The day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Joe Biden approached a microphone in Dublin and spoke in a sombre voice.
An investigation team examining claims of alleged shortcomings in response to Covid-19 at a Dublin nursing home has asked to meet the whistleblower at the centre of the probe.
Nurses have told how they are now taking over the harrowing task from undertakers of ringing loved ones of patients who are near death from Covid-19 to ask what special possessions they would like to be buried with.
The Rolling Stones are threatening US President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives.
There was something of a rush to predict a tumbling property market in the wake of Covid-19's arrival in Ireland through March and into April.
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said Ireland should be "cautious" and should not be "turning on the taps of huge amounts of additional travel" such as foreign holidays.
They may not have been working in hospitals or nursing homes, but thousands of everyday heroes made a difference to people's quality of life and wellbeing during the long lockdown.
