Photo – From making props on Game of Thrones to creating face shields for health workers . Zipporah Reynolds is more used to creating props for the set of Game of Thrones but now she is using her skills to create face shields for health workers.
St Malachy’s becomes first school handed over to health staff in coronavirus fight
The historic St Malachy’s College in Belfast has become the first school to hand over its premises to help the fight against coronavirus. Situated close to the Mater Hospital, NHS staff will have use of the school’s facilities.
Economic consequences of this dreadful pandemic
Yesterday it was revealed that within the next week, around 80 per cent of Northern Ireland businesses will have had to furlough staff.
NI Teachers’ pay dispute: Thousands offered to break deadlock
BBC News
Teachers will each get thousands of pounds of backdated pay if they accept a deal from the Department of Education.
[[] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-52218907 ]
Up to 16,000 Northern Ireland nursing home residents at risk from coronavirus
Belfast Telegraph
A total of 20 care homes have cases of Covid-19, Stormont health minister Robin Swann said, and trade unionists warned they are vulnerable.
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/up-to-16000-northern-ireland-nursing-home-residents-at-risk-from-coronavirus-39113535.html ]
Dancing on somebody’s grave
Belfast Telegraph – Fionola Meredith: Dancing on somebody’s grave – or wishing them prematurely into it – shows such a shocking lack of humanity and an absence of basic empathy for another mortal being
https://belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column
Is Ireland turning to religion during the Covid-19 crisis?
RTE Brainstorm
[[] https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0408/1129276-ireland-religion-coronavirus/ ]
Transport – emergency provision
Irish Examiner – Irish government has approved of 15m euro of passenger ferry services, operators have lost essential revenue due to COVID19. Routes of vital importance to Ireland’s supply chain.
Business supports scheme continues to grow
Irish Examiner – 35,000 businesses registered, 17.6m euro paid out and should be in accounts tomorrow, accumulative value paid out now at 120m euro
Lorry driver admits manslaughter of 39 people found dead in refrigerated truck
Belfast Telegraph
Maurice Robinson, from Northern Ireland, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and acquiring criminal property.
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/lorry-driver-admits-manslaughter-of-39-people-found-dead-in-refrigerated-truck-39113813.html ]
RTE
[[] http://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0408/1129383-essex-lorry-driver/ ]
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