Seven walk-in Covid-19 testing centres to open around country Facilities aimed at asymptomatic people have detected more than 1,600 cases
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A walk-in Covid-19 test centre in Balbriggan. File photograph: Alan Betson
Seven new walk-in Covid-19 testing centres will open across the country in the coming days.
Two facilities will open in Dublin, with a centre at the Technological University Dublin campus in Blanchardstown operating from 10am on Saturday. The second will open at Ballymun Sports and Fitness Centre on Tuesday.
Two of the centres, which are aimed at people who do not have Covid-19 symptoms but want to be tested, will open in Co Cork. A facility at Midleton GAA Club opened on Friday and will be in use until Sunday. A second at Youghal GAA Club will operate from Monday until Wednesday, from 11am to 7pm.
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Officials have found investment funds are not breaking competition rules by leaving Dublin luxury apartments vacant.
It’s estimated that hundreds of high-priced flats around the capital are empty. Rents for many of these properties are over €2,000 per month or higher. They are typically owned by large investment funds.
It has been reported that owners are afraid to drop prices and get stuck with lower rents. As all of Dublin is designated as a rent pressure zone, landlords cannot increase rent prices by more than 4% per year.
A member of the public complained about this to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). He said by keeping the properties empty instead of dropping rents, investment funds are keeping prices higher than they otherwise would be.
HSE to temporarily open walk-in Covid-19 test centres in seven more towns
More than 50,000 people have been tested in the existing walk-in centres. By Lauren Boland Friday 30 Apr 2021, 8:04 PM Apr 30th 2021, 8:04 PM 49,968 Views 12 Comments
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Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie
SEVEN MORE LOCATIONS around the country will have walk-in test centres for Covid-19 available over the next week.
The HSE is opening centres in Middleton and Youghal in Cork; Edenderry in Offaly, Newbridge in Kildare; Ballina in Mayo; and Blanchardstown and Ballymun in Dublin.
The centres are open to anyone 16 or over who does not have Covid-19 symptoms but wants to be tested, lives in the area of the centre, and has not tested positive in the last six months.
A new network for alcohol policy researchers in the UK and Ireland has officially launched today (29 April 2021), led by the University of Stirling’s Professor Niamh Fitzgerald and Trinity College Dublin’s Professor Joe Barry.
The Alcohol Research Network UK-Ireland (ACORN) will act as a forum and stimulus for an interdisciplinary approach to the cultural, social, political and economic challenges faced by the UK and Ireland in attempting to implement effective policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol consumption.
The Irish Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK has provided seed funding for ACORN activities for 2021-22.
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