On January 21 1919 , Dáil Éireann sat for the first time at the Mansion House in Dublin and declared its independence from Britain . Today exactly 102 years on , we remember the vision of our founding fathers At the first sitting of Dáil Éireann , Our Founding Fathers proclaimed their vision for Ireland in their declaration of Independence speech . We, the elected Representatives of the ancient Irish people in National Parliament assembled, do, in the name of the Irish nation, ratify the establishment of the Irish Republic and pledge ourselves and our people to make this declaration effective by every means at our command . We

The EU or European Union is a political union of countries located on the Continent of Europe . It is NOT Europe . Europe is a 'Continent' . A giant land mass which scientists say formed some 200 million years ago when the supercontinent of Pangaea split into pieces . On the other hand , the EU was formed just 27 years ago , the 1st November 1993 to be precise when the Treaty on European Union also called Maastricht treaty came into force . Quote from treaty - "we the high contracting parties hereby establish among ourselves a european union" - Title 1 , Article A .

Home Treatment There is no specific treatment for COVID-19 (coronavirus). But many of the symptoms of COVID-19 can be treated at home. About 80% of people can recover at home and without needing to go to hospital. You should: self-isolate get lots of rest and sleep.drink enough water to avoid dehydration . Your pee should be light yellow or clear eat healthily avoid smoking keep warm monitor and treat your symptoms If your symptoms of COVID-19 get worse and you S tart feeling very unwell, particularly if your breathing changes, becomes difficult, or your cough gets worse , feel that you

Lastest Figures from the Health Protection Surveillance centre show there were 22,370 confirmed new cases of Coronavirus in Ireland over the past 14 days (20/12/2020 to midnight sat 02/01/2021 ) . An average of 1600 cases per Day . Counties with the most new cases were : Dublin (5979 cases) Cork (2212 cases) Limerick (1745) Donegal (1316 )Louth (1213) Incidence Rate Counties with the highest incidence rate were Monaghan (1,060.5 cases per 100,000 people) , L outh (941.2 cases per 100,000) , L imerick (895.3 cases per 100,000) and D onegal (826.7 cases per 100,000) . Transmission Method The most likely

An Anti Mask campaigner has been sentenced to two months in prison for refusing to wear a face mask on public transport . Castlebar District Court was shown Video Footage of the incident in which the defendant , Mr Andrew Heasman of Knock , Co Mayo got into a heated argument with Gardai after being reported by the Bus Driver for not wearing a face mask . Judge Fiona Lydon described Mr Heasman's behaviour as 'totally inappropriate" and s entenced him to two months in prison for an offence of failing to wear a face mask on public transport at an incident in Ballyhaunis on July 14 .