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Sligo county councillors have agreed to ask the Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys that working mothers and their partners be allowed take three days paid leave — rather than using their sick leave — when a pregnancy ends in a miscarriage or stillbirth.   The proposal is also to…

The deputy CMO says there are no plans to move pregnant women up the vaccine queue after reports linking Covid to stillbirths.   Health officials yesterday said there have been four preliminary reports of this where the virus could have been a factor.   But Dr Ronan Glynn says the…