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Your evening longread: Boris Johnson and playing the clown
We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news. By Aoife Barry Tuesday 13 Apr 2021, 8:30 PM 2 hours ago 7,840 Views 12 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis
EVERY WEEK, WE bring you a round-up of the best longreads of the past seven days in Sitdown Sunday. And now, every weeknight, we bring you an evening longread to enjoy which will help you to escape the news cycle.
We’ll be keeping an eye on new longreads and digging back into the archives for some classics.
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A new Irish documentary looks at the crackdown on LGBT+ rights in Russia. We spoke to its director. By Aoife Barry Thursday 4 Mar 2021, 10:30 AM Mar 4th 2021, 10:30 AM 14,159 Views 5 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis
WHEN IRISH FILMMAKER Paul Rice and his partner Liam Jackson Montgomery left their home in San Francisco to head for a trip to Russia, they had a few unusual things to do first.
They made sure to get a photo of Rice with Jackson Montgomery’s sister, so he could pretend if asked by authorities that they were a couple. Facebook names and details were also changed so that it wasn’t obvious the men were partners. Their plan on the outside looked like a tour of
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Dr Colm Henry: There was a 10-fold increase in people sick with Covid from start of December to January
As of yesterday, there are 1,620 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 216 in ICU. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Friday 29 Jan 2021, 9:43 AM Jan 29th 2021, 9:43 AM 13,972 Views 4 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis
THE HSE’S DR Colm Henry has said that there were 10 times more people sick with Covid-19 in hospitals between the beginning of December and the beginning of January.
At the beginning of December, Ireland was eased out of six weeks of Level 5 restrictions, to give citizens a break in the run up to Christmas. This lead to a surge in cases that the Government says wasn’t predicted by any worst-case scenarios.