Monday March 9, 2020

Vanquishing a virus: the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine

The world’s top medics have been working around the clock to find a vaccine that stops coronavirus in its tracks. Will their Herculean efforts prove successful in containing Covid-19?

Donohoe was warned of potential legal actions by Children’s Hospital builder

Documents show that BAM ‘laid the groundwork’ for a future High Court challenge against the state

New owner of K Club to rename Smurfit golf course

The smaller of the two 18-hole venues is to be rebranded as Straffan Golf Course and Club

Irish health authorities predict 1.9m people will fall ill with coronavirus

Up to 50 per cent of cases projected in a three-week period, while the new figures raise fears of intense pressure on health service

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Health
Susan Mitchell | 1 day ago

Is Ireland really prepared for an increase in Covid-19 cases?

While other countries have enacted travel bans, cancelled large gatherings and encouraged some citizens to self isolate, authorities here appear to be adopting a wait-and-see attitude to how the situation unfolds

Health
Aaron Rogan | 1 day ago

Contagion: how the Covid-19 crisis progressed this week

The first Irish case; the Toronto Web Summit goes online-only; France regulates the price of hand sanitiser; and the global infection rate passes 100,000

Coronavirus: who’s most at risk?

Young people are in least danger, while men could be more likely to contract the virus and the over-80s are most likely to perish

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As the 2020 presidential race heats up, Donald Trump’s children are all on hand to helping their father’s re-election campaign – but with one eye on 2024, the fight to be successor is already underway, and Donald Trump jr has already come out swinging

Marion McKeone | 8th March, 2020

As the youngest child of writer parents, Nancy Harris had ample opportunity to observe the grown-ups. No wonder, then, that her plays often examine relationships – including Our New Girl, now at the Gate

For International Women’s Day, we ask contemporary Irish women leaders to select court cases taken by women that helped to create the Ireland of 2020

While some of us seem determined to carry on regardless and others frantically stockpile hand sanitiser, one thing the coronavirus has done is remind us how good we have it. Let’s follow the guidelines and do our best to keep it that way

Enda McEvoy’s eatery in Galway city, which prides itself on using small suppliers, is a little Western gem

Events

28th November, 2019 | Aoife Gordon

25-26 Feb 2020, RDS Simmonscourt

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Analysis & Opinion

The software developer is bringing 450 new jobs to Dublin, adding to its existing 800 staff here, a move that puts the company in the same club as Google and Facebook

Emmet Ryan | 8th March, 2020

Partnership aims to make transactions between employers and staff faster and cheaper

Schneider Electric Ireland president Kelly Becker shares her experiences in the tech sector for International Women’s Day

The country executive of the 30 Per Cent Club argues more representation is needed at middle management level

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip is surely well made, but for whom? Elsewhere, a moto helmet gives you an eyeful, and a caddy tames your unruly cables