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.
Spain has declared a national emergency in a bid to curtail the Coronavirus – but the country is also showing its deepest appreciation for the medical professionals who are fighting the virus on the frontline. The country is in quarantine, but people in cities and towns across Spain are stepping out on balconies and doorsteps at 10pm […]
A second person has died from COVID-19 in Ireland, and another 39 new cases have been confirmed, the National Public Health Emergency Team has said. At an unscheduled briefing at 6pm today the Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, Dr Tony Holohan, said he wanted to extend condolences to the family and friends […]
Italian actor Luca Franzese has posted a heartbreaking video from the deathbed of his sister, who lost her life to the coronavirus on Saturday.
Confined to their homes, neighbours sang ‘Canto della Verbena’ (And While Siena Sleeps), a folk song about the Tuscan city.
When Coppers is closing you know things are bad. With Wuhan’s covid-19 virus rapidly spreading throughout Ireland, a whole plethora of events, venues and businesses have temporarily shut down until the crisis can be resolved. Here’s a handy guide of what you can expect to be off-limits so far. The Who concert postponed The […]
It’s been a rough few days to be a young, devastatingly handsome, Irish man, to be honest. First, they cancelled the formula one. Then they cancelled the football. Now they’ve cancelled the golf, with the Masters being called off. And now, from the Irish Times, comes the most devastating hammer blow of them all: Can […]
Aontú has joined doctors in calling for people who attended the Cheltenham racing festival this week to be tested for the Coronavirus at the airport. Dr Melissa Corbally, the Assistant Professor of Nursing at Dublin City University says that it would be “prudent and responsive if all passengers returning from Cheltenham related flights were tested […]
If you’re on social media, and you want to keep abreast of the news from the health service, it’s a very good idea to be following the Sunday Business Post’s health correspondent, Susan Mitchell, who can generally be trusted to provide you with the stark, blunt, news free of spin. Last night, she shared this […]
Here at Gript, we generally do our best to defend capitalism as, well, the least-worst way to organise a society. As in so many other areas of life, though, the people you defend don’t always make it easy. Here’s Jeremy Warner, writing in that (usually very fine) journal of British Conservatism, The Daily Telegraph: “Using […]