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Morning Ireland Friday 15 January 2021

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The Week In News

Survivors react to Mother and Baby Homes report; Trump impeached for second time; Crowds hit the snow in Wicklow mountains; Coercion of children into crime to be made illegal; Driving 80k for a burger; A return to homeschooling; Banks to develop app; Uganda elections; Vaccination at the NMH; Ruby the stolen dog comes home

NPHET says difficult times ahead in fight against Covid-19

George Lee, Science Correspondent, reports on the latest NPHET briefing as 3,955 new cases of Covid-19 and 28 further deaths related to the virus were reported.

HSE dealing with severe pressure and staff shortages

Professor Conor Deasy, Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine at CUH, discusses the impact Covid is having on the hospital.

Vaccine rollout differs across European countries

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith reports on how the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is going in some EU countries.

Hospital group overwhelmed by current emergency situation

Colette Cowan, CEO of the UL Hospital Group, on the 'difficult emergency situation' at University Hospital Limerick.

Revenue issues workers with 2020 tax bills

Gill Stedman reports that over 600,000 people will receive tax bills through their Revenue online accounts.

New Government scheme could see more and more remote working

Cian McCormack gets reaction to a new Government strategy to legislate to give workers the right to request to work from home.

Fines issued for breaching Covid-19 restrictions

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, on fines issued by Gardaí to people breaching Covid-19 restrictions this week, including one incident where three people drove 80km for burgers.

Brexit impact upon tariffs on goods coming from Britain

Linda Slattery, Head of Brexit Strategy with Revenue, discusses the issues which importers and hauliers have been having at ports since the start of the new trading relationship.

New legislation would make it a crime to coerce children into crime

Dr. Johnny Connolly, of the University of Limerick Centre for Crime, Justice and Victim studies, and author of the Building Community Resilience report, discusses the introduction of proposed legislation which would criminalise the coercion of children into criminal activity.