The Latest Breaking News from Tony Holohan

Dr Holohan will begin the role on July 1, having served as CMO since the summer of 2008.

"If I were in Ireland right now, I would be expecting there to be a request for mask-wearing in confined spaces"

Dr Holohan has told the Government that further Covid measures are currently not needed as he assured Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly that the public health advice would remain the same

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan issued an ominous warning last month that the latest strain “may be dominant by the last week in February”

Leo Varadkar said any advice about additional public health measures being rolled out would have to come from the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan

An expert has warned that a new variant of Covid-19 is one of most infectious diseases the world has ever seen

It comes after Minister Donnelly accepted recommendations made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to Dr Tony Holohan.

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has accepted the new recommendations made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to Dr Tony Holohan

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan as well as other public health officials will meet on Thursday afternoon

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will join other NPHET members on Thursday

NPHET will meet on February 17 to discuss the impact an easing of restrictions will have on the country