Higher levels of the Covid-19 virus have been found in wastewater in recent weeks

There are around 58,000 cases of Chickenpox each year in Ireland.

A HSE risk assessment warned of a high risk of measles spreading in asylum seeker accommodation and direct provision centres as uptake for the vaccine across Ireland was described as “suboptimal”

Measles is a highly contagious disease, which is spread by coughs and sneezes and can be serious at any age.

A new Covid-19 variant XBB.1.5, an offshoot of Omicron nicknamed 'Kraken', has been detected in Ireland

The order from Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will take effect from Monday, November 7th

More than 20 cases of Verotoxigenic E Coli or VTEC have been notified in the mid-west between July 31st to August 27th.

This is an increase of 12 cases since last week, figures from Ireland’s infectious disease authority show.