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Search By Live95 News Team via Getty Images The government is awaiting a decision as early as this evening on the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
It comes as Ministers prepare to make decisions on the re-opening of the country over the next few months.
NPHET cancelled its usual Monday press briefing today, instead waiting to give its opinion on the current situation until later in the week.
Health officials will meet on Wednesday morning to provide recommendations to cabinet, ahead of a final sign off on Thursday.
Click and collect, construction, retail, barbers and hairdressers, religious services and outdoor sports training are the areas being examined for May re-openings.
NIAC recommends Johnson and Johnson vaccine be used for over 50s
NIAC are also expected to recommend the J&J shot to be used to reach the homeless, Traveller and Roma communities.
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The State’s vaccine watchdog has recommended the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be used for those aged 50 and older.
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Government sources expect it to be delivered either this evening or tomorrow morning
The government is awaiting a decision as early as this evening on the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
It comes as Ministers prepare to make decisions on the re-opening of the country over the next few months.
NPHET cancelled its usual Monday press briefing today, instead waiting to give its opinion on the current situation until later in the week.
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Health officials will meet on Wednesday morning to provide recommendations to cabinet, ahead of a final sign off on Thursday.
Click and collect, construction, retail, barbers and hairdressers, religious services and outdoor sports training are the areas being examined for May re-openings.
Irish Law Criminalizes Outdoor Confession to a Priest
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A new Irish statutory instrument aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus makes meeting with a priest outdoors for the sacrament of confession a crime, according to a law professor at Trinity College Dublin.
If a priest “were to meet a parishioner for outdoor confession, they would both be committing a criminal offence,” Professor Oran Doyle wrote this week on a site publishing academic commentary about Ireland’s legal response to the coronavirus, “whereas, if two people were to meet for a chat or to exercise, they would not be committing a criminal offence.”