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On 12 March 2020, all schools, colleges, and childcare facilities in the Republic of Ireland were shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shutdown resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 Leaving Certificate and 2020–2021 Junior Certificate examinations, as well as all 2020–2021 Irish language summer courses in the Gaeltacht .
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish government introduced various public health and economic measures to mitigate its impact. The virus reached the country in late February 2020 [1] and cases soon confirmed in all counties. [2] The government shut schools, childcare facilities and cultural institutions on ...
Currently only primary schools are scheduled to reopen on that date. Health Minister Robin Swann announces that Belfast's SSE Arena is to become a mass vaccination centre. 23 February – Education Minister Peter Weir says there is a "strong case" for reopening all schools in Northern Ireland on 8 March.
A school in north Dublin confirmed a case of COVID-19 on the first day of reopening schools nationwide as parents received an urgent letter from the school. [177] Bank of Ireland confirmed that it would close 103 branches across the island of Ireland .
Following new figures published by the CSO, Ireland was officially in recession after the economy shrank by 6.1% between April and June as the impact of COVID-19 brought the largest quarterly drop on record. 8 September The Government announced that pubs not serving food in Ireland could reopen on 21 September with strict regulations in place.
August 2020. 2 August – Figures released by the Health and Safety Executive show that 336 complaints were made about companies regarding breaches of COVID-19 regulations between 5 May to 17 July. [65] 5 August – The number of COVID-19 cases in Northern Ireland passes 6,000 after ten new cases bring the total to 6,006.
t. e. Education in the Republic of Ireland is a primary, secondary and higher (often known as "third-level" or tertiary) education. In recent years, further education has grown immensely, with 51% of working age adults having completed higher education by 2020. [1] Growth in the economy since the 1960s has driven much of the change in the ...
July 2021. 1 July – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan announced that a fourth wave of COVID-19 was beginning in Ireland following an increase in cases caused by the Delta variant. [102] 2 July – The government agreed a deal to purchase one million unwanted COVID-19 vaccine doses from Romania. [103] 3 July.