An Taoiseach Mr Micheál Martin, addressing the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party last night, has not ruled out the the fact that restaurants may remain shut until May of this year or indeed even longer.
The Taoiseach has stated that coronavirus transmission numbers remain to high and retail sectors are likely to remain shut until the end of February at least, adding that it will be well into next month before the majority of Covid restrictions are relaxed.
Mr Martin further confirmed that the persons aged over-70, will be in line to receive vaccines by March of this year.
Speaking in relation to the ban on travel; the Taoiseach stated that the best advice was not to travel in or out of the country. The difficulty however is people flying into Belfast.
Speaking to his party’s TD’s, Senators and MEP’s he highlighted that the recent increase in deaths from Covid-19 shows the devastation that this virus now causes, and asserted that Ireland still had some distance to go in dealing with this killer pandemic.
New killer Covid-19 virus cases in past 24 hours, as confirmed cases continue to rise in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health have confirmed this evening that, sadly, there have been 61 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,768. (One Further Case Denotified)
With the president of the Intensive Care Society, Dr. Catherine Motherway, declaring she does not know whether there will be enough ICU beds in the weeks ahead, available to treat the anticipated level of people needing critical care; we learn that there were 2,488 new additional virus cases reported in the republic today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 179,324.
Of today’s cases nationally; 726 are in Dublin, 314 in Cork, 148 in Galway, 133 in Limerick, 130 in Meath, with the remaining 1,037 cases located across all other counties.
There are over 1,923 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 210 people are in ICU, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.
There are 148 Covid positive patients being treated at University Hospital Limerick UHL today, latter the medical facility which serves North Tipperary, with 16 receiving treatment while in critical care units. Around 120 staff at Nenagh Hospital have now received vaccine shots, following their recent video protest. We understand that same focused on staff in high risk areas of the hospital, and those which have been redeployed to support the virus surge in UHL.
Also, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, to date there have now been 3,810 recorded cases of the killer Covid-19 Virus within the borders of Co. Tipperary, per data relevant up to midnight on Monday, January 18th, 2021. This figure represents an increase of some 75 virus cases, over and above the figures posted yesterday.
Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, are now standing at well over 96.4 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.06 million.
Only YOU can stop the current chain of transmission.
46 new killer Covid-19 virus cases in past 24 hours, as confirmed cases continue to rise in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health have confirmed this evening that, sadly, there have been 93 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,708. (One Case denotified)
With our Irish hospital system continuing to operate at surge capacity, there were 2,001 new additional virus cases reported today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 176,839.
Of today’s cases nationally; 701 are in Dublin, 204 in Cork, 102 in Waterford, 98 in Meath, 90 in Donegal with the remaining 806 cases located across all other counties.
There are 1,949 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 202 people are in ICU, according to Ireland’s Covid Data Hub.
According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, to date there have now been 3,735 recorded cases of the killer Covid-19 Virus within the borders of Co. Tipperary, per data relevant up to midnight on Sunday, January 17th, 2021. Forty six (46) cases are relevant in the 24 hours to midnight on Monday, January 18th, 2021, or 1,558 over the past 14 day period, up to Tuesday January 19th, 2021.
The Irish Government is expected to complete a review of the current Covid-19 restrictions at next Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. With the current restrictions set to continue until January 31st next, it would now appear that same will be extended for a longer period of time. Scotland have extended their restrictions until at least the middle of February, as Britain reported a record number of deaths from Covid-19 today with 1,610 people dying within just 28 days of being tested positive from the virus.
The European Commission has signalled to all Member States, to accelerate the roll-out of vaccination across the union, so that by March 2021, 80% of people over the age of 80, and 80% of health and social care professionals should be vaccinated. The Commission further stated that by summer 2021, member states should have vaccinated a minimum of 70% of the adult population.
The privately owned Beacon Hospital in Dublin has finally signed up for to treat public patients under the safety net ‘surge capacity’ agreement with the Health Service Executive. The Beacon had been the only private hospital not to sign up to the deal, which correctly sees our private hospital system agreeing to provide up to 30% of its capacity to the HSE.
Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, are now standing at almost 96 million confirmed cases, with global deaths headed for 2.05 million.
Only YOU can stop the current chain of transmission.
38 new killer Covid-19 virus cases in past 24 hours, as confirmed cases continue to rise in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health have confirmed this evening that, sadly, there have been 8 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,616.
With our Irish hospital system already operating at surge capacity, there were 2,121 new additional virus cases reported today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 174,843. (4 previous cases de-notified).
Of today’s cases nationally; 753 are in Dublin, 236 in Cork, 142 in Wexford, 126 in Kildare, 109 in Limerick with the remaining 755 cases located across all other counties.
There are 2,077 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 200 people are in ICU, according to Ireland’s Covid Data Hub.
According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, to date there have now been 3,652 recorded cases of the killer Covid-19 Virus within the borders of Co. Tipperary, per data relevant up to midnight on Saturday, January 16th, 2021. Thirty eight (38) cases are relevant in the 24 hours to midnight on Sunday, January 17th, 2021, or 1,538 over the past 14 day period, up to the same stated date (January 17th, 2021).
The Department of Education has said that further guidance in relation to the position of special education school workers, latter who are in a high risk category or are pregnant, will be issued in the coming days. Today health officials took part in a webinar for school staff, in advance of doubtful and possibly ill conceived plans to reopen special schools and partially reopen some primary schools on Thursday, for children with additional needs.
In Northern Ireland, a further 19 coronavirus deaths have sadly been recorded while a further 640 new cases have been confirmed.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” when distributing vaccines. They were calling on and urging both countries and manufacturers to share all required doses more fairly around the world.
Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, now stands at over 95.1 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.03 million and rising.
Only YOU can stop the current chain of transmission.
56 new killer Covid-19 virus cases in past 24 hours, as confirmed cases continue to rise in Co. Tipperary.
Thurles native and naive Co. Tipperary Fianna Fail TD, Mr Jackie Cahill, deservedly, suffered severe and strong disapproval to the very point of censure yesterday; on his social media accounts, following his vote catching tweet relating to the failure by the HSE to vaccinate Nenagh Hospital front-line staff. These same comments can be fully viewed HERE.
Amongst the many comments displaying anger and using irony to mock or convey contempt, in relation to Mr Cahill’s canvasing, were the following: –
“Do any TD’s in Tipperary know a billionaire who could open a private hospital in Nenagh for ye?” (Referring of course to Mr Cahill’s premature ‘secret’ Holycross Museum announcement, and no doubt also referring to the many known associates of Mr Michael Lowry TD)
“Well done Jackie, next time you’re canvassing in Carrick, we can have a chat about St. Brigid‘s hospital.” (St. Bridget’s Hospital is currently marked for closure by the present administration.)
“He’s deluded or he’s on an early canvas.”
“Your post seems a bit misleading, and to be honest it’s not the first time you’ve made false statements about healthcare provision in Tipperary.” (Referring again to the now expected closure of St. Brigid’s hospital, Carrick-On-Suir, Tipperary.)
“The staff had to shame the government to get access to the vaccine. He’s playing spin doctor along with them.”
“Nothing to do with the hospital staff having to beg for the vaccine, you lemon.”
“Disgraceful that nurses/caterers had to go on national news to look for the vaccine. Local rollout appears to be very disorganised ; vaccines not given to the most vulnerable staff members first; very disappointing.”
“Ah, getting the old vote catcher ‘tweet’ in, you should have been on top of this from the beginning, but as usual its reaction from you and the big, look what I done for you, tweet“.
“So now we’re playing party politics with the vaccine! What’s next. FF members to be bumped to top of vaccine list, u should be ashamed to post such a tweet.“
“Why would ANYONE have to make representations”.
“Jackie the bluffer Cahill, absolute joke of a man, a liar like the rest of our politicians.”
Note Please: The above comments can NOT in any way be associated with website Thurles.Info. One comment posted by me, personally, was removed, latter which conveyed the truth of this Nenagh situation, conveyed by Mr Micheál Martin, for whom I hold the greatest respect.
It was also lamentable that some FF councillors shamefully encouraged Mr Cahill, in what is observed by many as deliberate deception, at the expense of his county’s medical workforce.
It is widely expected that Mr Cahill TD will now apologise for his selfish and unsubstantiated communications on social media; to the front-line staff of Nenagh Hospital on TippFM radio, tomorrow morning.
Hereunder, our readers can view the full video of Nenagh Hospital front-line staff in Co. Tipperary, pleading for what is rightly their entitlement, as a staff required to deal daily, and head-on with the deadly Covid-19 virus, since last March 2020.
Back now to the real facts, the truth and today’s reality.
The Department of Health have confirmed this evening that sadly there have been 13 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,608.
With our Irish hospital system already operating at surge capacity, there were 2,944 new additional virus cases reported today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 172,726.
Of today’s cases nationally; 1,065 are in Dublin, 306 in Cork, 181 in Galway, 180 in Kildare, 160 in Limerick, with the remaining 1,052 cases located across all other counties.
There are 1,923 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 195 people are in ICU, according to Ireland’s Covid Data Hub.
According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, to date there have now been 3,582 recorded cases of the killer Covid-19 Virus within the borders of Co. Tipperary, per data relevant up to midnight on January 15th, 2021. Fifty six (56) cases are relevant in the 24 hours to midnight on Saturday, January 16th, 2021, or 1,529 over the past 14 day period, up to the same stated date (January 16th, 2021).
The Government have requested early deliveries of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine so that it can arrange to be ready for same to be administered in GP clinics, local pharmacies and appointed vaccination centres, as soon as it is approved at the end of this month.
In Northern Ireland, a further 25 coronavirus deaths have been recorded taking their death toll to 1,606. A further 822 new cases have been confirmed, taking their total number of positive virus tests to 95,361.
Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, now stands at over 94.7 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.02 million and rising.
Only YOU can stop the current chain of transmission.
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