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Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Covid 19-Government lifts restrictions but global pandemic continues

By Conor Payne On Friday, 21 January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the sudden abandonment of most Covid restrictions. Limits on capacity and opening times in hospitality and other venues were lifted, as were the restrictions on numbers at sports events, concerts etc.

Jan 28, 2022

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid-19 and healthcare crisis — end the two-tier health service

By Robert Cosgrave In the week ending 5 February there were 177 people suffering from Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units – well above half the total ICU capacity in public hospitals. This has put massive strain on hospitals which already suffer from overcrowding

Feb 6, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·World News

What’s behind the inequities of vaccine distribution?

Wednesday, 3 February 2021 was hailed as a milestone by the Financial Times as the number of vaccine jabs administered (105 million) exceeded the number of confirmed cases of the virus globally (103.5 million). News of the development of the vaccines at

Feb 5, 2021

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Criminal government actions fuel alarming third wave of Covid-19

Yesterday evening, a new daily record of 7,836 recorded Covid cases was announced as the alarming third wave continues. As well as cases, hospital admissions, including those in ICU, and deaths are rising quickly. Despite the enormous sacrifices made by working-class people

Jan 7, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Re-opening the economy: Government prioritises business interests… again

By Conor Payne Last week saw the move to Level three Covid restrictions. The six week period of Level five restrictions certainly had an effect in reducing the infection rate. However, a recent increase in cases shows major dangers ahead, with the

Dec 11, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Education not exploitation – pay student nurses & midwives!

By Leah Whelan This year saw a major increase of pressure on our healthcare staff and facilities. The Covid-19 crisis put our frontline workers at a dangerous risk of contracting the virus. Nurses and other healthcare staff had no choice but to

Dec 10, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·World News

Covid vaccines: Welcome developments but profiteering must be opposed

By Keishia Taylor Ten months after the novel coronavirus erupted around the world, after 58 million cases and 1.4 million deaths, we now face a collision of COVID-19 with the winter flu season. The R-rate in the US is worse than ever,

Nov 23, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid threat from mink farming: barbaric industry must go!

By Oisin Kelly The outbreak of a new strain of the corona virus among mink farmed in Denmark is a new alarming development in the covid-19 crisis. It not only opens up the fears many have of a wave of a new

Nov 11, 2020

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Covid crisis exposes a rotten system that must be challenged

Fifty million people have been infected with Covid-19 globally, with over one and a quarter million tragically losing their lives. In Ireland, we’ve had 65,000 cases with over 1,900 deaths in the South and 42,000 cases with over 750 deaths in the

Nov 9, 2020

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Covid-19 and education: Working & studying in safe environment is a right

By Kate Relihan “Our schools are overcrowded, underfunded and dealing with a global pandemic on a wing and a prayer” — principal Tiernan Ó’Neill of Corpus Christi DEIS primary school in Moyross, Limerick, synopsised brilliantly the reality for school staff on Newstalk

Oct 26, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

No trust in the bosses – workers internationally take action to fight pandemic

By Conor Payne In Ireland and around the world, workers are facing the sharpest effects of the Covid pandemic. This includes healthcare workers fighting the pandemic on the frontline, workers in many sectors who face unsafe working environments, and the huge numbers

Oct 20, 2020

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