McDonald Says She Feels ‘Lucky’ to Have Recovered From Coronavirus
April 22, 2020 No Responses

McDonald Says She Feels ‘Lucky’ to Have Recovered From Coronavirus

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she feels lucky to have recovered from coronavirus. The party president received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 after being tested on March 28. She experienced weeks of being “very unwell”, adding she...
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Almost 300 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Nursing Homes in The North
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Almost 300 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Nursing Homes in The North

Almost 300 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Northern Ireland’s nursing and residential homes, the Public Health Agency (PHA) said. NHS staff have been drafted in to bolster numbers and that tally of is expected to grow, other Stormont health...
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Michael O’Neill Steps Down as Manager of the Northern Ireland Team
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Michael O’Neill Steps Down as Manager of the Northern Ireland Team

Michael O’Neill has permanently left his role as Northern Ireland manager due to proposed revised international match scheduling by UEFA in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. After a meeting with its 55 member associations via video conference yesterday it appe...
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Varadkar: All Partners Will Have a Say on How Taoiseach is Chosen in Coalition Government
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Varadkar: All Partners Will Have a Say on How Taoiseach is Chosen in Coalition Government

Leo Varadkar has said any junior partner in a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition will have a role in deciding how the position of Taoiseach is allocated. Mr Varadkar said he and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin believed it was important...
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Nando’s Reopens Kitchens to Feed Frontline Healthcare Workers
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Nando’s Reopens Kitchens to Feed Frontline Healthcare Workers

Nando’s has reopened the kitchens in some of its restaurants to help feed frontline healthcare workers. The peri-peri chicken chain said seven of its city center restaurants reopened their kitchens on Monday, after the chain shut all its sites in...
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Rory McIlroy: ‘Having a Ryder Cup Without Fans is Not a Ryder Cup’
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Rory McIlroy: ‘Having a Ryder Cup Without Fans is Not a Ryder Cup’

Rory McIlroy would rather postpone the Ryder Cup until 2021 than play it this year without fans. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted sport across the globe and has had serious implications in golf. The first two major championships of the...
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Projected Coronavirus Death Toll Reduced in The North
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Projected Coronavirus Death Toll Reduced in The North

Northern Ireland’s coronavirus restrictions are working, a power-sharing minister has said. The projected worst-case scenario of 1,500 deaths during the early part of the pandemic is significantly reduced from the toll envisaged weeks earlier. Stormont Assem...
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Thomas Bjorn Appointed to European Tour Board
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Thomas Bjorn Appointed to European Tour Board

Former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn has been appointed to the European Tour board as a non-executive director. The 49-year-old, currently playing his 25th season on on the European Tour, was nominated to the position by the tour’s Tournament Committee....
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Irish Government Calls for Businesses to Start Planning for Reopening
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Irish Government Calls for Businesses to Start Planning for Reopening

Businesses should start to plan how they will come back when Covid-19 restrictions lift, a minister has said. The National Public Health Emergency Team will also meet on Tuesday to discuss options aimed at easing restrictions which are due to...
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Harrington: ‘Nobody Wants to Play Behind Closed Doors’
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Harrington: ‘Nobody Wants to Play Behind Closed Doors’

Europe captain Padraig Harrington says he and USA counterpart Steve Stricker are not in favor of the Ryder Cup being played behind closed doors. The biennial competition is, for the moment at least, scheduled to go ahead in September at...
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