Ireland’s Hospitals Remain Under Significant Pressure Due To Covid 19

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 9:09 a.m.

Ireland’s hospitals remain under significant pressure due to Covid 19 with 173 patients now in intensive care with the virus with a further 1,792 in hospital. It comes as the Department of Health confirmed another 28 people have died from Covid while another 3,955 cases of the virus were confirmed.  Paul Reid Chief Executive of the HSE joined us on the show this morning to tell us how the health system is coping. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.