Photo – President Higgins urges Europe to make new beginning with Africa. He called for for debt cancellation and unfair trade to cease to help Africa, not just through this crisis, but also to deal with inequality.
Irish Times
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The lockdown in force across Northern Ireland of course has come at a human cost, as was underlined by the Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson on Tuesday.
Mr Donaldson told the Nolan Show that a Northern Ireland pensioner impaled himself on cemetery railings after trying to climb in to visit the grave of a loved one during lockdown. The restrictions on visiting cemeteries in the Province continue to cause divisions and stir emotions.
At Stormont, there was also fierce debate about the restrictions as MLAs described aspects of the coronavirus lockdown law as draconian, scary, anti-human rights, cruel, outrageous and preposterous. However, they then unanimously passed the legislation.
The one blessing during the lockdown has been the almost unprecedented spell of great weather we have been enjoying. Forecasters said today that the sunshine will continue with temperatures expected to reach 20 degrees by Friday.
Man whose daughter died from blood cancer keeping hospital tuck shops stocked during Covid-19 crisis
Sean Smyth said they were delighted to be able to make “such a difference” to many patients left isolated and who, due to illness, are unable to leave the wards or receive any visitors
Solicitor Niall Murphy leaves hospital after Covid-19 recovery and pays tribute to medics who saved his life
Niall Murphy said: “These people are the equivalent of the firemen who rushed into the Twin Towers on 9/11 yet we have asked them to confront this crisis with insufficient PPE”
Toddler recovers from Covid-19 despite heart defect and chronic lung disease
A one-year-old girl has recovered from Covid-19 despite being born with a congenital heart defect and a chronic lung disease.
1,600 make first-day applications for £25k business grant – despite system crash
A government support scheme offering a one-off grant of £25,000 to ease the financial hardship of businesses has opened
UK coronavirus vaccine to begin human trials on Thursday
Breaking News
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PSNI receive 3,787 reports in six days over alleged social distancing breaches
Belfast Telegraph
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Coronavirus lockdown leads to ‘surge in neighbourliness’ across NI
Belfast News Letter
[[] https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-lockdown-leads-surge-neighbourliness-across-ni-2545506 ]
Foster: Society must prepare for a new kind of normality when coronavirus threat recedes
Belfast News Letter
[[] https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/foster-society-must-prepare-new-kind-normality-when-coronavirus-threat-recedes-2545522 ]
Essex lorry deaths: Armagh man Ronan Hughes facing extradition to UK is remanded in custody
Belfast Telegraph
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