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    29-year-old Samantha Cruise is one of many patients who caught Covid while in hospital

    The patients who caught Covid in hospital

    Despite tighter infection control measures, a growing cohort of patients have contracted the virus while in hospital, Prime Time's Louise Byrne reports.

    Prime Time • 27 Jan 21
    Éanna Kelly with prosthetics specialist Donna Fisher

    Amputees face a 'postcode lottery' for prosthetics

    More than 1,000 people have limbs amputated in Ireland every year, but only the cost of the first prosthetic is guaranteed by the State, writes Prime Time's Louise Byrne.

    Prime Time • 11 Dec 20
    Eir CEO apologises for 'below-par' customer service

    Eir CEO apologises for 'below-par' customer service

    Carolan Lennon said the company has had difficulty retaining customer service staff.

    Prime Time • 24 Nov 20
    There were more than 1,000 official complaints about Eir lodged with ComReg between July and September

    Eir customers 'left out in the cold' as complaints surge

    Hundreds of Eir customers have experienced serious issues around connectivity and billing this year, Prime Time's Louise Byrne reports.

    Prime Time • 25 Nov 20
    Close contacts are advised to isolate for 14 days and to undertake two separate tests for Covid-19

    HSE warns of hostile reception towards contact tracers

    The Health Service Executive has warned that contact tracers are receiving a "hostile" reception from some people deemed close contacts of a positive case of Covid-19.

    Coronavirus • 24 Sep 20
    Green List Blues

    Green List Blues

    Features • 03 Sep 20
    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
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