County Antrim-Based Soldiers Deploy To Afghanistan Despite Pandemic
May 17, 2020 No Responses

County Antrim-Based Soldiers Deploy To Afghanistan Despite Pandemic

The Co Antrim-based 2 Rifles are deploying to Kabul as scheduled, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Several hundred soldiers are in the process of moving out in staggered stages to the Afghan capital, once they have completed two weeks of quarantine....
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Haaland Scores Winner For Dortmund As Bundesliga Restarts In Germany
May 16, 2020 No Responses

Haaland Scores Winner For Dortmund As Bundesliga Restarts In Germany

Erling Haaland carried on where he left off before the coronavirus suspension as the teenager kicked off Borussia Dortmund’s thumping victory against rivals Schalke 04 in an entertaining, if surreal, return to Bundesliga action. Rigorous hygiene protocols an...
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Senior Doctors Call For More Hospital Beds To Clear Treatment Backlog
May 16, 2020 No Responses

Senior Doctors Call For More Hospital Beds To Clear Treatment Backlog

Senior doctors have called for an urgent increase in hospital beds to help clear the treatment backlog caused by coronavirus. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) said plans set out two years ago to boost capacity needed to be implemented...
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Expert Group Established To Guide Sport’s Restart In Ireland
May 16, 2020 No Responses

Expert Group Established To Guide Sport’s Restart In Ireland

An expert group has been established to offer guidance to sporting bodies in Ireland preparing for a return to action. The panel will assess return-to-play protocols being drawn up by the various sporting national governing bodies with the aim of...
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Bundesliga Back In Action With Rivierderby Topping The Schedule
May 16, 2020 No Responses

Bundesliga Back In Action With Rivierderby Topping The Schedule

All eyes will be on the Bundesliga this weekend as it becomes the first major league to return to action, with Jadon Sancho-inspired Borussia Dortmund’s clash with rivals Schalke providing a mouth-watering restart. After 66 days suspended due to the...
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Government Advisory Body To Consider Measures To Ease Lockdown Burden On Children
May 15, 2020 No Responses

Government Advisory Body To Consider Measures To Ease Lockdown Burden On Children

Additional measures to ease the lockdown burden on children are to be considered by the Government’s expert advisers on coronavirus. Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan acknowledged young people had experienced a particularly difficult and challenging time...
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Hardware Stores In Ireland Can Reopen From Monday
May 15, 2020 No Responses

Hardware Stores In Ireland Can Reopen From Monday

Hardware shops with homeware sections can open on Monday, but homeware outlets cannot, the Business Minister has said. Phase one of the lifting of restrictions permits the reopening of hardware stores, garden centers, farmers’ markets, bicycle shops and moto...
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Horse Racing In Ireland To Return Behind Closed Doors Next Month
May 15, 2020 No Responses

Horse Racing In Ireland To Return Behind Closed Doors Next Month

Horse racing in Ireland is set to resume next month behind closed doors, it has been confirmed. The decision to bring forward the reopening of horse racing comes following discussions between Horse Racing Ireland and the Government. As part of...
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McGregor: ‘We Would Be Worthy Champions’ If Season Abandoned
May 15, 2020 No Responses

McGregor: ‘We Would Be Worthy Champions’ If Season Abandoned

Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor is adamant they will be worthy winners if they are declared Scottish Premiership champions with eight games left. Premiership clubs are understood to be giving their seal of approval to call the season finished on a...
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Apprentice Boys Parade In Derry Cancelled Due To Coronavirus
May 15, 2020 No Responses

Apprentice Boys Parade In Derry Cancelled Due To Coronavirus

The Apprentice Boys parade in Derry in August has been cancelled due to Covid-19. Organizers of the annual loyal order demonstration expressed “great disappointment” but said they had a duty to protect health and well being. Senior members were instead...
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