Interesting news.
An amputee’s epic voyage across the Atlantic began when the lockdown conditions started to kick in around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Derry sailor Garry Crothers found himself on the French/Dutch island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. …
Over one million people have now downloaded Ireland’s Covid-19 tracker app. Ireland has now joined Italy and Germany who have already activated their tracing apps as tools to avoid a second wave of coronavirus infections. But what does it actually…
What is it like nursing in a Covid-19 ward during the pandemic? Eva McGilloway is a nurse at Altnagelvin hospital in Derry. She spoke to me recently about what it is like taking care of people who have had to…
Did you know COVID-19 is likely to cost the economy $1 trillion during 2020? Did you know globally, the airline industry is set to lose $113bn? Did you know the oil price has slipped to 30$ per barrel? Did you…
Anybody coming back from Italy and Spain will be given a leaflet at Irish airports. Ireland has put in place another precautionary measure amid the coronavirus outbreak after the country closed its schools and cultural institutions and advised to cancel…
Ireland voted for a change in the 2020 general elections. The change may not come if Sinn Féin fails to form a government. A week or so after Irish voters dealt out the cards in the 2020 general elections, a…