Monkeypox is transmitted through touch and causes flu-like symptoms and painful blisters to appear on the skin.

Sam McConkey says he's 'cautiously optimistic' given the current rate of decline.

Ireland's official death toll currently stands at over 6,500.

Professor Sam McConkey says the peak of Omicron has passed.

Professor Sam McConkey says the Government must strengthen public health systems and learn to react quicker to future pandemics.

Sam McConkey says a new drug being developed in the USA to fight Covid-19 could be as important as the invention of penicillin almost 100 years ago.

The Cabinet will gather tomorrow to decide how to lift restrictions.

The Public Expenditure Minister has warned that while there's a lot of change coming, it's not risk free.