I'm never sick. I can count the times on one hand in the last decade. I'm lucky, but it means it's shocking when I feel unwell.
A Dublin-based company has claimed before the High Court that the HSE has failed to honour a contract for the provision of 350 ventilators to treat those who contract the Covid-19 virus.
The Ireland of today is completely unrecognisable from the country we all inhabited just a few short weeks ago. Scores of people have died, hundreds are in hospital, millions are confined to their homes and the numbers dependent on income support have surged to 844,000 - quadrupling in just three weeks.
GERMAN grocery retailer Aldi has lifted its sales limits on all goods except hand sanitisers in a sign that supermarket stocks are stabilising following a wave of panic-buying.
The sun is shining as customers queue at a goose restaurant and landscapers tend to the flower beds of a nearby park. Spring has arrived in Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged late last year, and people trickling outdoors for the first time after months of lockdown are eager to return to normal life.
On Monday, the Irish Independent detailed a list of around 280 footballers who had either been released or departed their inter-county squads after the 2019 championship.
Twitter founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey is setting aside one billion dollars (£812 million) in stock to establish a philanthropic venture aimed initially at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
