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Coronavirus Pandemic

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A shut pub in Dublin city centre. Regina Doherty on Tuesday said that while the Government will continue to surpport those who have lost their jobs, this support was unsustainable long term. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/EPA Coronavirus payments unsustainable, warns Doherty, as over-70s advised to avoid shops
Over-70s advised not to stop and talk when outside exercising Over-70s advised not to stop and talk when outside exercising
Over-70s: Tell us about emerging from your ‘cocoons’ today Over-70s: Tell us about emerging from your ‘cocoons’ today
Confronting Coronavirus Obesity is almost up there with being over 80 years of age
 
Hanwha Eagles players line up wearing face masks ahead of the opening game of South Korea’s new baseball season. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/Getty/AFP Coronavirus – the science: Big shift in thinking on face masks
Britain’s health secretary Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, London, on Sunday for the daily coronavirus briefing. Photograph: Getty Images Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe
Officers who manned checkpoints in several counties said there was a noticeable increase in traffic. Photograph: Photograph: Rolling News Lockdown tedium: Huge rise in traffic over long weekend as complacency grows
People are seen exercising at Wellington Point in Brisbane, Australia, May 4th 2020. Photograph: Darren England/EPA Coronavirus death toll exceeds 250,000 worldwide
Fintan O’Toole: Criticism is not unpatriotic – awkward questions save lives The National Public Health Emergency Team: neither elected representatives nor the media have access to the meetings of by far the most influential body in the management of the crisis. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
  • Opinion
  • 05:00

Mistakes are inevitable in this crisis. What matters is learning from them

Adare Manor Michelin-starred chef’s easy spicy, crispy chicken fried rice Delicious egg-fried  rice to serve with crisp, spicy chicken. Photograph: iStock
  • Food & Drink
  • 07:00

Kitchen Cabinet: Mike Tweedie relaxes after work by making this Chinese comfort food

What have couples been doing in lockdown? We might know in nine months Ireland had the highest birth rate in the EU in 2018, with 12.5 births per 1,000 residents while Italy recorded the lowest, at 7.3 per 1,000
  • Parenting
  • 06:01

Light-hearted chatter predicts a wave of ‘coronababies’ around Christmas and into 2021

Solicitor Cahir O’Higgins accused of theft and perverting course of justice Solicitor Cahir O’Higgins faces five charges, including theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
  • District Court
  • 14:51

Lawyer is charged with stealing €400 from a Spanish man who was a defendant

Near-full flight without social distancing prompts Aer Lingus review  “The safety and security of Aer Lingus’s customers and crew is our top priority and any process changes that are identified as being required will be implemented as a matter of urgency.” Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
  • Irish News
  • 22:56

Airline reviewing processes after ‘unexpectedly high loads’ on Belfast-London service

John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty’s challenge to Covid-19 laws adjourned Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters arrive at the Four Courts for their hearing on Tuesday. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
  • High Court
  • 12:22

Counsel for the State granted until 2pm to consider sworn statement from applicants

  • Crowd of supporters at court
Top chef says social distancing rules make restaurant business non-viable Chef and restaurant owner JP McMahon in his Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant in Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.
  • Agribusiness & Food
  • 13:45

Michelin-starred JP McMahon says he cannot open any of his three restaurants under two-metre rule

Locks off after lockdown: How hairdressers are adapting to a Covid-19 world Hairdressers wear face shields as they work in a barber shop in Barcelona on Monday. Photograph: Quique Garcia/EPA
  • World
  • 13:20

Salons and barbers are reopening across Europe but with strict rules now in place

Dry April resulted in drought conditions in areas, says Met Éireann St Patrick’s Park, Dublin, over the bank holiday weekend. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
  • Environment
  • 12:44

Below-average rainfall was accompanied by above-average sunshine countrywide

How Portugal turned back coronavirus tide that swamped its neighbour Lisbon grocery store worker Ricardo Nogueira shows dried cod  to a costumer  after Portugal eased coronavirus lockdown measures. Photograph:  Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
  • Europe
  • 11:48

Public support for early lockdown and large scale testing key to Portugal’s low infection rate

All Blacks reveal new captain to replace Kieran Read Sam Cane has been announced as the new captain of the New Zealand rugby team. Photograph: Getty Images
  • Rugby
  • 11:47

Backrow forward retired from the New Zealand team following the 2019 World Cup

  • The day Ireland cooked New Zealand’s goose
Once again, Irish banks are at the sharp edge of a global crisis Bank of Ireland shares have lost 49 per cent since March 1st.
  • Financial Services
  • 09:25

AIB, Bank of Ireland the worst performers in Bloomberg Europe Banks this past year

Gardaí investigate cause of fire in historic Dublin building Firefighters tackle the blaze at Belcamp College, Dublin. Photograph: Dublin Fire Brigade
  • Crime & Law
  • 08:08

More than 20 firefighters tackled blaze at Belcamp College on Monday night

Key climate plan targets ‘not credible’, warned senior official ‘Ignoring agriculture increases the costs for other sectors and for the economy as a whole,’ Department of Public Expenditure secretary general  Robert Watt said. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
  • Politics
  • 03:05

Department secretary general proposed ‘negligible’ 5% cut to national farming herd

Latest News

Crowd of Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters supporters gather at court 14:53
Solicitor Cahir O’Higgins accused of theft and perverting course of justice 14:51
Pfizer begins testing its Covid-19 vaccine on humans 14:25
Hertz to file for bankruptcy if it cannot rework debt 14:12
Greens, FF and FG to begin detailed government talks on Thursday 14:10

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1 How Portugal turned back coronavirus tide that swamped its neighbour
2 Coronavirus payments unsustainable, warns Doherty, as over-70s advised to avoid shops
3 Adare Manor Michelin-starred chef’s easy spicy, crispy chicken fried rice
4 Coronavirus – the science: Big shift in thinking on face masks
5 Holidays, flights, vouchers and refunds: Your questions answered
6 Near-full flight without social distancing prompts Aer Lingus review
7 John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty’s challenge to Covid-19 laws adjourned
8 The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
9 Fintan O’Toole: Criticism is not unpatriotic – awkward questions save lives
10 Coronavirus: The reopening Ireland plan in detail
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The minimum entry requirement for apprenticeships  – managed through the State training agency Solas  – is for a a learner to have achieved the Junior Cert/Junior Cycle. Photograph: iStock
Brian Mooney Will Junior Cycle cancellation scupper son’s apprenticeship?
 
Tom Williams of Harlequins walks off with physio Steph Brennan to be replaced by team-mate Nick Evans in the closing stages of the 2009 Heineken Cup quarter-final at The Stoop. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
Bloodgate Afternoon that forever stained Harlequins’ famous colours
 
Australian author Gerald Murnane in 2005. Photograph: Eddie Jim/Fairfax Media via Getty
Book of the Day Gerald Murnane: A great writer with a mind unlike any other
 
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Best Irish films The 50 best Irish movies ever made, chosen by our critics
 

Business

Chef and restaurant owner JP McMahon in his Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant in Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy. Top chef says social distancing rules make restaurant business non-viable
  • Agribusiness & Food

Michelin-starred JP McMahon says he cannot open any of his three restaurants under two-metre rule

Photograph: iStock Solicitor of dead husband has the will but he has closed down
President Donald Trump speaking during the  Fox News virtual “town hall”  in Washington. Photograph: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Trump singles out Ireland in battle to bring pharma production back to US
  • German court seeks review of ECB bond-buying programme
  • Pfizer begins testing its Covid-19 vaccine on humans

Sport

Twickenham’s car park has been utilised as a  drive-through coronavirus testing centre. Photograph:  Yui Mok/PA Wire RFU will need government bailout if England do not play until next summer
  • International

Bill Sweeney concedes rugby union may be one of the ‘last cabs off the rank’

French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu has said there is no guarantee that the Tour de France will go ahead this year. Photograph:  Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images No guarantee Tour de France will go ahead - sports minister
 Head greenkeeper Pat Foy cutting greens at daybreak at Corballis Golf Links in Donabate. The public course is one of hundreds of Irish clubs that have been forced to shut their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell Golfers urged not to break 5km limit as clubs await return to play protocols
  • Coronavirus: All eyes on the K-League’s kick-off on May 8th
  • All Blacks reveal new captain to replace Kieran Read

Columnists

Kevin O'Sullivan Kevin O'Sullivan - Environment and Science Editor

Coronavirus – the science: Big shift in thinking on face masks

Mary Minihan Mary Minihan -

Taking coronavirus stress out on your teeth? Get a mouthguard

Dominic Coyle Dominic Coyle - Deputy Business Editor

Solicitor of dead husband has the will but he has closed down

Proinsias O'Mahony Proinsias O'Mahony -

Stocktake: Expect more ‘violent’ market moves

Life & Style

Noah Quish using BUMBLEance. Children’s charity makes appeal for funds to keep it moving forward
  • Jen Hogan

BUMBLEance was set up by Tony and Mary Heffernan, whose children Saoirse and Liam both died from Batten disease

Vogue: Judi Dench in the magazine’s June issue. Photograph: HO/Nick Knight/Vogue/Condé Nast Judi Dench becomes Vogue’s oldest cover star – and lets rip at Cats costume
How have you managed with the cocooning period? Photograph: iStock Over-70s: Tell us about emerging from your ‘cocoons’ today
  • Adare Manor Michelin-starred chef’s easy spicy, crispy chicken fried rice
  • ‘The only job I have now is to stay sane – anything else beyond that is a bonus’

Culture

Margaret Atwood: ‘I’ve often wondered about wartime knitting groups. What were they for, really?’ Photograph: Marta Iwanek/Toronto Star via Getty Margaret Atwood’s Isolation Diary: How to foil squirrels and sew face masks
  • Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tail author shares some practical advice from locked-down Canada

Michelle Obama speaks at Howard University in July, 2019. Photograph: Chuck Kennedy Becoming review: The Michelle Obama Netflix film is a cosy hagiography
Man hand with pen writing on notebook on a wooden table. Man working at coffee shop Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started
  • Normal People: Who are the Irish musicians on the soundtrack?
  • ‘Becoming Irish’ was always a waiting game. Now it’s on hold

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A packed out Croke Park for the Heineken Cup semi-final in 2009. Photograph: Inpho Rural golf clubs may delay reopening; Leinster v Munster in 2009 felt like a peak
  • Sport
Australian author Gerald Murnane in 2005. Photograph: Eddie Jim/Fairfax Media via Getty Gerald Murnane: A great writer with a mind unlike any other
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Opinion

Coronavirus, compassion and care: The isolation and loneliness is just harrowing Coronavirus, compassion and care: The isolation and loneliness is just harrowing
Covid-tracing app may be ineffective and invasive of privacy Covid-tracing app may be ineffective and invasive of privacy

Highlights

The story of Rose Hegarty and how Ireland's nursing homes became coronavirus ground zero

The story of Rose Hegarty and how Ireland's nursing homes became coronavirus ground zero How was Ireland ‘caught off guard’ by the spread of Covid-19 through nursing homes?

Behind the scenes at an Irish Covid-19 hospital

Photographer Alan Betson spends a day with staff at St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin

Lifting the lockdown: What are the plans?

Intense discussions are ongoing about when to reopen, and how. These are the options

Brexit

Britain rejects request for permanent EU office in Belfast

Britain rejects request for permanent EU office in Belfast Pro-Remain parties in Northern Ireland criticise ‘petty’ decision by UK government

Brexit re-emerges from the shadow of Covid-19

Talks this week on the Northern Irish protocol presage a difficult road ahead

Brexit: EU tells UK it must set out plans for Northern Ireland customs checks

EU Commision warns time is running out after first committee meeting on NI protocol

Irish Times Video

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Dublin city centre on a Friday night, like you've never seen it before 7:20 Dublin city centre on a Friday night, like you've never seen it before

Abroad

Colm Greene is originally from Donegal, but now lives in Manhattan in New York Irishman in Manhattan: ‘Cheering can be heard every evening at 7pm’
  • Colm Greene

Q&A: Colm Green has lived in the US for two years and works in the financial sector

Yvonne Cassidy at the beach at Fire Island, New York last summer.  Irishwoman in New York: I didn’t fear getting Covid-19 but I should have
Danielle Norton: ‘In keeping with Thai culture, public feeling during the pandemic has been quite calm.’ ‘Everyone’s temperature is taken going into shops’ - Irish abroad on emerging from lockdowns
  • ‘The excitement has been such a boost!’ Irish abroad emerge from Covid-19 lockdown
  • ‘I was living in a boat in remote New Zealand mostly unaware of the Covid-19 crisis’

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