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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
There are no winners in Covid-19 blame game but Cheltenham is the least likely scapegoat

Poor old Tony McCoy. Asked last week about the decision not to postpone Cheltenham at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak he had this to say: "With Cheltenham they were following at the time the government's guidelines. . . Look, the reality is that a lot of lives have been lost because of it. And...

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
The science behind a county’s tests

An innocuous-looking prefab on the grounds of Mullingar Regional Hospital is arguably the most important building in Co Westmeath.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
Ministering in the time of coronavirus – the chaplains’ tale

Fr Vincent Xavier remembers the first time he administered the last sacraments to a patient with Covid-19.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
Let’s focus on ourselves ‑ and how we can be better

Could it be that the sheer scale of the death toll in Britain is making it impossible on this side of the Irish Sea to get a realistic slant of how many people should be dying of Covid-19?

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
Disgruntled gulls and happy foxes in a Covid-19 era

Some wild animals and birds are changing their behaviour in response to altered human activity during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
Simon Harris: ‘I can’t see people in packed pubs again as long as this virus is with us’

Two months ago, Simon Harris was one of the most unpopular health ministers in living memory. Now children write to him telling him they miss school, while his growing Instagram following swoons over his every word in daily video updates on the Government's response to an unprecedented pandemic.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 April 2020 | Breaking News
Self-employed may feel chill from Covid-19 for some time

All business owners are weighing up the effect of the Covid-19 closures on their trade at present, with many trying to take an optimistic view by planning for reopening. Social distancing in offices, new shift patterns, deep cleaning and perspex screens are all in the mix as managers imagine a return to some form of...

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