The families previously accused Stormont’s leaders of ignoring them.

50 per cent of adults aged 25-29 still have challenges with their mental health, with 25 per cent of these saying their mental health has worsened post-Covid.

Niamh Mulreany (27), Scarlett Row, Essex Street West, and Kirstie McGrath (32), St Anthony’s Road, Rialto, both Dublin, had brought an appeal over the High Court’s dismissal of their challenge to their prosecution for that alleged refusal

The Taoiseach said a Covid evaluation will ‘get to the bottom’ of the country’s response to the pandemic.

Professor Anne Scott has been appointed to led a comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed the pandemic.

Roy Butler (23) died at Cork University Hospital on August 17th, 2021, after receiving a vaccine at a pharmacy five days earlier

Higher levels of the Covid-19 virus have been found in wastewater in recent weeks

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland said there was 'broadly no excess mortality in 2020' in Ireland

There were fears that the May 1st deadline could lead to a spike in business failures

The inquiry’s hearings in Belfast begin on Tuesday and will run for three weeks.

The operator of the store had claimed it slease was partially frustrated as a result of having to close due to the pandemic lockdowns

A memo on the terms of reference for the inquiry is expected in the coming weeks.

In March 2021 the two friends travelled to Dubai to celebrate "landmark birthdays" that had been paid for by their relatives and friends

It emerged at the Covid inquiry in December that some WhatsApp messages between Stormont ministers during the pandemic were wiped.

Nicolae and Florin Mazarache were travelling to Spain to visit family when they were stopped at Dublin Airport by a garda

Two-thirds of all long-term residential care beds in three counties are now provided by large private operators, the ESRI said.

The Government had planned to establish the inquiry this year

The report, published on the UK Covid-19 Inquiry website, sets out the scale of the differences in fatalities between the four UK regions.

A date for the hearing of the action, taken by Niamh Mulreany (27) and Kirstie McGrath (32), has not been set

David Bolger (45) was sentenced to nine years in prison for the manslaughter of his friend, Przemyslaw Klimczuk

Brady's counsel claimed it was not normal for jurors to come and work in a courtroom of 31 people when there was a "deadly disease out there"