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Colin Murphy: The show must go on... but not in the opinion of the establishment
While audiences were being entertained by the musical numbers on The Late Late Toy Show, the country’s performing arts community were reeling from the news that their venues would stay closed
Tech View: Bombastic Benioff points the way ahead for Salesforce
The tech mogul had no audience for his annual Dreamforce event this year, but was still high on the hog from his $27.7bn purchase of Slack a day earlier
Deirdre Heenan: Unionism’s reaction to Finucane decision speaks volumes
The continued smearing of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane’s reputation suggests that unionist politicians feel Britain can engage in terrorism without any erosion of moral authority
Elaine Byrne: In the Carlow school uniform story, assertions mattered more than facts
Comment: The furore over PE clothes at a school shows how an unverified assertion can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still languishing in its wake
Gerry Killeen: Don’t accept defeatist mantras — we can eliminate Covid-19
By putting our trust in public health specialists and following the example of other countries who have quashed the coronavirus, we can avoid further cycles of epidemic waves and reactive lockdowns