Person: Maresa Fagan

Person: Maresa Fagan

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Maresa Fagan: The long road to containing Covid

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Maresa Fagan: The long road to containing Covid

Local lockdowns are in place in different parts of the globe as the WHO says the 'peak' of pandemic has not yet been reached, writes Maresa Fagan

A man walks past a street art mural by the artist ADW in Portarlington, County Laois. Entitled "Is it Still raining? I hadn't noticed", the work deals with the issue of mental health during the Covid-19 lockdown. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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Special Report: People on the mental health frontline set out what needs to be done

Maresa Fagan speaks to those involved in mental health services to see where the challenges lie and what the next government must prioritise to deliver for those most in need.

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Children's vaccinations still routine, despite virus

Maresa Fagan says despite Covid-19, GPs are immunising as normal against a number of illnesses. There is no need for parents to be afraid.

Maresa Fagan: Wearing a mask may become the new norm

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Maresa Fagan: Wearing a mask may become the new norm

Covid-19: Ireland at 'delicate balance between suppression of the disease and further outbreak'

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Covid-19: Ireland at 'delicate balance between suppression of the disease and further outbreak'

Doctors demand to know when staff will get proper equipment

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Doctors demand to know when staff will get proper equipment

Maresa Fagan: The curve must be flattened if our hospitals are to manage the Covid-19 surge

Maresa Fagan: The curve must be flattened if our hospitals are to manage the Covid-19 surge

While the growth rate of the coronavirus in Ireland might be slowing, we have to stay at home en masse, otherwise we’ll have 20,000 cases by mid-April, writes Maresa Fagan.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2020

Coronavirus: ‘We must learn from Italy to protect those at the coalface’

Coronavirus: ‘We must learn from Italy to protect those at the coalface’

As Ireland faces its biggest ever public health emergency, Maresa Fagan looks at the critical role PPE is playing in the battle to contain and eradicate Covid-19 and how it could mean the difference between life or death for those at the coalface at home and abroad.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020

Coronavirus: Extra flights from Australia to get Irish people home

Coronavirus: Extra flights from Australia to get Irish people home

The additional seats were available on Qatar Airways flights departing from Sydney on Saturday and Monday, from Melbourne on Saturday and Sunday, and from Brisbane on Tuesday.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020