Appointments open for over 55s to get next COVID-19 booster dose
PERSONS AGED 55 and older have been encouraged by the HSE to make an appointment for their next COVID-19 booster dose.
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Ennis granny’s birthday party for one-year-old grandson ‘had got out of control’ during Level 5 lockdown
A birthday party organised by an Ennis granny for her one year grand-son “had got out of control” by the time Gardai called to the family home close to midnight, a court has heard. At Ennis District Court, Insp David Finnerty told Judge Alec Gabbett that around 40 people were in attendance at Kathleen McDonagh’s …
Holohan praises Newmarket-on-Fergus pupils for ‘best book on COVID’
*Third class pupils surrounded by Eamon Curley, Fidelma Healy-Eames and Dr Tony Holohan. Photograph: Joe Buckley IN ONE OF HIS FINAL PUBLIC APPEARANCES as Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan was in Newmarket-on-Fergus.
Dr Holohan refuses to take questions from media during Clare visit
*Dr Tony Holohan. Photograph: Joe Buckley CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, Dr Tony Holohan refused to take questions from the media during his visit to Clare this week.
Second COVID-19 Booster Doses now available
People aged 65 years and over are now eligible for their second COVID-19 booster vaccine, those aged 12 years and older with a weak immune system can also get their second booster when it is due.
Clare politicians critical that Dr Holohan’s €187k salary will still be paid when he leaves Dept for Trinity College
CLARE politicians have criticised the Government for the manner in which the Chief Medical Officer’s secondment to Trinity College Dublin has been handled and the financial impact it will have.
Almost all elective activity at Ennis Hospital deferred
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS in elective care at hospitals in the Mid-West remain in place.
Details confirmed for Clare’s COVID-19 remembrance ceremony
*An elderly woman watches the news with the latest COVID-19 updates while saying the Rosary. Photograph: John Mangan DETAILS have been confirmed for a COVID-19 ceremony of remembrance and reflection which is to be held by Clare County Council this Sunday.
Commemoration event to be held honouring loved ones lost in Clare due to COVID-19
*Photograph: Sean Curtin / True Media LOVED ONES lost during the pandemic and frontline heroes are to be remembered during a commemoration event next weekend.
Visitor ban in place at UHL following COVID-19 & flu outbreaks
FLU and COVID-19 outbreaks have prompted management of University Hospital Limerick to close to visitors.
