Coronavirus is the first global epidemic in the era of the smartphone and social media. The rallying cry from authorities to concerned citizens is "self-isolate". And how apt a phrase that is for the times we live in.
Saudi Arabia has detained three senior Saudi princes, including the younger brother of King Salman and the king's nephew, for allegedly planning a coup, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Larry Tesler, who has died in California aged 74, was among the chief architects of the way we now use computers. Those in the industry knew him as the creator of design features such as cut and paste. Yet his true impact was in helping turn computers from business machines aimed at skilled technicians into...
Javier Perez de Cuellar, who died last Wednesday aged 100, was an accomplished Peruvian diplomat who was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991, and later his country's prime minister.
Father Ernesto Cardenal, who died last Sunday aged 95, was one of the most extraordinary Catholic priests of the 20th Century, combining the roles, not always happily, of poet, Marxist revolutionary, mystic, monk, sculptor, academic and politician in his native Nicaragua, as well as becoming a familiar figure on the international circuit.
Musgrave, the retail group behind grocery chains SuperValu and Centra, has contacted suppliers asking for information on the predicted effect of coronavirus on their supply chains.
Last Wednesday, the sound of cranes and pneumatic drills seemed louder than usual in the streets surrounding Google's €300m Boland's Quay development.
