As demand for tests spiked, the only PCR test centre in southwest Dublin closed shop In recent months the green tent on Inchicore's Emmet Road had become a fixture on evening walks around the block, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NPHET chief Tony Holohan has warned that anyone with Covid-19 symptoms should not take an antigen test but instead book a PCR test online. In a strongly worded statement, the Chief Medical Officer ...

The State is to begin testing new rapid Covid-19 antigen kits in the hope of rolling them out nationwide by the end of the year. It is understood that groups undergoing routine Covid-19 testing with ...

Plenty of Brits will be looking to travelling away in the coming months due to the new rules announced yesterday. Grant Shapps said that people travelling to amber list countries, provided they had ...

Increased measures for passengers arriving in the UK from overseas will not apply to passengers from Ireland or elsewhere in the Common Travel Area (CTA). As reported by The Irish Times, passengers ...

People walk along the link bridge to a terminal at Changi International Airport on 18 November 2021. (PHOTO: AFP via Getty Images) SINGAPORE — From Friday (3 December), all air travellers entering or ...

Full list of countries that are on the red list after the UK travel rules have tightened up due to the Omicron variant including new PCR test requirements for anyone returning from abroad There are ...

The debate around what role rapid Covid-19 testing should have on the speed at which society opens up moved up a gear on Wednesday. Hundreds of workers from the aviation sector took their message to ...

During the last few months, as vaccination rates have risen, the biggest hurdle facing travellers has been costly tests and complicated paperwork, rather than fears about catching Covid. Luckily those ...

A Polish national living in Ireland has lost a claim that he was discriminated against by the Department of Health over the requirement to take a Covid-19 test every time he passed through Dublin ...