Tag: Covid-19

The first Mobile Covid-19 Vaccination Unit to operate in the Midlands will be in operation on the grounds of the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore...

The HSE is urging everyone to check they are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine boosters. They are speaking especially to healthcare workers, people...

A Laois County Councillor has labelled the lack of a memorial area to remember those who died due to the Covid-19 pandemic 'an insult'. Labour...

Older people and at-risk groups have been urged to protect themselves against both flu and COVID-19 this winter by getting their vaccines. That is the...

The HSE is inviting people aged 55 years and older to make an appointment for their next COVID-19 booster dose. People who are more than...

A Laois County Councillor has asked that a memorial or reflective area by constructed in Laois for those who lost loved ones in the...

A Laois TD has called for the Pandemic Bonus to be extended to include nurses who work in the Irish Prison Service. Fine Gael's Charlie...

The Midlands Public Health group, which includes members from Laois, has been awarded the HSE Excellence Award. The team were presented with the accolade recently...

Laois TD Charlie Flanagan has called on the Minister for Health to provide free antigen tests to 'hard pressed families'. The Fine Gael TD has...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced changes to Ireland’s self-isolation and restriction of movement rules following a Government meeting today. For a period of...

The consistently high number of daily Covid-19 cases is impacting all facets of life - and sport is no different. The Combined Counties Football League...

The Government are set to introduce a 'double' Bank Holiday this year and add an extra permanent one in 2023. So said Tanaiste Leo Varadkar...

All schools across Laois and the country are set to reopen as planned on Thursday, the Department of Education has confirmed. The Department confirmed the...

More than 1,000 Covid-19 booster vaccine appointments are available to book in Portlaoise between now and New Year's Eve. The HSE have confirmed that appointments...

The HSE have announced details of two more days of booster walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics in Laois before Christmas. One of these will take place...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has announced a range of new public health measures as we head for Christmas week. The measures come following a letter from...

NPHET has recommended a wave of new Covid-19 measures be implemented from this coming Monday. According to the Irish Independent, a letter with the new...

The HSE will operate a walk-in Covid-19 vaccination booster centre in Laois this Sunday. The centre in Laois will by on the St Fintan’s Hospital...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has announced a range of new public health measures as we head for Christmas. The measures come following a letter from Chief...

The HSE have clarified the booster Covid-19 vaccine schedule after a number of people were turned away in Laois at the weekend. In a press...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called for ICU capacity in Portlaoise and Tullamore Hospitals to be increased permanently. The Laois TD made the...

From today, the HSE will operate walk-in booster COVID-19 vaccination clinics for healthcare workers and people aged 60 to 69. This will only be available...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has announced a range of new public health measures following a surge in Covid-19 cases. "The situation will get worse before it...

Women attending maternity services in the Portlaoise and Mullingar Hospitals can avail of dose 1 and dose 2 vaccines at special walk-in COVID-19 vaccination...

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has encouraged those who are eligible for a booster vaccine to take it when offered. Dr Ronan Glynn made the...

The government has confirmed the changes that will take place in regards to Covid-19 restrictions from Friday October 22. Firstly, the government will immediately begin...

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has urged those who are still unvaccinated to come forward for a vaccine. His plea comes as it...

Almost five months after it opened, Laois's mass Covid-19 vaccination centre has moved. Since April, the centre has been located in the Midlands Park Hotel...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has announced the continued relaxation of Covid-19 measures from now until October 22. By October 22, all Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted...

The HSE has confirmed that the mass vaccination centre in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise will operate as a ‘walk-in’ facility for three...