[ad_1] Top U.S. military leaders were in quarantine Tuesday after a senior coast guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said, as Donald Trump, infected with the coronavirus itself, continued to recover at the White House. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Vice President Gen. John Hyten are … Read more
[ad_1] Under the circumstances, Mary Lou McDonald was probably the right person in the right place when two Kerry aerosols began to be discharged indiscriminately directly behind her. In fact, there were three aerosols. The other from Cork. Across the floor from the chamber, Róisín Shortall, co-leader of the Social Democrats, watched the horror unfold. … Read more
[ad_1] An Garda Síochána began the Winter Phase of Operation Thor on October 1, 2020, which will run until the end of March 2021. Operation Thor is designed to address the anticipated increase in the number of robberies and associated criminal activities that generally occur in the winter months by conducting targeted preventive and enforcement … Read more
[ad_1] TS Eliot believed that “humanity cannot bear much reality”; Jack Nicholson told us that “we can’t handle the truth.” Neither the poet nor the actor would have had the coronavirus in mind, but I suspect that their comments, in the current epidemiological landscape, would have been the same. His words have general applicability and … Read more
[ad_1] Irish climate expert Dr Tara Shine has been appointed to a high-level position at the UN with a mandate to improve coordination between climate scientists and policy makers to meet the key goals of the Paris Agreement on containing the rise in global temperature. Dr. Shine has been appointed co-facilitator of the Structured Expert … Read more
[ad_1] Keelin Shanley was one of RTÉ’s most familiar faces during her time on the news and current affairs team. Her stellar television career began when she joined Prime Time, RTÉ’s current affairs television show in 1999, where she worked as a reporter and presenter. His rise to fame came when he worked on a … Read more
[ad_1] As Friday night progresses, a little socially distant jokes could help break the monotony. With the temperatures dropping, there is no better night to sit on the couch and watch some quality chat shows. Here’s our latest rundown of talk show content for the week and what’s airing tonight. There should be a lot … Read more
[ad_1] Republican US President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden appeared together on stage for the first time Tuesday for the first televised debate of the US presidential election. It wasn’t exactly a debate. Shouts, interruptions, and often incoherent crossover conversations filled the air as Trump purposefully and repeatedly interrupted and blurted … Read more
[ad_1] Arriving at the gates of the student accommodation late last week felt quite surreal. It had been more than seven months since I packed my bags and left in the middle of a confinement. While everything had changed in the outside world, everything inside my student apartment felt the same. Even before the scenes … Read more
[ad_1] The US’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has said he has a “good relationship” with President Donald Trump despite some tensions between the couple since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. . Speaking to RTÉ One’s Late Late Show, Dr. Fauci admitted that there have been highly publicized issues that he and … Read more