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Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan is issuing a direct Christmas Covid safety appeal to parents to ensure that schools can re-open on January 6. A letter is going out to the country’s 4,000 schools this week asking them to forward the advice to parents of almost one million pupils. Health chiefs are already concerned about the increased incidence of Covid-19 since restrictions were eased earlier this month and fear that the spread of the infection will escalate as people relax over the holidays. With inter-county travel allowed from Friday and schools closed from Tuesday, they are antici...

However, the Department of Education overruled the decision and directed the school to remain open. Mr Loftus described the department's position as unfair and insulting to him and the board of management. "It's difficult, and I didn't make that decision on my own. I had to consult. "It is with great consideration that boards make those difficult decisions, and it's not fair then for it to be overruled. It doesn't seem fair, and it's quite insulting." Approximately 85 pupils of the 125 in total had been due to attend school today. The remaining 40 pupils are obliged to stay at home because th...

Principal of Mayo school forced to reopen details Covid 'problem' and how many kids tested positive 'It’s pretty obvious to me as a non-professional of healthcare that there is a problem there' 11:46, 14 DEC 2020 Claremorris Boys National School in Mayo Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more ...

Apr 19, 2021 Irish hospitals have recorded the lowest number of Covid-19 patients on wards since October 9th last year. 179 people with the virus are receiving treatment this morning, which is 21 percent lower than last week. Across the region there are six patients with… Apr 19, 2021 New legislation to reform the Fair Deal nursing home scheme has been drafted and is due to go before the Cabinet in the next two weeks. That's according to Minister of State Mary Butler, who was responding to a question in the Seanad this morning from Mayo… Apr 19, 2021 ...

Share this article A group of parents are withholding their children from a national school in Co Mayo due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19.  Just seven of 125 students at Claremorris Boys National School have attended school this morning. The school intended to close early ahead of the Christmas break, after recording at least 12 cases since the mid-term break. However, the Department of Education instructed the school to remain open. In a note on the school's website, staff said they had been left with no option but to re-open. Principal Mark Loftus said parents who wished to keep t...