IALPA will later today tell the Oireachtas Committee on transport that significant financial aid for Irish airlines is the “only option” available to prevent industry collapse, and encourage members to “lobby” the Government for financial support for aviation.
The Oireachtas Health Committee will later today hear that healthcare workers are experiencing burn out and should be additionally compensated for their work in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some good news, the National Maternity Hospital has reported no new cases of Covid-19 among its staff after almost all of them were fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, The Times has this comprehensive explainer detailing how the vaccine rollout for over-70s will work.
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring proposals to Cabinet today that will seek to allow the naming of child victims.The Government is aiming to resolve the issues that have arisen due to a court decision that banned the naming of children who have been victims of crime.
Our zen this morning is this rather wholesome good news story from last weekend, which saw a dog who had been lost in the Dublin Mountains for two weeks reunited with it's owners. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.