Tesla founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk has described the continuation of the Covid-19 lockdown as “fascist” in an earnings conference call for the business. He added that many small businesses would not survive the restrictions. Mr Musk the lockdowns amounted to “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes”. “To say that they cannot leave their house […]
The bill, which is due to come before the Hungarian parliament on May 5th, is expected to pass through the majority-Fidesz house.
Great news from a Co Monaghan company which has used its expertise in forklift manufacturing to develop a device which turns one ventilator into multiple ventilation stations. Combilift, best known for its range of forklifts, designed the Combi-Ventilate to address the requirements of hospitals and healthcare professionals facing an expected increase in demand for ventilators during the Covid-19 crisis. They say […]
Expressing concern that the case might be delayed, Mr Waters said the case was “one of the most important in our history.”
A care worker has hit out at the HSE for failing care homes for people with disabilities, saying that 6 weeks into the Covid-19 crisis workers in the sector have still not been provided with protective equipment and clothing. “We’re seven weeks into the lockdown and we’ve been asking for masks and other protective gear […]
A Facebook post by the Greater Manchester Police has provoked fury online after telling the public to report anyone “repeating conspiracy theories” or “speaking to people spreading hate”. The post linked to a police website which said that a desire for political or social change could be a sign that some one was vulnerable to […]
US President Donald Trump has said that China should be held accountable for the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States may seek “very substantial damages” from China in this regard. At a press briefing yesterday (Monday) Trump launched sharply criticised China, saying there were “a lot of ways you can hold them accountable” for the spread of the virus. “We’re […]
The crisis pregnancy support organisation, Gianna Care, has opened a new location for its services in Kerry in response to increased demand. The new location will boost already existing services provided from centres in Dublin and Galway, which reach out across the country. Gianna Care says its new centre in Kerry will most of the services […]
Eavan Boland, who was one of Ireland’s best-loved poets, has died in her home in Dublin, aged 75. Boland was a pioneering figure in Irish poetry and was Professor of Humanities and Director of the Creative Writing Programme at Stanford University from 1996 to her death. Widely published and studied, one of her best-known poems […]
A leading medical expert has said he would take minutes at the next meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team to help with transparency, after the Chief Medical Officer said the delay in publishing minutes was “just a work-load issue”. Dr John Crown’s tongue-in-cheek tweet was in response to a statement by Dr Tony […]
Whilst the state average of those who had already been infected and developed antibodies was found to be 13.9%, the rate among residents of New York City was 21.2%.
A Japanese island which lifted the state of emergency imposed because of the coronavirus has now been struck by a second wave of Covid-19. The island of Hokkaido in northern Japan became the first region in the country to declare a state of emergency due to Covid-19 in late February. A tourist hotspot, Hokkaido would have welcomed […]