The Waterford City branch of the Irish Red Cross has warned against a “scamming” scheme being run in the city targeting elderly people and charging €100 for a supposed COVID-19 test.
New figures from the Department of Health show that two-thirds of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as at Monday of this week are in people under the age of 55. The National Public Health Emergency Team analysed 271 cases notified as at midnight Monday, 16 March. In a release this evening (Wednesday) the Health Protection Surveillance […]
She’s not the first doctor to get it, and she won’t be the last: Newstalk presenter Ciara Kelly has announced that she has been diagnosed with #COVID19. https://t.co/FCu7VkVqy8 — NewstalkFM (@NewstalkFM) March 18, 2020 For those of you who haven’t been in radio studios, this obviously raises concerns about Newstalk’s entire staff. Almost every programme […]
Most of the praise for the Taoiseach’s well-delivered speech to the nation last night has focused on his reassuring tone and calm embodiment of national determination. Those things, are, of course, entirely subjective. For myself, I thought it was very good – his finest hour in fact, not that there’s much competition for that particular […]
Dublin Fire Brigade has reported cases of arson around the Finglas area in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, citing school closures and youths with too much time on their hands as a possible motive. In a tweet yesterday morning, the fire department said: “Keeping youngsters, not so young and old-enough-to-know-betters entertained will be a […]
The HSE has disputed a “fake news” message making the rounds on WhatsApp about the covid-19 virus. The message claims that using drugs like difene and ibuprofen makes covid-19 symptoms worse, and proposes the use of physiotherapy as a treatment for the disease. It claims to be supported by a “specialist” at Cork University Hospital. […]
The Italians are singing to each other across empty streets, so famous Offaly “singing pub” JJ Houghs has released a video of the ‘Irish version’ of how to show solidarity as COVID-19 locks down the country. The Banagher hostelry is as much loved for it hilarious videos and chat as it is for the unique […]
As Ireland attempts to avoid the devastating impact of Covid-19 experienced in Italy, Pope Francis was meanwhile spotted walking deserted Roman streets to churches where people historically prayed for an end to plagues besetting the country.
Just when many of us have become virtual prisoners in our own homes to help fight Covid-19, authorities have decided that they might start releasing actual prisoners from actual prisons during the crisis. First those with three and then those with six months left on their sentences would be released, say authorities, and maybe even […]
The bravery of Sinn Fein Senator Maire Devine shouldn’t be under-estimated here. She could easily have simply self-isolated with her family and watched the crisis evolve around her. Nobody’s going to blame anybody who just stays at home, watches Netflix, and does their part by social distancing. That is, after all, the whole point of […]
To be fair to Amnesty Ireland, it’s possible that their very essence has never been more purely distilled than it is in a line in their latest video: “discrimination can be disguised as jokes or political opinion”: 5 ways you can call out racism related to the #coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/YS0YR9ha2K — Amnesty Ireland (@AmnestyIreland) March 12, […]
The HSE has announced that GPs can now order tests for Covid-19, but will not be undertaking the testing of possible carriers so as to protect their staff and other patients.