition parties tackle the housing crisis?
Proposals to clamp down on investment funds block-buying new housing developments will go to Cabinet tomorrow.
Mon, 17 May 2021 07:40:48 +0000Long working hours linked to 745k deaths in 2016
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has said.
Mon, 17 May 2021 07:27:16 +0000Britons jet off to green list holiday destinations
British holidaymakers are checking in for some of the first flights to green list destinations after the UK government lifted its foreign travel ban.
Mon, 17 May 2021 00:01:00 +0000Most businesses plan for employee return within months
More than three quarters of businesses are planning to return employees to their workplaces within the next three months if Government guidelines allow, a new survey by the employer's group Ibec has found.
Sun, 16 May 2021 17:08:08 +0000Police 'increasingly concerned' about missing boys
Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for information about the whereabouts of two children.
Sun, 16 May 2021 13:59:15 +0000802 Covid-19 cases reported across two days
There have been a total of 802 cases of Covid-19 reported in the last two days, the Department of Health has said.
Sun, 16 May 2021 11:42:16 +0000'No sense' other agencies affected by attack - Ryan
The Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has said a cyber attack on the Department of Health "wasn't as extensive" as the similar ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive.
Sun, 16 May 2021 07:37:18 +0000Disruption will 'go well into this coming week' - HSE
The Health Service Executive's Chief Clinical Officer has said it is too early to say if patient information has been accessed and taken away in Friday's ransomware attack on the HSE computer systems.
Sun, 16 May 2021 03:19:15 +0000UN chief warns of 'uncontainable crisis' in Middle East
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pleaded for an immediate end to deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence, warning a Security Council meeting that the fighting could plunge the region into an "uncontainable" crisis.
Sun, 16 May 2021 15:08:23 +0000Concern at dentists dropping out of medical card scheme
Hundreds of dentists have dropped out of a scheme to treat medical card patients, according to new figures.
Sun, 16 May 2021 14:27:12 +0000'Real consequences' to paying ransom - Coveney
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the cyber attack on the Health Service Executive's IT system is very serious and should not be downplayed.