What happens if there are widespread school closures and tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of 4 to 18-year-olds have to stay at home for weeks?
RESTAURATEURS and publicans say they could lose €70m in trade over the long St Patrick's holiday weekend amid cancelled events and wider coronavirus anxiety.
The Ides of March falls on the 15th of the month and is remembered primarily as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC.
Every second seat in cinemas will be left empty under an Omniplex plan to provide extra peace of mind.
The threat of coronavirus is mitigated by social distancing measures - but, ironically, the virus is bringing Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael closer together.
The prospect of a historic coalition between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is a step closer as they prepare to enter talks as "equal partners".
Ryanair and Aer Lingus have suspended all flights to Italy as the European Commission warned that the situation for the EU's aviation industry is "deteriorating on a daily basis".
