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However, he said it would "require us all" to adhere strictly to public health advice and guidelines. When asked about the possibility of large outdoor or indoor live events and concerts, he said: "Well we certainly have the ambition that we can see those things return when we think it's safe." Asked if this meant that there was a possibility of seeing spectators at the All Ireland Final in Croke Park in July, he said: "I'd really like to think so." Dr Holohan also said that he wouldn't "make a prediction" yet for the return of festivals such as Electric Picnic in September.

Last week, retail giant Lidl announced it would begin to sell Covid-19 antigen tests for just €24.99 per pack of five in all Irish stores as of 7 May. However, the retailer was met with criticism by both Dr Holohan and Maynooth University President, Phillip Nolan following the announcement. "The risk that we see, and I wasn't critical of retailers, I was advising people in terms of their behaviours, to not buy these tests in retail environments and then use them," Dr Holohan said on Monday. "It's not an issue of antigen testing, it's about people's interpretation of what the result means, a...

  Claire Byrne forged her reputation as a resolute and rigorous broadcaster a long time ago, but this week listeners learn that she can be as determined off duty as she is on air. At the very least, Tuesday’s Today with Claire Byrne (RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays) suggests that the presenter approaches leisure time with the same brisk efficiency she uses to grill guests. Discussing domestic holiday destinations with the travel journalist Fionn Davenport, Byrne notes that staycation venues are in short supply. “Every second person I talk to has missed the boat because they didn’t b...

24th April 2021 Former Six One presenter Bryan Dobson Credit: RTÉ Inspired by his earliest experiences afloat — in a small boat his father-in-law sailed out of Bullock Harbour in Dalkey — and his own childhood growing up by the sea in Sandymount, Bryan really caught the bug in his mid-30s when he did his first Glenans training course. “I discovered that it was a wonderful escape from things that clog up our daily lives,” he says. “I find as I get older physically and mentally it is all consuming and even now, I still get that sensation of when I step on a boat … It’s that sens...

“In an interview with Bryan Dobson on RTÉ Radio 1 this afternoon, Provost Elect Professor Linda Doyle said that there is more that universities can do to get students back on campus, including rapid testing. ‘There’ll be students now who have had two academic years disrupted’, she said. She continued saying that Trinity is ‘looking at rapid testing’ …” (more) [Kate Henshaw,