Covid-19

Gap between the reading scores of children in Deis versus non-Deis schools widened after pandemic, report says

Kim Jong-un used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energised its economy by leveraging Russia’s war in Ukraine

Living in Kenmare I have rediscovered the joy and peace I felt at my grandparents’ country cottage

Coding and accountancy were once trumpeted as secure careers, but AI is showing otherwise

Dublin GP Marcus de Brun also found guilty of professional misconduct over attendance and comments at a public rally during pandemic

Andrey Zvyagintsev delivers a chilling thriller set in provincial Russia during the Ukraine war, but the political allegory can feel overdone

Irish tech firm founded by two brothers in 2004 out of the family business

Dutch authorities have set up quarantine for ⁠the 25 crew members and two medical staff left on the MV Hondius

Dr Muiris Houston: There are key differences between the Covid pandemic and the MV Hondius outbreak

Health authorities warn outbreak may be significantly larger than currently detected

The Swedes are not some obscure Amazonian tribe whose habits are alien to us

Few forms of life embrace the cruising lifestyle with the same enthusiasm as the viral pathogen

The central dilemma for central banks is whether to address the price shock head-on with rate hikes or try to wait for it to pass

What began during Covid curfews has become a popular, permanent reset of Spanish social hours for many

Outbreak on MV Hondius, with two Irish passengers on board, unlikely to spread beyond cruise ship, says consultant

Pharma giant is working hard to offset its post-Covid hangover but faces a patent cliff on many top-selling medicines

The official ‘schools are safe’ mantra was patently false to those living it

Security around Russia’s president tightens after audacious drone attacks from Ukraine

Tax ‘audit and compliance’ examinations continue long after salary-support schemes closed

There are also increasing signs that the condition can disrupt the autonomic nervous system

Arguments about shortcomings in our psyche an unhelpful distraction

Inflation, migration barriers and distance weigh on a family divided between Havana and the United States, as Cuba’s slow drain of people continues

Ask Roe: Much to the dismay of my nervous system, situationships seem to have become the default setting

Eurostat’s latest figures on proportion of 18-34 year olds living with their parents makes for interesting reading in an Irish context

The lesson from Covid is not that strong public-health measures should never be used again

UK oncology professor said it was ‘absolutely not’ wrong for Dr William Ralph to question public health guidelines

Majority simply deferred to authority

The ‘accidental’ poet and stylist on growing up in pre-Luas Tallaght, and writing her first verse during Covid

Special Leave Scheme which kept the staff, mainly nurses, on full pay had been discontinued at end of last year

It’s easy to be wise after the fact

Settlement of first of five cases against Ballynoe Nursing Home was announced at High Court this week

Travel from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula,140-160km, was lawful, but travel from Shankill to Bray on a shopping expedition was a crime

Former home of Construction Industry Federation came close to being sold for €23m in midst of Covid-19 pandemic

Nurses and other hospital staff currently on half-pay after expiry of special payment scheme

The Government needs to act with an urgency born of the risk that ongoing corporate tax growth is far from guaranteed

As one aviation entrepreneur says Irish airlines ‘will be hurt’ by the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, another sector analyst believes suggestions of existential threat are overkill

From Big Tobacco to Covid-19 and climate, misinformation and disinformation are on the rise

Investment in animal welfare, environmental protection and restoration must continue to be part of public health agenda

There is, understandably, a reluctance to revisit the language of ‘online learning’. For many, it is associated with isolation and a diminished student experience

Man followed victim, who had emerged from abusive marriage, to her home, shops and children’s schools