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During the ‘Shine Your Light’ event to show support and solidarity with those who are sick and those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 . The Beresford Group, front and centre was Margaret Cunningham with neighbours (from left) Elizabeth and Kevin Dalton, Terry and Anne Crosbie, Carol and Ciara Byrne and Tara with Lily Kilkenny. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times Coronavirus: 33 more people die from Covid-19 in the State with most new cases in a day
Coronavirus and cancer: ‘I don’t know if I’ll see my mother or brothers before I die’ Coronavirus and cancer: ‘I don’t know if I’ll see my mother or brothers before I die’
Where will Ireland raise the billions to pay Covid-19 bills? Where will Ireland raise the billions to pay Covid-19 bills?
Confronting Coronavirus Staying connected during the Covid-19 crisis
 
A digger is seen next to large burial trenches for mass graves on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of New York City, April 10th. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Coronavirus: US death toll passes 20,000 becoming highest in world
Lily Kilkenny during the Shine Your Light event, event was for people to show their support and solidarity with those who are sick and those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times #ShineYourLight: Tributes to coronavirus victims and frontline workers
Health workers disinfect a street to curb the spread of coronavirus in Daegu, South Korea. File photograph: EPA WHO looking into reports of coronavirus patients testing positive again
Britain’s home secretary Priti Patel speaking during a press conference. Photograph: Pippa Fowles / 10 Downing Street / AFP Coronavirus: UK death toll rises to more 9,800 including 11-year-old child
Simon Harris’s pronouncement on the Easter bunny made me gag German-American pride: US president Donald Trump and the Easter Bunny. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

I know it’s a time of crisis, but when did this mythical rabbit become part of Irish Easter?

Joggers vs walkers: ‘As a runner I’m aware of everything around me. Why aren’t walkers?’ Runners are used to reading a race, looking out for those about to drop the pace or cut them up– walkers should perhaps treat the busier footpaths similarly

Gone is the motorists v cyclists debate. War has broken out on the pavement

I can’t stop obsessing over my boyfriend’s friend ‘I feel so guilty and I wish with all my heart that I could shake the infatuation.’ Photograph: iStock

Ask Roe: I went on a few dates with him and then he got back with his ex-girlfriend

Children in lockdown: ‘It’s quite nice being close to the fridge’ Ruby Moss (12) who is in lockdown in her home in Cabra, Dublin. ‘I’m enjoying not having to go out anywhere and having infinite pyjama days,’ she says. Photograph: Tom Honan

How are Irish children coping with lockdown? Five of them tell us about their lives

Woman accused of biting doctor at Sligo hospital is remanded in custody A Garda spokesman said an ‘altercation’ occurred at around 7.30am on Saturday at Sligo University Hospital (pictured). Image: Google Streetview.

Judge says ‘zero-tolerance’ attitude must be employed to protect frontline workers

Ireland wields its ‘soft power’ as Bono joins coronavirus fight Bono felt a musical response by the band to Covid-19 was not the right response. ‘I just don’t think this is the moment for U2 to be doing a sort of Kumbaya thing. It just doesn’t feel right for me – it feels like a time for action rather than words,” he says. File photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

U2 singer is just one of number of people the Government has sought crucial help from

World View: Geopolitical results of coronavirus will take years to manifest This world is fundamentally challenged by the coronavirus crisis, whose speed of spread is completely new. Photograph: Alan Betson

Covid-19 effects on international order overlap with disruption of globalisation

Debenhams’ Irish story began with confidence but ended in despair Debenhams said it was “desperately sorry” over the decision to liquidate its Irish business. Photograph: Eric Luke

Retailer’s woes were exacerbated, not caused, by the Covid-19 shutdown

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Irish milliner Philip Treacy to make protective equipment for NHS workers Philip Treacy said the coronavirus outbreak has led to a “re-evaluation of what is important”. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Hat-maker said coronavirus outbreak has led to a 're-evaluation of what is important'

Inside the smuggler’s warehouse: Africa’s 21st-century slave trade An Eritrean teenager in a dormitory for unaccompanied minors in Shagarab refugee camp, eastern Sudan, in 2017. Many Eritreans stop here before travelling on towards Libya. Photograph: Sally Hayden

In Libya, migrants pay smugglers to get them to Europe. Instead, they are tortured, raped, killed

Premier Class: The 10 best Irish players in this season’s top flight Matt Doherty celebrates scoring Wolves’ third goal during the Premier League game against Manchester City at Molineux. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Emmet Malone ranks the top Premier League performers before the shutdown for coronavirus

Fintan O’ Toole: Coronavirus has exposed the myth of British exceptionalism There is now the terrible possibility that Britain may match or even overtake Italy and Spain as the country in Europe that suffers most from the coronavirus pandemic Photograph: Peter Morrison/Getty Images.

Johnson’s first response was at odds with rest of world but virus does not respect his delusions of national character

Versatile chaplains run coronavirus gauntlet to comfort ailing patients ‘Chaplains are often the only persons other than doctors and nurses who can be with people suffering from Covid-19.’

‘Our approach to ministry with the sick has had to change ... to slow spread of the disease’

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