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Covid-19 Cases Confirmed On Irish Mainland Reach 2,724 Today.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,545 new cases of Covid-19 within the Irish Republic in the past 24 hours.

The number of people in our hospitals who have tested positive for the virus is 335, and of these, 56 remain in intensive care units.

To date, since the pandemic began, there have been a total of 5,155 deaths related to Covid-19 notified and recorded in Ireland. This number, sadly, includes 43 deaths newly notified in the past 7 days.

Here in the Republic, the HSE have now suspended walk-in services at test centres, and have switched to an online booking system to reduce queues and congestion outside test centres. As per the HSE, some 19,000 and 20,000 swabs were taken in community centres today for future Covid-19 testing.

Meanwhile, an estimated 2,000 more school students have been told today to limit their movements, after more than 100 schools contacted the HSE over cases of Covid-19 among their pupils.

In Northern Ireland, 1,210 new coronavirus cases were reported over the past 24 hours, while, sadly a further 6 deaths were reported over the same period.

Please Understand: Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.

Closure Order Placed On Tipperary Café, By FSAI.

A Tipperary café, occupied by Mr Robert Dickson at Drumkeenan, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary and trading as “Good Coffee Matters” were amongst four food businesses, ordered to close last month, under Section 53 of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act.
The other three businesses named, indicated from reports, show that two premises are in Co. Dublin and one in Co. Waterford. See all four reports HERE.

Good Coffee Matters was served with a partial closure order initially on August 3rd 2021; however no status report had been immediately furnished until recent days.

The partial closure order report relates to a derelict building beside the stall, latter which was being used as a toilet facility and a storage area for food stocks. The Health Service Executive under the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998, states that the premises is likely to be a “grave and immediate danger to public health at, in or on the said premises”.

The non-compliance issue refers to having no running water to the building that contained the toilet area, thus the toilets could not be flushed. This issue, according to the FSAI, was a grave and immediate risk of staff contaminating food preparation, following the use of such facilities.

The derelict building which contained the toilet and storage of foodstuffs was itself in an extremely dirty condition, evidenced by filth, grime and general waste throughout, resulting in a grave and immediate risk to the foodstuffs contained within the storage area, same being contaminated due to the lack of proper cleaning.

The FSAI inspector also found that the derelict building was in an extremely dirty condition, evidenced by filth, grime and general waste throughout. A dead bird was also found on the premises. There was, therefore, likely to be a grave and immediate risk of foodstuffs and packaging being contaminated by pests.

Covid-19 Cases Reach 3,218 Today On Irish Mainland.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,470 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, here in the Irish republic.

There are 367 people being treated for the virus in hospital, with the number of people in intensive care units remaining static at 59.
Some 70% of the Irish republic’s population are now fully vaccinated.

On a less positive note, the HSE estimates that between 10,000 and 12,000 pupils are currently out of school, having to self-isolate because they have been deemed to be close contacts.

In Northern Ireland today, 1,748 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported. This morning, there were 461 Covid-19 patients in hospital, 45 of whom were in intensive care. Sadly, a further seven deaths were also reported in the last 24 hour period.

Demand for COVID-19 testing continues to remains strong in Co. Tipperary, with well over 1,000 tests conducted in the north of the county in the past seven weeks, most of which appear to have been brought about through the opening up of the hospitality sector.

Please continue to stay safe.

Covid-19 Cases Reach 2,908 Today On Mainland Of Ireland.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,144 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.

There are currently 384 people in hospital with Covid-19, up a further 22 cases on yesterday’s figures. Of these, the number of people being treated in intensive care units remains static at 59.

On a more positive note; the latest data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre confirms a further reduction in the 14-day incidence of Covid-19 here in the Irish Republic

To date some 89.3% of adults in Ireland are now fully vaccinated, while those aged 16 years and older, some 87.9% are fully vaccinated. Those aged over 12 years shows 82.6% are now fully vaccinated, with 9,500 people taking advantage of vaccines at walk-in vaccination centres over this past weekend.

Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, there were 1,764 new cases confirmed, up 532 cases on yesterdays reported figures. Sadly, 9 deaths related to Covid-19 were also reported in the past 24 hours.

Please continue to stay safe.

All Soft Plastics Acceptable In Household Recycling Bins.

Currently here in Ireland we were recycling less than one third of all plastic packaging waste, but now all clean plastic packaging waste including black plastic sacks, all of which is soft plastic, can be placed in Ireland’s household recycling bins, together with the already acceptable more rigid plastic.

Same has come about due to advancements in technology at Irish recycling facilities, thus making waste segregation much more straight forward for every householder and service provider.

Ireland has been committed to increasing its plastic packaging recycling figure to 50% by 2025 and to 55% by 2030 and this announcement is observed as being a significant step towards achieving Ireland’s future targets.

Until now only hard plastics, such as plastic bottles and food trays, have been acceptable for recycling, however the emphasis with regards to soft packaging will be on the word “clean“.

Deposit scheme for plastic bottles and cans!

A long overdue deposit scheme for plastic bottles and cans will also be introduced next year and this will see a deposit charged for each can or bottle purchased, which is then refunded when the empty container is brought back to the retailer. Previously here on Thurles.Info we highlighted Ireland’s failure in this respect in April 2018.