Before the coronavirus pandemic, concerns were raised from time to time about over-reliance on the virtual world. People risked turning into recluses, warned researchers - apps for groceries, takeaway meals, clothing companies, dry-cleaning services and Amazon meant internet users were becoming anti-social.
'If you had an option of throwing a life line, would you do it?" Tánaiste Simon Coveney's stark question sounded unsettling.
Alex Salmond could have been a "better man" but is not guilty of sexual offences, his lawyer has told jurors at his trial.
We closed up John B's on Saturday night last. Our pub has been shut down now for a week. Mam and Dad bought the place 65 years ago and the longest we have ever been closed in all that time was when they died. And that was only for a couple of days.
Tomorrow will mark a Mother's Day like we've never experienced before. For those of us with mums over 60, we know the best advice is to keep ourselves and our kids away for now as those in the over-60 category are more at risk of serious illness if they catch coronavirus.
The great divide in life is not between rich and poor or young and old. Neither is it the gulf between the well-heeled and those bedraggled at the bottom of the pile. Rather, the biggest chasm of all is between those who are healthy and those who are ill.
Political leaders are as worried about the economic tremors unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic as its deadly risks for public health.
