Responding to the launch of the European Commission’s €750 billion COVID-19 Recovery Plan, Green Party MEPs Grace O’Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe say they are broadly welcoming of the plan, which they describe as having the potential to play a part in creating a socially, economically and environmentally resilient Europe, and […]
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West Cork People history columnist Shane Daly is currently working as a schoolteacher in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. He gives an insight into life under curfew in the UAE during the pandemic. “Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, […]
Kids in ASD units and special classes need urgent clarity around returning to school, Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan says. Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan as asked education minister Joe McHugh to examine ways to allow children enrolled in ASD units and special classes to return to school as […]
Human Rights do not readily come to mind in our present pandemic. Deaths, sickness and the economy are the words that make the headlines says the Clonakilty Amnesty Group. At a closer glance however, one can see how human rights are ever more at risk of neglect or abuse. From […]
University College Cork (UCC) is offering free courses so that workplaces across all sectors of Ireland’s economy are ready to resume operations under the Government’s phased roadmap. The COVID 19 Return to Work courses are sector specific so that businesses know what is required to ensure their workplace meet the national health guidelines. […]
People have been urged to be extra vigilant when it comes to online scams. There have been various reports of an increase in websites targeting consumers during the Covid-19 crisis. Some websites are claiming to offer ‘cures’ for Covid-19 and attempting to scam consumers. With online shopping on the rise […]