Four people with fever considered at risk for ebola were being tested in Spain yesterday for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid’s airport as a precaution, officials said.

Senior health officials have insisted Ireland can cope with an ebola outbreak — despite doctors warning of glaring gaps in our defences against the lethal virus.

Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments (ED) is a major concern for doctors making plans to deal with suspected ebola cases.

Fact is more frightening than fiction in this real Ebola crisis, says Max Brooks.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar was stating the obvious yesterday when he said that we need to do more to prepare for an outbreak of ebola in Ireland, unlikely as that terrible eventuality may seem right now.