The mother of one of two friends who were ordered into quarantine after a trip to Dubai claimed they were both being refused access to independent Covid-19 testing.
Niamh Mulreany s mother Sabrina also said the women were being treated worse than animals’ and the whole situation had become ‘a circus’.
Ms Mulreany (25) and Kirstie McGrath (30) allegedly refused to enter into mandatory hotel quarantine and were subsequently arrested for breaches to the Health Act last Friday.
Ms McGrath since received a positive PCR test result which has resulted in several gardai being told to self-isolate. However it is understood that a subsequent test result has been received which is negative.
The free-to-download app offers an option to track coughs through the day, week, month or year.
Users can monitor a loved one s cough and can grant permission to share data.
Users cough into the phone microphone and the app analyses the cough.
The plan is that the user then alerts their doctor and has a record of coughing. The idea of acoustic epidemiology is nothing new, Mr Brew said. They ask you to describe a cough and assess is it dry or forced. I believe acoustic coughing is going to become a very important tech. People never used to monitor how many steps they took each day, but now that s something a lot of people do.
A number of gardaí are in isolation after a guest staying at a quarantine hotel tested positive for Covid-19.
SundayWorld.com has learned that one of the recent arrivals into the country, who was required to stay at a hotel, has since tested positive for Covid-19 upon returning to Ireland.
As a result, a number of gardaí have been requested to isolate by Garda management after coming into contact with the individual.
A Garda spokesman said: “As the Department of Health are the lead agency in relation to the management of mandatory quarantining, An Garda Síochána will not be commenting further at this time.
The US city of Baltimore has removed a statue of an Irish-born slave-owning merchant from a square in the neighbourhood he founded in 1786.
After the statue of Captain John O’Donnell was removed from his namesake park in the Canton neighbourhood on Monday night, mayor Brandon Scott said his administration is determined to do much more to erase a legacy of racism.
“Countless publicly named monuments, statues, streets, and schools across Baltimore remain that must be reassessed,” Mr Scott said.
“I am committed to dismantling structural oppression in Baltimore by working with the City Administrator to commission a team to establish procedures for reviewing the impact of these cruel monuments while continuing to promote equitable policies to right yesterday’s wrongs,” Mr Scott said.
The driver of the second vehicle, a man in his mid 30s also died in the collision. His remains have also been taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. The passenger of the second car was removed from the scene to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.
The car also struck a third vehicle and the driver of the car was removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda with non life threatening injuries.
The road remains closed this afternoon, while traffic diversions are in place. Meanwhile, the scene is to be examined by Forensic Collision Investigators.