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The Department of Health has confirmed 1,292 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland within the past 24 hours. There are 331 people being treated in our hospitals for the virus, down 4 on yesterday. Of these patients, 54 are in intensive care units, down 2 on yesterday’s reported figures.
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, 1,831 Covid-19 cases have been recorded, with, sadly, a further 8 deaths reported.
Here in Co. Tipperary a Pfizer dose 1 and dose 2 ‘walk-in clinic’ can be accessed at Abbeycourt Hotel, Nenagh South, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, while at Clonmel Park Hotel, Poppyfields Retail Park, Cahir Road, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, a ‘Walk-in vaccination centre’, offering Pfizer dose 1 and dose 2 will be available on Saturday September 11th, from 9:00am to 1:00pm.
For information on all HSE ‘Walk in Clinics’ nationally please view HERE.
Do remember with Pfizer dose 2 clinics, all persons must wait at least 21 days after receiving their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to get their second dose.
To this end you are required to bring your vaccination record card with you.
Please Understand: Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.
Proposed Upgrade Of Loughtagalla Park – Supported By Sicap Under Their Empowering Communities Action.
Ms Breada Ryan, Community Development Worker, North Tipperary Development Company Reports.
North Tipperary Development Company under their Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, in conjunction with Loughtagalla Residents Group, came together in 2018 to develop a 3–5 year plan. The first objective of this plan is to upgrade the facilities of their local park.
The main purpose of the project is to develop people and child friendly facilities, considering all age groups and in particular children and young people with intellectual, sensory, and special needs as well as the social needs of older people.
North Tipperary Development Company engaged the services of Ron de Brun of Silva Build Cork, to develop a set of Concept drawings for the upgrade of the park. To progress, NTDC decided to carry out a survey in July 2019 to get community agreement on the key priorities for the Loughtagalla area.
These survey findings identified plainly that the community very much welcomed the proposal to develop the park, which visualized a mixture of active and passive recreation areas, areas for quiet contemplation and more robust play, enhanced play equipment for younger children.
The provision of a sensory garden was supported to address issues of social inclusion and provide the first such garden for Thurles and its hinterland. The use of a modern form of design in the provision of equipment developed around the theme of biodiversity was another highly preferred option. All these ideas were considered to progress the design to the next stage.
Work has been continued behind the scenes by a dedicated subgroup to progress to the next stage, seeking planning permission for the development. A planning application was prepared and submitted in late summer to Tipperary County Council and permission was granted in late autumn of 2020.
During early 2021 a lot of work took place to prepare for a Request for Tender which was advertised on E- Tenders, latter the Irish Government’s electronic tendering platform administered by the Office of Government Procurement.
Concurrently the steering subgroup also assisted with material for a promotional video (See above) which was funded by the North Tipperary Development Company and co-ordinated by their SICAP Worker. This video completed in July 2021 will be used to support the Loughtagalla Park & Residents Committee fundraising activities to source the elocal contribution of €40,000.
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.
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.
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.
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