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August 9, 2020
Doctor’s Diary: Covid return on our wards a serious shock to the system

Covid-19 made an abrupt return to our lives on our morning ward round. We had set off to check up on our neurosurgery patients in Beaumont's high-dependency and intensive-care units.

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August 9, 2020
Can the life sciences sector help save an economy in trauma?

By 1964, Ireland was in the midst of an economic revolution, transforming from Éamon de Valera's vision of a closed economy to ushering in foreign direct investment under Taoiseach Seán...

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August 9, 2020
Doctor’s Diary: Covid return on our wards a serious shock to the system

Covid-19 made an abrupt return to our lives on our morning ward round. We had set off to check up on our neurosurgery patients in Beaumont's high-dependency and intensive-care units.

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August 9, 2020
From sea to shining sea, salute the innovative foodies turning the tide

As businesses all around Ireland continue to find their footing in these uncertain times, I spoke with four more food and hospitality SME insiders.

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August 9, 2020
Effort and determination are needed to defeat deadly virus

The elimination of the Covid-19 virus in Ireland is not only achievable and desirable, it is also vital to enabling a fully functioning economy and society. What it requires is...

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August 9, 2020
Zero-Covid – and how we can achieve it together

Experts in several countries, including Ireland, are pressing for a "zero-Covid strategy". But what does that mean?

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August 9, 2020
Effort and determination are needed to defeat deadly virus

The elimination of the Covid-19 virus in Ireland is not only achievable and desirable, it is also vital to enabling a fully functioning economy and society. What it requires is...

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August 9, 2020
‘Getting lost’ among the complaints made about driving test

A refusal to shake hands, getting lost on the way to a centre, and a driving tester "flinging" himself back after a car gently braked were among the complaints made...

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August 9, 2020
Publicans upheld smoking ban, let’s trust them on Covid

On the August Bank Holiday Monday, my wife and I and our two girls went out to eat with my cousin, her husband and their daughter and headed to Nancy's...

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August 9, 2020
‘Getting lost’ among the complaints made about driving test

A refusal to shake hands, getting lost on the way to a centre, and a driving tester "flinging" himself back after a car gently braked were among the complaints made...

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August 9, 2020
Publicans upheld smoking ban, let’s trust them on Covid

On the August Bank Holiday Monday, my wife and I and our two girls went out to eat with my cousin, her husband and their daughter and headed to Nancy's...

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August 9, 2020
‘Me, me, me’ tag refuted as millennials lead charity push

Younger people (18-24) are ahead of every other age group in responding to requests for support from charities hit by the Covid crisis.

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August 9, 2020
US among Covid-19 hotspots on travel ‘red list’

The Government is set to ban all non-essential travel from countries with high rates of Covid-19, including the US and Brazil, under plans being drawn up by Health Minister Stephen...

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August 8, 2020
Trump extends unemployment benefits to help coronavirus struggle

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders deferring payroll taxes for some Americans and extending unemployment benefits after negotiations on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.

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August 8, 2020
Protesters storm government buildings as fury over Beirut blast fuels violence

Public fury over this week's massive explosion in Beirut took a new turn on Saturday as protesters stormed government institutions and clashed for hours with security forces, who responded with...

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August 8, 2020
Thousands throng central Jerusalem in anti-Netanyahu protest

Thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets near the official residence of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in central Jerusalem on Saturday night, in a renewed show of strength as weeks of...

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August 8, 2020
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship

Residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves on Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from...

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August 8, 2020
Coronavirus Ireland: 174 new cases confirmed, 50 outside three lockdown counties

A further 174 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed by the Department of Health, while one more person has died of the virus.

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August 8, 2020
Coronavirus Ireland: 174 new cases confirmed, 50 outside of three lockdown counties

A further 174 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed by the Department of Health, while one more person has died of the virus.

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August 8, 2020
Lebanon PM to introduce bill proposing early elections

Lebanon's prime minister says he will introduce a draft bill proposing early elections for the crisis-stricken country, as police clashed with demonstrators in Beirut following the explosion that devastated large...

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August 8, 2020
Brazil nears 100,000 deaths from Covid-19

Brazil was leaping towards a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday, and five months after the first reported case the country was showing no signs of crushing...

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August 8, 2020
‘Unbelievable’: First above-the-knee double amputee summits Matterhorn

A former soldier who lost both of his legs in Iraq has become the first above-the-knee double amputee to summit the Matterhorn.

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August 8, 2020
Protests in Beirut amid public fury over massive blast

Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in Lebanon's capital on Saturday, at the start of a planned protest over this week's massive explosion that devastated large parts of...

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August 8, 2020
Bad week for Mexico tourism capped by mis-translations

A bad week for Mexican tourism promotion got worse when the English language version of the country's tourism website appeared with hilarious mis-translations.

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August 8, 2020
Death toll from Indian passenger aircraft accident rises to 18

The death toll from an Indian passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been seriously injured, a senior government official said on Saturday.

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August 8, 2020
Show of solidarity after Beirut blast as Lebanon braces for protests

Senior officials from the Middle East and Europe started arriving in Lebanon on Saturday in a show of solidarity with the tiny country after the deadly explosion in Beirut which...

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August 8, 2020
Woman filmed naked and unconscious in London hotel wins five-year legal fight

A woman who was filmed naked and unconscious by a man she did not know in a London hotel room won a five-year legal battle on Friday after he pleaded...

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August 8, 2020
Polish border guards detain 34 people from Middle East found in a lorry

Polish border guards have detained 34 people from the Middle East, including four women and four children, who were traveling in a trailer of the lorry that came from Turkey...

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August 8, 2020
Turkey to allow Lebanon use Mersin port until Port of Beirut recovers from deadly explosions – vice president

“We have stated that our port of Mersin may be used by Lebanon until the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut is complete,” Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told reporters....

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August 8, 2020
Flight recorders recovered from Indian passenger plane crash site

Investigators have retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the crash site at Calicut International Airport. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the news on his Twitter....

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August 8, 2020
Warnings raised about chemicals before deadly Lebanon explosion

Concerns were raised about a stockpile of explosive chemicals being kept without safeguard at least 10 times before the deadly explosion in Beirut, newly surfaced documents show.

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August 8, 2020
Mauritius declares emergency as fuel spills from grounded ship

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground two weeks ago began spilling tons of fuel.

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August 8, 2020
Warnings raised about chemicals before deadly Lebanon explosion

Concerns were raised about a stockpile of explosive chemicals being kept without safeguard at least 10 times before the deadly explosion in Beirut, newly surfaced documents show.

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August 8, 2020
Warnings raised about chemicals before deadly Lebanon explosion

Concerns were raised about a stockpile of explosive chemicals being kept without safeguard at least 10 times before the deadly explosion in Beirut, newly surfaced documents show.

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August 8, 2020
Warnings raised about chemicals before deadly Lebanon explosion

Concerns were raised about a stockpile of explosive chemicals being kept without safeguard at least 10 times before the deadly explosion in Beirut, newly surfaced documents show.

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August 8, 2020
Warnings raised about chemicals before deadly Lebanon explosion

Concerns were raised about a stockpile of explosive chemicals being kept without safeguard at least 10 times before the deadly explosion in Beirut, newly surfaced documents show.

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August 8, 2020
Short words are building blocks for telling any story successfully

From Aristotle onwards, literary theorists have identified a number of basic plot devices central to any narrative without which it would fail to engage the reader.

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August 8, 2020
Trump begins countdown to ban on TikTok as China protests

Beijing reacted angrily yesterday after US President Donald Trump opened a new front in the Sino-American Cold War when he banned Chinese-owned social media giants TikTok and WeChat.

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August 8, 2020
Trump re-election strategy is clearly to stir up as much fear as possible

Seven months before Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, he told two Washington Post reporters: "Real power is - I don't even want to use the word -...

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