Louise Byrne

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The building was completed in 2017 but remains behind locked gates

Home for people with disabilities delayed over Covid-19

The HSE has said Covid-19 is now adding to the delays in opening a purpose-built centre for people with disabilities in Co Monaghan, which has been empty for three years.

Ulster • 17 Jun 20

Airlines are preparing to return to holiday destinations, but will passengers travel?

Is there flight at the end of the tunnel?

As Irish airlines prepare to return to holiday destinations around Europe, Louise Byrne looks at overseas travel in the shadow of Covid-19.

Prime Time • 12 Jun 20

Childcare is scheduled to open on a phased basis for essential workers on 29 June

Soothers and blankets face ban in reopened creches

Childcare centres could be forced to reduce the number of items brought in by children to prevent Covid-19 infection when they reopen.

Coronavirus • 15 May 20

Immediate family only attended the ceremony in Tuam Co Galway

Grief in the time of Covid-19

As Covid-19 restrictions mean people can't come together to mourn their loved ones, families are coming to terms with a new way of having to say goodbye to those who have passed.

Coronavirus • 24 Apr 20

Hope for IVF patients following new virus guidelines

The resumption of fertility treatment is a step closer for Irish patients following new guidelines issued by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).

News • 23 Apr 20

The nurse described the difficulties of providing care with so little staff (file pic)

'Our issue was staffing' - nurse recounts care issues

A nurse has described the difficulties of providing care at a nursing home in the east of the country over the Easter weekend, due to chronic short-staffing during the Covid-19 crisis.

Ireland • 16 Apr 20

Nursing homes have had difficulties securing PPE for staff (file image)

Covid-19 outbreak at nursing home 'surreal and brutal'

The operator of a nursing home in the east of Ireland has described an outbreak of Covid-19 on the premises as "surreal and brutal".

Coronavirus • 15 Apr 20

Brian McDermott outside his now shut hotel in Co Donegal

Businesses left counting the cost of sudden closure

When, and if, Covid-19 restrictions are lifted will businesses struggle to reopen after a prolonged closure?

Coronavirus • 14 Apr 20

Cross-border workers living in Northern Ireland are not entitled to the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

NI residents called on to return Covid-19 payments

Workers living in Northern Ireland who have received the new Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment have been asked by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to return the money.

Coronavirus • 08 Apr 20

Around 6,000 IVF cycles are undertaken every year in Ireland

Hundreds of patients affected by closure of IVF clinics

A leading fertility specialist has said it is unlikely that IVF treatments will resume in Ireland before June.

Coronavirus • 06 Apr 20