Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Dec 27, 2020 12:10 PM
A breakdown of the HSE’s Nursing Homes draft vaccinations schedule has been published by the Sunday Independent newspaper.
There are 583 nursing homes in Ireland, and the widespread roll-out of vaccinations to all sites will begin on January 11th, with a soft roll-out to a small number of nursing homes beginning on January 4th.
The first vaccinations in nursing homes in Waterford will take place on January 18th, according to the draft schedule.
Two vaccination teams will administer the two-dose vaccine to all 14 residential facilities in the county starting with St Joseph’s hospital in Dungarvan and finishing on the 29th with St Carthages House and Dunabbey House.
Situation most serious it has been since last March as 13 deaths and 938 Covid-19 cases confirmed
According to preliminary data, Dr Cillian De Gascun said the new variant of the virus from the UK is present in Ireland.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, pictured at a Covid-19 update press conference at the Department of Health. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
Wed, 23 Dec, 2020 - 17:57
Michelle McGlynn
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has warned the epidemiological situation is the most serious it has been since last March.
Dr Ronan Glynn has advised that people should act at all times as if they or those they come into contact with are infectious.
Garda arrested after failing roadside breath-test following crash
12:34 Monday, 21 December 2020
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An off-duty Garda failed a roadside breath-test for alcohol after a crash in Cork city.
It happened at 5.30 on Saturday morning, when a car and a van collided at Silver Springs Hill.
The off-duty officer was the driver of the car, and he was arrested after failing the breath-test.
He was taken to Guranabraher Garda Station and later released without charge.
Gardai confirmed the incident in a statement.
“On December 19 2020 shortly after 5:30am Gardaí attended at the scene of a traffic collision involving a car and van. The driver of the car, an off-duty member of An Garda Síochána, was arrested having failed a roadside breath test for alcohol,” the statement said.
Off-duty garda fails roadside breath test after Cork city collision
Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 13:42
Steve Neville
Gardaí said that the man subsequently failed a roadside breath test for alcohol.
In a statement, gardaí said that at around 5.30am on Saturday, officers attended the scene of a collision involving a car and a van at Silver Springs Hill in Cork city.
The driver of the car - an off-duty member of An Garda Síochána - was arrested having failed a roadside breath test.
He was taken to Guranabraher Garda Station and later released without charge.
The driver of the van was treated for minor injuries at Cork University Hospital.