Varadkar: Easing of Covid rules at Christmas 2020 wrong Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that mistakes were made in relation to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions at Christmas 2020. Coronavirus • 18 Sep
Watt defends handling of proposed Holohan secondment Secretary General at the Department of Health Robert Watt has defended his handling of a proposal to appoint the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan … Politics • 04 May 22
Watt 'regrets' Holohan TCD secondment not going ahead The top civil servant at the Department of Health will tell an Oireachtas committee that he regrets that Dr Tony Holohan's "knowledge and skills" will … Politics • 03 May 22
Independent review into CMO secondment expected by June An outside expert has been appointed to conduct an independent review into the issues around the controversy over the now abandoned move by Chief Medical … Ireland • 20 Apr 22
Minister orders independent review of CMO secondment Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has initiated an independent review of the now abandoned secondment of the Chief Medical Officer to Trinity College. Politics • 14 Apr 22
CMO secondment has to be paused until report - Martin The Taoiseach has said there has to be greater transparency around the planned academic role for outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan at Trinity … Ireland • 08 Apr 22
Preferable if CMO's secondment made public - Tánaiste The Tánaiste has said "the full details" of the secondment of outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to Trinity College Dublin "should" have been … Health • 07 Apr 22
Holohan to step down as Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, who led the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is to step down from his position as Chief Medical Officer at the Department … Ireland • 26 Mar 22
All EU Digital Covid certs to be emailed by Thursday Almost a million EU Digital Covid Certificates are being issued by email to people who were fully vaccinated at a Health Service Executive vaccination centre. Coronavirus • 13 Jul 21
Covid-19: Six further deaths, 866 new cases, 43 in ICU There have been 866 new cases of coronavirus and six further Covid-related deaths reported to the Department of Health. Coronavirus • 29 Oct 20
'Substantial changes' in Covid-19 hospitalisation rate The impact of Covid-19 is increasing and substantial changes in the hospitalisation rate can be seen, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said. Coronavirus • 20 Oct 20
CMO expresses 'worry' as 1,012 virus cases in 24 hours Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has expressed worry after 1,012 new cases of Covid-19 were notified to the Department of Health in the past … Coronavirus • 11 Oct 20
FULL INTERVIEW: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar Tánaiste Leo Varadkar explains the reason the Government decided not to accept NPHET's recommendation claire byrne live • 05 Oct 20
Covid-19: Three further deaths, six additional cases The Department of Health has announced that a further three people who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland have died. Ireland • 01 Jul 20
Not certain Covid-19 vaccine will be produced - Holohan Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has said that there is no certainty that a vaccine for Covid-19 would be produced. Coronavirus • 23 May 20
Explained: How long it takes a Covid-19 case to be completed now Next Monday, Ireland is due to begin its slow emergence from beneath the shadow of Covid-19. Coronavirus • 14 May 20
Holohan not expecting to advise easing of restrictions Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said he is still not in a position to recommend easing restrictions due to Covid-19. Coronavirus • 30 Apr 20
Harris rules out 'big bang' of lifting restrictions Minister for Health Simon Harris has said Covid-19 is still causing havoc, devastation, hurt and pain in Ireland, and if the Chief Medical Officer had … Coronavirus • 25 Apr 20
Graph shows breakdown of recorded Covid-19 deaths Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has produced a new graph that indicates a different story about the number of daily deaths in Ireland from … Coronavirus • 18 Apr 20
Young girl has special request for Dr Holohan Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan is a busy man in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic but he has received one very special request … Coronavirus • 07 Apr 20
'Way too early to say' if coronavirus has peaked - WHO The World Health Organization has cautioned it was "way too early" to say whether the coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, might have peaked or when … World • 12 Feb 20
Walsh warned over repeating CervicalCheck criticisms A major clash involving the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and a leading CervicalCheck patient advocate has been revealed in documents released … Health • 23 Aug 19
