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Heart and stroke presentations in Irish hospitals have fallen in recent weeks due to public concerns

Unprecedented levels of uncertainty around business continuity - is the key finding of the first major new national business survey conducted since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland on March 23 and 24 by Ibec - the group that represents Irish business.

It seems incredible to believe but it is only three short weeks since the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stood on the steps of Blair House in Washington and announced that all schools would be closing later that day. For parents who have been supporting their sons' and daughters' continuation of education over those 21 days it seems like an eternity.

“The majority of people who have used FlexiStop, our liquid silicone roofing system, over the past seven years, have done the work themselves,” says Liam from MSP Coatings. “So in conjunction with our regular courier service, we are offering a free delivery service to homeowners, or anyone who has a roof that needs fixing. That way, people can stay at home, stay safe, and fix that leaking roof.”

In April 1902 Augusta Lady Gregory was working hard at her home at Coole, translating from Irish the myths and legends of Ireland. Somebody had dubbed Coole ‘the workshop of Ireland’, and the phrase went straight to her heart. Her pride in it glows in her letters to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, her one-time lover and life-long friend, and admirer.*

In this crucial week, when we are being asked to take yet more stringent measures to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, may I to take the opportunity to congratulate you and thank you for your solidarity and vigilance.

A Galway couple have been left stranded in South Africa due to a government enforced lockdown of the country’s borders in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19.

On the day when this is over, we will start to love again the things that seemed unloveable. Like traffic. We will see the beauty in being able to have work and to be able to travel to it.

Following the Galway Football Senior Club Championship draw, we take an in-depth look at group two this week.

In response to an urgent request from Saolta, Cancer Care West have made available their 33-bedroom lodge Inis Aoibhinn, to UHG in support of their fight against the COVID 19 epidemic.