It was a less ebullient Health Minister and his chief medical adviser who came to brief the health committee on Wednesday of this week. The minister began by observing that more men were dying than women from the virus but the department were optimistic about progress. R, as calculated by Prof Young was between 0.7 and […]
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How did they miss the potential impact of Covid-19? Dr Michael Donnelly reviews evidence at Stormont Health Committee
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Care homes and Covid-19: ‘a scandal worse than RHI’
SOLICITORS representing the families of a number of care home residents have written to Health Minister Robin Swann to call for a statutory inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in care homes here. In a letter written to the Health Minister, KRW Law say that families are “concerned” about a “link between Covid-19 death rates and associated […]
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Connected Health throws jobs lifeline to redundant health and hospitality workers
WEST Belfast-based Connected Health has launched a drive to recruit hospitality and retail workers laid off due to the Covid-19 fallout. Connected Health, the fastest growing advanced homecare company in Ireland and the UK, has announced the creation of 150 new jobs across its operations in the North. The recruitment campaign to fill new full-time […]
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VIDEO REPORT: Churches re-open in West Belfast for private prayer
SEVERAL churches in West Belfast opened their doors on Tuesday morning following the Stormont Executive’s decision to facilitate re-opening for private prayer as part of its steps to ease lockdown restrictions. St Michael’s and Corpus Christi followed suit on Wednesday. This story has been updated to include video from all three.) Churches and places of […]
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TRIBUTE: Toronto’s ‘Mr Belfast’ Frankie Benson is laid to rest in his adopted land
WARM tributes have been paid to “son of Belfast” Frankie Benson, a giant of the Canadian airwaves with a career spanning 40 years. Born on the Antrim Road on July 4, 1942, Frankie made Toronto his home after he boarded the Soviet ocean liner the Alexander Pushkin in 1966 en route to Montreal aged just […]
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VIDEO REPORT: Relief effort brings out best of the west in community
Community workers and politicians across Belfast have been paying tribute to the volunteers who have stepped up to drive a massive relief effort to help the most vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the Upper Andersonstown Community Forum in Tullymore, director Jim Girvan says the need would have gone unmet but for those willing to […]
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