The Health Committee at Stormont met yesterday to deal with the Covid-19 crisis and to advise the Minister — and boy does he need advice, being tied to the approach of Boris Johnson’s government which has the worst number of deaths from the virus in Europe. Care homes deaths of our nearest and dearest relatives dominated yesterday’s discussion. How […]
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OPINION – DR MICHAEL DONNELLY: Bad innings for Public Health Agency bosses at Stormont Health Committee
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: Post-Coronavirus we won’t know ourselves
With signs that Covid-19 may have peaked, there is agitation in many quarters about opening up society and the economy again. When they do, will we be able to cope with what will confront us? There are a number of things we’ll have to get used to. One is being poorer. Some people, of course, […]
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OPINION – ANDRÉE MURPHY: Don’t mention the words ‘New Normal’ to me
Click above to listen to Andrée I hate the term ‘New Normal’. The first time I heard it was when I was coming to terms with the diagnosis of a brain tumour. The words grated with me. I’ve never managed to overcome that antipathy. Now, two-and-a-half years later, I hear it multiple times a day […]
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OPINION – ELLY ODHIAMBO: There must be a tiny bit of Trump that is a force for good
WE had another glorious sunny week. Mother nature has a special way of making us all happy. I tuned into America again. The big man there said that the strong rays of sunlight could be a solution to the Covid problem. BBC Radio 4 and World Service radio used to feature a long serving broadcaster […]
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OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: We have an all-island strategy for protecting animal health but not human health
THERE is a lot of speculation about when the lockdown caused by the pandemic will end. As a lay person, my own best call is that it will be some time before we should do this. The main factor in any decision to relax confinement measures has to be the health needs of citizens. Without […]
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TUAIRIM: Malartú scéalta idir Pailistínigh agus Gaeil suntasach agus speisialta
Cliceáil ar an nasc thuas le héisteacht le Gráinne Ní Ghilín Ó am go chéile, tig togra ar an tsaol atá suntasach, speisialta. Tháinig an dea-scéala cúpla seachtain ó shin ó chomhghleacaí liom, Eithne O’Connell, go bhfuil leabhar nua le scéalta ón Phailistín a aistríodh go Gaeilge i gcló anois. Tá seacht scéal, idir thraidisiúnta […]
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