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Minister for Health Simon Harris at a press briefing earlier this week. File photograph: Steve Humphreys/PA Wire Coronavirus: 14 more deaths as list of essential workers published by the Government
Coronavirus: Irish death toll rises to 36 Coronavirus: Irish death toll rises to 36
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Paramedics are seen attending an incident in Belfast as the spread of the coronavirus diseas continues. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Coronavirus: Two deaths in Northern Ireland take total to 15
Medical staff install a patient aboard a French medical helicopter in eastern France, to be evacuated to a German hospital in Essen, on Saturday. Photograph: Jean Christophe Verhagegen/AFP Coronavirus: Italy’s death toll passes 10,000
Waste collection is one of the services deemed essential by the Government during the coronavirus crisis. File photograph: Alan Betson Coronavirus: Government publishes list of essential services
‘The women and men who are keeping the supermarkets going most probably make about €13 an hour.’ Fintan O’Toole: We are learning how much we rely on low-paid workers
‘Ross, from this morning, you’re going to be home-schooling Honor.’ I laugh out loud Honor: ‘What the fock could you possibly teach me?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Home-schooling? Me? But I’m a complete focking dunderhead’

Mental health: How to mind yourself during the shut-down If you find it difficult to self-correct, you may need to talk to someone. Photograph: Getty Images

Part of the stress is that we have lost structure to our days, so try to set up a new routine

A journey through the Americas: Is this the end of the road? Peter Murtagh at the end of the road in southern Chile. Photograph: Marcia

In part two of his travelogue, Peter Murtagh tries to finds a way out of southern Chile

Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: How rape is used as a weapon of war Author and journalist Christina Lamb. Photograph: David Levenson/ Getty Images

The mass of testimonies in Christina Lamb’s book feels like a display of strength

Coronavirus: Older people who leave houses may be asked to go home - Harris In every local authority, community supports are being mobilised to assist older people and medically vulnerable people remain at home - or ‘cocoon’. Photograph: iStock

Local authority to lead community support service for people cocooning

Driving and NCT tests suspended as Minister looks to extend validity Shane Ross and the Road Safety Authority RSA) confirmed on Saturday that the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS), the National Car Testing Service (NCT), as well as the Commercial Vehicle Testing System are suspended until further notice. Photograph: iStock

Shane Ross says people ‘need not worry’ but focus on abiding by coronavirus measures

Clocks go forward one hour on Sunday morning The sun setting in Galway Bay. The clocks go forward on Sunday morning, providing an additional hour to daylight in the evening. Photograph: Getty Images

‘Is there anything to be said for setting the clocks forward to 2021,’ asks Colm Tobin

David McWilliams: We need to totally reimagine economics The ECB has opened up the taps and indicated it will do whatever it takes to prevent a recession becoming a depression. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters

Our Central Bank has unforgivably abdicated in this crisis, precisely when it was needed

Beauty, skin and nutrition insiders reveal the tips they swear by for healthy skin Each guest received a goodie bag of La Roche-Posay products worth over €50. Photographs: Conor Mulhern
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To celebrate La Roche-Posay’s Skin Health Month, The Irish Times readers gathered at The Dean Hotel in Dublin for a panel discussion with a host of skin, nutrition and beauty experts

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Coronavirus: Italy’s death toll passes 10,000 Medical staff install a patient aboard a French medical helicopter in eastern France, to be evacuated to a German hospital in Essen, on Saturday. Photograph: Jean Christophe Verhagegen/AFP

World round-up: Fatalities surge in UK while Spain reports 832 further deaths

Coronavirus: Galwegians adjust to a new traffic-free reality Michael Herron at Blackrock in Salthill, Galway. ‘You do feel the general anxiety. Personally, I feel I am dealing with it okay.’ Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

On a sunny Thursday in Salthill’s near-empty promenade, the mood is quiet and terse

Coronavirus: Nursing home staff will not ‘just walk out’ on residents ‘If we lose someone in a nursing home, we lose a friend... This is personal for people.’ Photograph: iStock

Sector to seek financial support as nine clusters of Covid-19 found in nursing homes

Trump considering mandatory quarantine in New York as coronavirus spreads President Donald Trump stops while walking to Marine One to depart the White House, Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
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A lot of states who don’t have a big problem have asked me about it, US president says

Pat Leahy: Five reasons a government of national unity is a bad idea At a superficial level, the GNU sounds great: it is the political equivalent of the round of applause for the healthcare workers. Photograph: Alan Betson

Having everyone in government would make decision-making harder, not easier

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