The Latest Breaking News from Paul Reid

Paul Reid, 7, took off his ear defenders when he discovered the joys of Scottish folk music at his primary school

Gina Wignall feared she would lose her eye entirely

Paul Reid, 47, has been sentenced to 28 months behind bars for the drunken attack at a family party.

It’s believed the current wave is being driven by the highly-transmissible BA.2 variant of Covid, however the Head of the HSE has said failure by people to get vaccinated or get their booster is one of the factors behind virus hospital numbers.

The Government source said the “only thing possible” is stricter messaging and rules on mask wearing, but appeared to say it would serve as a “marginal benefit at this stage"

“It's a whole kind of perfect storm of issues impacting on us in our health system”

Warnings from healthcare professionals that the pandemic hasn't gone away

The battle to beat the virus is not over with the worrying rise in numbers leading Tanaiste, Leo Varadkar, to say on Sunday we are facing a second wave of the Omicron variant.

The project pledges to cut waiting lists and continue Ireland on the path to universal healthcare