Tag: Ireland

Research into natural products is on the rise again as scientists in Ireland become 21st-century “medicine hunters” searching for ingredients for drugs, cosmetics and functional foods in Irish boglands, coastal waters and other terrains. The traditional use of plants in medicines, cosmetics and food predates both western medicine and scientific research. But as scientists began…

It’s maybe a year since Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh, and Emily Hegarty began to gel as a women’s four. Maybe. This morning, they franked a superb run of form by claiming a bronze medal under a burning sun.It is Ireland’s first podium place of these Games but surely not the last with this…

The UK has today outlined proposed changes to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, with a cabinet minister saying that “we cannot go on as we are”. The move is set to ignite a furious row with the EU, with one of its top officials saying there is no room for renegotiation of the protocol. Northern…

The French ambassador to Ireland, Vincent Guérend, has said there has to be exceptions to Ireland’s ‘harsh’ mandatory hotel quarantine system. He was speaking after the European Commission said it was seeking ‘clarifications’ from the Government over the system. A spokesperson said on Thursday there were concerns in relation to the general principles of European…

There have been seven further Covid-19 related deaths confirmed this evening by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).Of the deaths reported today two occurred in April, another two occurred in March, and three happened in February. The number of deaths related to coronavirus now stands at 4,737.Another 400 cases of the coronavirus were also…

As part of Covid-19 measures in Ireland, hotel guests undergo testing on the first and tenth days of quarantine Irish citizens living in the UAE said Ireland’s mandatory hotel quarantine has caused anguish for residents who need to travel home on compassionate or emergency grounds. Many are calling on the government to make exceptions for…

As part of The Good Information Project we are posing the question this month ‘What could a shared island look like?’. Here, CJ McKinney examines what we know – and don’t know – about the economics and living standards of a different Ireland.  HOW WOULD A united Ireland do economically? At the moment, credible answers are pretty…

Gio Reyna was a candidate to play for the U.S. Men’s National Team in this month’s pair of European friendlies, but will now reportedly not be allowed to take part in the final one. Borussia Dortmund has reportedly refused Reyna to take part in the scheduled USMNT friendly with Northern Ireland in Belfast on March…

THE NATIONAL IMMUNISATION Advisory Committee (NIAC) has recommended that the administration of the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine be temporarily deferred.  In a statement this morning, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the recommendation has been made following a report from the Norwegian Medicines Agency of four new reports of serious blood clotting events in…