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NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news…
IRELAND
INTERNATIONAL
#MH370: A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected a pulse signal in the Indian Ocean. It is not yet known whether it is connected to the missing jet.
#AFGHANISTAN: Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls today to choose a successor to president Hamid Karzai in a landmark election.
#WAR CRIMES: The EU is to set up an international court to deal with alleged war crimes in Kosovo during the war with Serbia.
#GRAND NATIONAL: 25/1 shot Pineau de Reu saw off 39 other horses to win the Aintree Grand National this afternoon.
INNOVATION
PARTING SHOT
It is the stuff of nightmares. Erin Langworthy was 22 and travelling around Zambia when she went bunjee jumping at Victoria Falls – and the cord broke. You can see her fall in the video below, while here, she tells The Guardian about what happened next.
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Guess the Chinese know what’s coming our way. Our European authorities will find it hard, if they’re bothered at all, to implement the same measures. Cynicism at what government isn’t doing won’t get us anywhere, but guess we should already be looking at taking drastic measures to control this. No mention yet of our stock of hospital beds, medicines, masks and so on for the inevitable disaster. People don’t seem to get that the virus will transfer around healthy people unnoticed till it starts killing the most vulnerable people with heart conditions and so on.
@Monty Donotno: The supply of surgical masks has already run out in Ireland a couple of weeks ago & Check out “ worldomerter”
Do check out that website “ Worldometer” it gives every update on life & death ( now includes deaths from corona virus) updates every few minutes x
Stay there!
No point in any of those students coming home now. Better to self isolate where they are, until this blows over. It will never be controlled unless drastic measures are taken
Cowboys Ted.
Has the HSE issued a statement yet telling us to stock up on Lucozade and disprin yet?
I’m taking plenty of vit C and advise others do likewise.
@Eileen O’Sullivan: wash hands regularly!!
@Eileen O’Sullivan: wash hands regularly!
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