For those interested in objective reports on controversial health events, the Forum report in the Irish Examiner on Saturday, July 4 is the best I have read on the sad omnishambles that has characterised the Johnson regimes response to Covid-19.

Exhausted nurses are being refused holiday leave due to understaffing, with intensive care nurses who battled through the Covid-19 outbreak particularly impacted.

The Department of Health's Dr Tony Holohan is to be granted the Freedom of the City of Dublin.

A striking feature of the current Covid crisis is the emergence of a new group of scientific experts on our television screens, radios, and newspapers.

Gardaí will begin inspecting bars and restaurants in order to ensure compliance with Covid-19 guidelines this weekend.

A charity is urging caution against house parties and large gatherings of friends this weekend.

World Rugby’s leading doctor, Éanna Falvey has reiterated the need for temporary changes in the way the sport is played in order to minimise the risk of spreading Covid-19 during matches.

The move would ease the financial burden on holidaymakers who could be set to lose thousands of euro by not using scheduled flights and also serve as a boost for the flailing domestic tourism sector, Independent TD Michael McNamara has said.

Dr Jack Lambert, specialist in infectious disease at the Mater hospital, Dublin has said that if people observe the appropriate safety guidelines then it is safe to travel.

The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin says partners are allowed back into inpatient wards - after being limited to when a woman was in active labour.

A Dublin footballer has warned young people that coronavirus can affect anyone.

The Department of Health has announced there have been 24 new confirmed cases of the virus in the country.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has insisted “it is all systems go” for his Government, which holds its first full Cabinet meeting today.

The Health Minister says the "big risk" of a spike in coronavirus cases comes from international travel.

The new Health Minister says there is no commitment yet to when a list of countries Irish people can travel to without quarantining on their return will be published.

Almost half of the new cases of Covid-19 reported on Saturday were in people under 35.

From next month, Irish people will be able to go on holiday to some countries without having to quarantine when they come back.

While the spread of the virus is largely contained, there is still more work to do, as the reopening of the economy gathers pace.

Meanwhile, one further death was confirmed in the North earlier today, bringing the total deaths there to 548.

There has been three Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland today, officials have announced.

Forty-one percent of people surveyed are now wearing face coverings in public, as the country continues to emerge from Covid-19 restrictions, and resumes economic activity.

Two new Covid-19 related deaths have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) today.

The Chief Medical Officer is warning that the "widespread community transmission" of Covid-19 we saw here in April could easily return.

There has been two Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland today, officials have announced.

Health officials say Covid-19 has essentially been suppressed in institutional settings like nursing homes.

Publican groups have called for guidelines to reopening to be published immediately.

A spike in coronavirus cases shouldn't be taken as a sign the outbreak is bouncing back, according to the Chief Medical Officer.

It is not hard to imagine that health officials might have been bewildered by the queues from early morning yesterday outside Penneys stores.

The National Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confirmed that 3 further people with Covid-19 have died in Irish hospitals.

A new public awareness campaign is being launched next week to advise people when to wear face masks and how to use them correctly.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said people may be able to visit relatives in nursing homes from next week.

It came about after Irish politicians – namely three parties - failed to agree to form a Government, despite the world being in turmoil owing to a once in a century event that dominated 2020.

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan told the most senior officials of government departments that different approaches to Covid-19 containment on both sides of the border could “pose threats to us all”.

New figures show just 1% of people swabbed for the coronavirus last week tested positive.

In total there are now 25,215 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

The 2-metre social distancing rule for hotels, pubs and restaurants could be reduced to 1-metre, at times when the Covid-19 transmission rate is low.

Black Lives Matter demonstrators have given those who were victims of racism courage to speak out, according to an organiser of today's rally in Dublin.

Some nursing home residents will see their family members for the first time since March later this month.

Health Minister Simon Harris says his "gut feeling" is that Ireland will move to Phase 2 of the roadmap for reopening the economy on Monday, but cautioned against speeding it up just yet.

Three more people with Covid-19 have died, officials said today.

Simon Harris said on May 21, that TDs cannot spend any longer than two hours in the chamber, on public health advice specific to the Oireachtas as a workplace.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, said that figures are encouraging as Ireland approaches the end of the first phase.

There have been nine more Covid-19 related deaths, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has announced.

The Minister said it was his mission to ensure as many students as possible return to school in September.

Mr O’Callaghan said he fully respected the advice that Dr Holohan had given to the government, but the government had to take other factors into consideration.

A sitting government minister has said he is “baffled” as to why the Government has not moved to reduce the social distance rules from 2 metres to 1 metre, as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The National Public Health Emergency Team has reported 17 more Covid-19 related deaths.

The two-metre physical distancing guideline is "not required by the science" and should be reviewed to allow Ireland's economy reopen, the Fianna Fáil leader has said.

Cabinet ministers will meet the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan this afternoon to discuss Ireland's physical distancing rules.

The National Public Health Emergency Team says it is aware of the impact the visitation ban is having on resident's mental health.