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AGSI and GRA support concept of testing but seek clarity on how new system will operate

Dublin-based detectives in their 30s exchanged fire with occupant of Clonsilla house

However groups such as gardaí and teachers are continuing to press the Government to reverse this policy. Gardaí and teachers on Sunday urged the Government to introduce a separate Covid-19 vaccination programme to run in parallel with the new age-based system for the general public. General secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and InspectorsAntoinette Cunningham said her organisation was proposing that in mass vaccination centres, such as City West in Dublin, there could be separate streams that would provide vaccines side-by-side to both those in high risk and frontline occ...

Government under pressure after change to age-based system from one also focused on profession

Mr Donnelly said those aged 50-54 years old were 15 times more likely to die of Covid-19 than those aged 18-34, and the only sector “showing a significant increase in risk from Covid is healthcare”. He said someone aged 50-54 “is three times more likely to be hospitalised, 10 times more likely to end up in intensive care and 15 times more likely to die from Covid” than someone aged 20-24. Fine Gael party chairman Richard Bruton said the change was “absolutely justified but this should not have been sprung on the people the way it was. Mr Bruton said “the evidence...