ICNARC report on COVID-19 in critical care
<p>This report presents analyses of data on patients critically ill with confirmed COVID-19 reported to ICNARC up to 4pm on 16 April 2020 from critical care units participating in the Case Mix Programme
Ireland
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Ireland passes plain packaging bill for cigarettes
Ireland has become the first country in Europe to ban branded cigarette packets. The Republic’s second chamber, the Seanad, passed the plain packaging law on Tuesday night, which also makes it illegal
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Landmark EU ruling to cut plastic bag use by 80%: Countries set deadline of 2025 to meet target through charges or bans
All EU countries will have to cut the use of throwaway ‘plastic poison’ carrier bags by 80 per cent following a vote yesterday. The decision represents a victory for Daily Mail readers and the ‘Banish
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Apple's new European data centres to be 100% powered by renewables
Apple today announced a $1.7bn plan to build two giant data centres in Europe, both powered by 100% renewable energy. The twin facilities – one in County Galway Ireland and one in central Denmark –
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Galway community may face two years on boil water notice
Irish Water and local officials have been urged to “bang heads together” to find a quick solution to a contaminated water supply in Co Galway which could affect about 1,000 people for two years. A boil
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Last year was one of warmest on record in Ireland
2014 was wet, warm and sunny almost nationwide according to Met Éireann. Rainfall and sunshine levels were near or above the long-term average. The warmest day of the year was recorded in Durrow, Co Laois
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UK tops WHO gullet cancer table and obesity may be factor
The UK has the highest rate in the world of one of the two main cancers of the food pipe or gullet, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Men are around four times as likely as women to develop
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EU climate summit to agree revision of Irish emission targets
Ireland has won a significant breakthrough in its campaign to change the way emissions targets are calculated at EU level, potentially avoiding millions of euro in fines as the country struggles to meet
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Climate change Bill finally makes it to Government priority legislation list
Seven years after first being proposed at government level, a climate change Bill moved a large step closer to becoming reality yesterday when it was included in the priority list of Government legislation.
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EU Initiative For Eco Friendly Green Regional Aircraft Taking Wings At Ireland
Noisy planes are a nightmare for people staying near airports and in the vicinity of important flight paths. But that problem will soon get resolved, if the engineers at Trinity College, Dublin have their
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Medics seek ban on sugary drink adverts
A ban on advertising sugary drinks to children has been called for by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s (RCPI) policy group on obesity. The group highlights Coca Cola’s “Share a Coke” campaign