AS the Covid-19 crisis deepened and Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and certain members of our newly-reconvened Executive decided that a policy of letting eight people out of ten contract the coronavirus was not a good idea after all, it was time for a rethink. Cometh the hour, cometh the woman, and as people watched fearfully […]
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SQUINTER’S SIDEWAYS LOOK AT THE WEEK: Is this your car, sir? and other ways to ’embrace the spirit of Northern Ireland’
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Mater Hospital Coronavirus hub is ready for surge says Emergency Department consultant
AN Emergency Department Consultant at the Mater Hospital says frontline health workers are ready to deal with the upcoming surge in Covid-19 patients. The Belfast Trust this week designated the Crumlin Road hospital as the main site for treating Covid-19 patients. Dr Eoghan Ferrie, Emergency Department Consultant at the Mater, stressed that many people who […]
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WE SAY: How we rise to this Coronavirus challenge is vital
WHILE the Stormont response to the Coronoavirus crisis was significantly ramped up this week, the early sense of inertia injected into the populace by the crazy decision not to close the schools early and the continued failure to follow the World Health Organisation plea to ‘Test, test, test’ has lingered. That was to be seen […]
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TRIBUTE: Legendary New York architect Michael Sorkin who reimagined Belfast as a city for all
Michael Sorkin, who passed away on 26 March, after contracting the Coronavirus, was one of the rarest of talents. He had huge influence across continents and generations of urbanists, architects, planners and activists. He was an extraordinary intellectual who made incisive critique of both the current neo-liberal agenda and the blunt, crass commercialisation of profit-only […]
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Belfast Tech company steps up to back frontline health workers: JustGiving appeal raises £20,000+ in just 24 hours
A TOP Belfast financial technology firm is going the extra mile to help hard-pressed frontline health workers battling the Covid-19 crisis with practical supplies and an online appeal. And in just 24 hours, a JustGiving page set up by the company to fund support supplies for NHS staff has raised over £20,000. Management and staff […]
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TUAIRIM: Gráinne Ní Ghilín ar Cheannasaíocht, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael agus an Coróinvíreas
Tá moladh ollmhór ag dul d’achan uile dhuine sa phobal s’againn atá ag déanamh a seacht ndícheall le dul i ngleic leis na dúshláin a bhaineann leis an ord nua atá ar an tsaol. Níl sé éasca, ach is spreagúil amach is amach an comhoibriú agus an cuidiú atá daoine ag tabhairt dá gcomharsana, dá […]
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