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Covid-19: Locations of 37 mass vaccination centres announced See where jabs will be administered in your county as rollout widens in weeks ahead Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 12:40 Updated: Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 13:13 The locations of the 37 Covid-19 vaccination centres set to be established across the State have been published by the Department of Health.   The locations of the 37 Covid-19 mass vaccination centres set to be established across the State have been published by the Department of Hea...

Health Correspondent There are to be 37 Covid-19 vaccination centres around the country, with at least one in each county, according to new details published by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. He said that most of the centres are being constructed, some have already been completed and all are expected to be open before they are needed. The centres are based on population density and will have different opening times. At a briefing on the programme, Mr Donnelly said there will be five...

A former Cabinet minister has criticised what he called the “shambles” and “discrimination” of the national network of vaccination centres.

Checkpoints on roads have been effective at helping to encourage people to make only essential journeys during Level 5 restrictions, according to gardai. Chief Superintendent Denis Ferry spoke at Wicklow County Councils Joint Policing Committee meeting about gardais work during the Covid-19 pandemic during an overview of policing achievements in the county last year, based on provisional crime figures. The Chief Superintendent said gardai had used static and mobile checkpoints to deter people ...

Your reporter believes in doing his homework. By way of preparation for this piece, he took a stroll on Arklows South Beach. Armed with plastic gloves and a refuse sack, he set about looking for rubbish along the stony strand. Close to a golf club and quarry, the beach is a favoured haunt of local dog walkers and anyone else in need of fresh air. His efforts yielded little beyond a pair of mittens and a sock plucked from among the pebbles and sand along a 300-metre stretch of high tideline. Not...

Regarded as perhaps one of the most formative and vital periods in Irish History, we are currently in the midst of marking the centenary of the events of the War of Independence (1919 - 1921). Local archaeologist Barry Lacey from Ferns has been looking at some of the key events in Co Wexford, in particular ambushes, raids, the burning of police barracks and other activities. On this occasion he looks at the grim discovery of the bullet-riddled body of a Wexford man, bearing the chilling message...

A Covid-19 vaccination centre for south Wicklow is expected to be established in the Arklow Bay Hotel, according to a source within the Department of Health. Two Covid-19 vaccination centres are likely to be set up in County Wicklow. The second location is understood to be the former Charlesland Golf Club in Greystones. Vaccinations at these sites could begin as early as next month, the source said. The HSE is expected to unveil further details about its plans for Covid-19 vaccination centres...

A Covid-19 vaccination centre for north Wicklow is expected to be established at the former Charlesland Golf Club in Greystones, according to a source within the Department of Health. The second location in County Wicklow is understood to be the Arklow Bay Hotel. Vaccinations at the sites could begin as early as next month, the source said. Criteria for the centres includes that they be equipped with broadband and parking, so that they can upload an online registration system. While larger ce...

From homemade bread to tins of biscuits, the parishioners of the Arklow, Inch and Kilbride parishes have been finding unique ways to welcome their new rector, Rev Arthur Barrett. The Covid-19 pandemic and the current public health guidelines mean the congregation and the local community cannot say hello to the new rector and his family at this moment as they would have liked. Instead, parishioners and the community have found creative ways to make the new arrivals feel at home. Speaking to thi...

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore describes her first year in the Dáil as a very unusual introduction to national politics because of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first-time TD won her seat in the 33rd Dail weeks before the first case of Covid-19 was officially confirmed in the Republic of Ireland. Like everyone else, the new Deputy had to quickly adapt to respond to the pandemics impact on every aspect of life. When I was elected, my first thoughts were "what do I want to achi...