Leo Varadkar today announced new measures to help tackle the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Taoiseach says he will not be calling for a full lock-down unless to told to do so by medical officers.

Middle ranking gardaí have asked Garda HQ about its plans in the event of the spread of coronavirus among members.

A Garda chief superintendent has denied targeting and humiliating a whistleblower who worked in his station.

A letter from the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to Lorraine Walsh on March 13 accused her of making false statements on Twitter and in the media when she criticsed the management of the crisis.

The Agriculture Minister has denied he has pulled the wool over farmers’ eyes in announcing a €100m Brexit beef fund.

A blunt warning from the National Screening Service (NSS) to the health minister about the significant risks that would arise from offering free out-of-cycle smear tests had “nothing new in it” and was not passed on to him at the time, Simon Harris has told the health committee.

The commotion around a helpline that didn’t work; a distrust of the HSE’s ability to supply reliable data; and a preoccupation with media coverage of the CervicalCheck crisis are themes in a series of revealing texts between the health minister and his most senior adviser (the texts have been obtained through Freedom of Information).

CervicalCheck refused to provide information to two concerned women who directly contacted the service in 2016, it has been revealed.

A transport company has been ordered to pay a man with epilepsy €20,480 after finding that it discriminated against him when retiring him on medical grounds.

Farmers and politicians in many of the EU member states believe the current dairy price downturn is being caused by over production in a few EU member states rather than global factors, and would like to see those countries reduce their supplies.

One of the most senior doctors in the Department of Health has warned the Department of the Environment that people at risk of the controversial wind turbine syndrome should be treated “appropriately and sensitively as these symptoms can be debilitating”.

Women fitted with faulty silicone breast implants who need them removed will have the cost covered by the State.

Representatives from the PIP Action Group say they have had a "very positive" meeting with the state's Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan.

Pregnant women were today warned not to drink alcohol by the State’s top medic.

EUROPEAN farmers have made 50 proposals to slash EU red tape in agriculture, but they have rejected a commission proposal for a single Common Market Organisation (CMO).

A MAJOR step in simplifying the complex Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), long regarded as a quagmire of red tape, has been taken by the European Commission.

The Dutch government announced plans yesterday for legislation banning full-length veils in public places and other clothing that covers the face — putting the Netherlands at the forefront of a general European hardening towards Muslim minorities.

The Dutch government said today it is planning to draw up legislation “as soon as possible” banning burqas and other clothing that covers a person’s entire face in public places.

A BUS driver who regularly drove 70 children to school has been awarded €6,000 after Bus Éireann refused him a job driving in a city centre, arguing the stress would be bad for his heart.