Assistant chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has criticised “a selfish minority” of people for breaking public health rules by gathering in groups to drink alcohol on city streets. The comments came after footage of large-scale public drinking on streets in Dublin and elsewhere over the weekend came to light. On foot of this, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly plans to bring proposals to Cabinet on Tuesday to ban takeaway sales from pubs for the remainder of the Level 5 lockdown.
On the vaccine front, a second drug company has announced positive news. US company Moderna announced yesterday that its experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial.
Silicon Republic looks at the European call for a four-day-week in response to Covid-19.
Dublin City Councillors have rejected controversial plans to build 853 new homes on the Oscar Traynor Road site in Coolock. Many expressed concerns that half of the homes on the State-owned site would go to Glenveagh, a private developer announced as he preferred bidder of the site earlier this year, and would not deliver cost-effective housing for those in need of homes.
A judicial council meeting is understood to have been convened at short notice as the controversy continues over Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe. Read more on that here.
And finally, the Irish tourism world has once again racked up another award in an unprecedented year for travel, as Lonely Planet named the Burren EcoTourism Network the Best Community Tourism Project in its Best in Travel picks for 2021.
Wham! bring us our zen with 'Wake Me Up Before you Go Go'.The earworm is 36 years old this year and sounds better than ever.
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