Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Flu is circulating in the community and will continue to increase over the coming weeks.

Flu activity update: influenza activity continued to increase across all surveillance indicators in week 47 2025 and was at low to moderate levels. The highest incidence was in those aged under one and aged one to four years.

Influenza cases increased by 42.6%, from 636 cases in week 46 to 907 cases in week 47.

For more detail, read the full report – go to respiratory virus bulletins in link in bio.

Getting vaccinated remains the best protection against serious illness and hospitalisation.

Many antibiotics are no longer effective against some bacteria. By limiting our use of antibiotics, we can

Today is European Antibiotics Awareness Day.

Antibiotics are a valuable resource. It is important that we only use them when prescribed and as prescribed.

New! Ireland’s first infectious disease outbreak DataHub

The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has launched a powerful new tool to explore outbreak data across all notifiable disease over the past five years

📊interactive charts
🔍filter by disease group
📈 compare weekly stats
📁 access underlying data.

Whether outbreaks are local or national, simple or complex – this hub makes the data accessible, clear, and easy to explore.

🔗 Tap the link in bio to explore the hub

Tour de Fright!

There are some spooky goings on around the village. 👻🎃