Flour is up there with toilet roll as a commodity that is in high demand at the moment. Retailers are working closely with suppliers to keep stocks of baking ingredients on shelves as a result of the dramatic rise in the number of people who are baking in response to […]
Analysis yesterday that prices for milk could slump by 20 per cent along with the on-going difficulty for beef farmers in trade along with historically low beef prices shows a clear need for an immediate rollout of EU support measures. “All sectors of agriculture have clearly been impacted yet it […]
The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton today (Wednesday, April 22) announced that €1m of funds from the Anti Dumping Initiative will be ring-fenced to support efforts to tackle a reported increase in illegal Dumping during the current Covid 19 crisis. Waste removal and the installation of CCTV or other monitoring […]
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has welcomed a change in national policy, which now mandates facemasks in all settings for any healthcare workers who provide care within two metres of a patient. It also applies to any of their colleagues who come within two metres for more than […]
30,000 bed days and €24m can be saved per year – as experts welcome new National Clinical Guideline Screening and increased treatment to prevent malnutrition is planned for all patients admitted to Irish hospitals, as part of a new National Clinical Guideline on patient nutrition released this week. The key protocol is the […]