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    Hope for IVF patients following new virus guidelines

    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
    Teresa Murray says people just presume they own their own home

    Are we prepared for the tenant time bomb?

    Home ownership in Ireland is at its lowest level for almost 50 years and has been described as "one of the most important changes in social policy in the last 50 years" - Louise Byrne asks are we ready for it?

    News • 26 Feb 20
    Glenn and Kellie live in Navan, but work in Dublin

    Commuting for a living

    For the people who have to get up really early in the morning, it seems as if they are just living to work, writes Louise Byrne.

    Prime Time • 24 Jan 20
    The co-living development will be built on the site of Brady's pub in Castleknock (pic: Bartra Blanchardstown SHD)

    Co-living development in Castleknock gets green light

    Planning permission has been granted for a 210-bed, co-living development in Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Dublin West constituency.

    Dublin • 08 Jan 20
    Many of the families have spent a number of years in refugee camps in Lebanon having fled their homes during the deadly Syrian civil war

    Eleven Syrian refugee families arrive in Ireland

    Eleven refugee families have arrived in Ireland from Syria, via a refugee camp in Lebanon.

    Ireland • 30 Dec 19
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