The number of patients in Irish hospitals, combined with more than 5,000 staff out sick with Covid, is putting extra pressure on the health service

As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and approach full employment, a shortage of skilled people could jeopardise Ireland's economic recovery

One in four respondents reported low mood, while one in seven reported thinking of ending their life over the previous week

"We now need to see a rapid roll-out of the vaccine boosters to healthcare workers to make up for lost time," an INMO spokesperson said

The analysis notes the crisis in staffing with many “at risk of burnout” and homes claiming they cannot offer the same salaries as the HSE does

Ceasing the special pandemic assistance scheme for care homes is branded 'grossly irresponsible and defies logic'

Couple share a meal together for the first time in months thanks to relaxed care home visit rules and antigen testing

Private nursing homes have only drawn down about half of the emergency funding available to them since April 

The 12-day gap between vaccines arriving Ireland and the first nursing home jab were a missed opportunity 

A huge staffing crisis is putting extra pressure on nursing homes too, the Oireachtas Committee has been told.

Since the new year, more than 50 new outbreaks of Covid-19 have been confirmed in nursing homes.

'Virtual visits' do not work for everyone, says charity, and some facilities are now refusing to allow window or outdoor visits since public health restrictions tightened

The new measure comes on the back of a recommendation from the European Centre for Disease Control

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

Deirdre Ní Cheallacháin says there is a clear need for us to ask whether the care of at-risk across the State people should be for profit

It follows criticism of the level of state support from the Nursing Homes Ireland, which says preparations for the Covid-19 pandemic were too focused on acute hospitals.

New data released shows of the 1,030 deaths, almost 60%, 601 people died across 39 homes or centres which had 10 or more people die.

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

Spending billions is required to support economic recovery, but any new government will face tough choices over cuts and tax hikes if it is to meet Sláintecare and housing pledges.

The country's Chief Medical Officer insists the state acted 'significantly' and 'quickly' to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes.

The head of the private nursing home sector has criticised the lack of intervention from the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 pandemic was sweeping through care facilities.

Tadhg Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, has said that Covid-19 has brought huge levels of upset, sadness and worry in nursing homes across the country.

Tadhg Daly will appear before the special committee to address what went wrong in nursing homes.

For the first time in 65 days, Ireland reported no deaths from the Coronavirus, marking a major milestone in the country’s bid to suppress Covid-19.

Nursing home residents and their carers were left “isolated” by key State bodies at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee will be told.

Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has called for a Covid-19 testing roadmap to clarify the testing regime that will be required to protect staff and residents in nursing homes over the next 18 months.

Nursing home staff are to be trained to carry out tests in a bid to further suppress the virus as well as speed up lab results.

The staffing crisis in nursing homes is “escalating” as the promised redeployment of personnel to tackle Covid-19 is not happening.

The second order of personal protective equipment (PPE) from China has been doubled to €130m and will start arriving this week.

The chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly has said that the shortage of GP cover for nursing homes is “quite localised” and is “not a widespread problem.”

Consultant geriatrician Professor Sean Kennelly has warned that nursing home residents could have to wait months before they receive visitors.

Infectious diseases consultant Eoghan De Barra has called on the public to “stick with the plan” and abide by restrictions to ensure a reduction in transmission of Covid-19.

As nursing homes find themselves in the frontline in the battle against Covid-19, Nursing Homes Ireland chief executive Tadhg Daly gives his perspective on how the crisis has been handled and how his upbringing influenced his strong work ethic.

Simon Harris says the health service is doing "relatively well" when it comes to getting PPE for healthcare workers.

A Dublin care home for the elderly has had 11 Covid-19-related deaths within the last two weeks.

The crisis that Ireland’s nursing homes, which accommodate in the region of 25,000 residents, are facing has played out in worryingly familiar circumstances.

The Minister for Health says stopping the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes is now his number one priority.

The devastating situation involving Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes has been described as “a catastrophe in the making” and “a national emergency” as the death toll in institutions continues to mount.

No one should die alone during the Covid-19 crisis according to the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Just how bad is the situation regarding nursing homes?

The availability of Personal Protective Equipment or PPE for nursing homes is still “patchy” and will be raised again with Health Minister Simon Harris today amid some concern that deaths due to Covid-19 in nursing homes may be under-reported.

The unfolding tragedy in the State’s nursing homes was foretold writes Michael Clifford.

Consultant geriatrician Dr Emer Ahern has called for more nursing staff to be re-deployed to support staffing shortages in nursing homes during the Covid-19 crisis.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, says his team is trying to stop the virus getting into nursing homes in the first place.