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Hospitals have been preparing for worst-case scenarios ahead of an expected influx of Covid-19 admissions in the coming days. One busy Dublin hospital asked staff to prepare 'ceiling of care' forms for all patients.
The images of 2020 will remain fresh in our minds long after this year has ended. Grief, loneliness, resilience and joy — Covid-19 has tested us in ways we could scarcely have imagined just 12 months ago. Through it all, our photographers have chronicled these experiences, capturing the beauty, poignancy and inner strength of our nation. Powerfully sad image of respect shown to fallen Garda Horkan Mark Condren I'll never forget the night of June 17, 2020. About 1am I was woken by a text: A Garda has been shot and is in a critical state. I was shocked that this has happened again, not just a...
Oliver Callan warded off accusations of homophobia by publicly coming out on‘The Saturday Night Show’. Picture by David Conachy Fast forward a few months and, while the nation's curtains twitch, and Twitter seethes with judgement, Callan is still singing a different tune. "The mood is so different now. Lockdown one was - everyone was kind of optimistic, we thought the world is going to be so much better, we're not going to be so obsessed with work and we're going to spend more time with our kids. Now we're in lockdown two and it's all about shame and finger-pointing - there's young people...