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US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has said he will temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the US already being the worst-hit country in the world.
Trump referred to the “Invisible Enemy”, a phrase he has used to describe the virus that has killed more than 42,000 people out of more than 766,660 infections in the US.
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!,” he tweeted last night.
Trump said the move would also protect Americans’ jobs, though the state-imposed lockdowns to slow the virus’s spread have already left 22 million people in the US out of work.
Donald J. Trump / Twitter
Donald J. Trump / Twitter / Twitter
Trump’s tweet gave no further details about what the measure would entail, how it would be implemented or how long it would be in place.
‘We’ve done the right thing’
The president has touted his move to restrict travel from China over the coronavirus in January after it emerged there late last year, and he halted travel from much of Europe in mid-March as the virus spread there.
Trump has also at times appeared impatient with efforts intended to slow the spread of the virus in the US, lending support to protesters angry at governors’ stay-at-home orders, and has said parts of the country can begin to abandon lockdown measures soon.
He said yesterday, however, that “we’ve really done the right thing” on fighting the virus and that letting it spread unchecked would have been an “atrocity”.
Trump has been widely criticised for initially downplaying the virus, which he likened to an ordinary flu and said was under control in the US, before later accepting that it was a national emergency.
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What about the ibis near newlands cross??
@Potatoe-man: cruelly overlooked again this year.. maybe next time
@Potatoe-man: I was thinking the Aspect in Park west but that Ibis has a bit more class.
The journal writing a full article about a site making an error. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Yep sure the journal will have people looking for ‘Ballinyfin’
In fairness, it looks amazing. Would love to be loaded
Last time I was there the food was not great and the place cold! Was a few years ago though and sleeping was in a dormitory.
Yeah true, but I’ve honestly never even heard of it.. Still great to have the number 1 and a few in the top 10..well done hoteliers
Ah big whoop, it’s east instead of north. I’m sure whoever stays there can figure it out. They won’t be navigating by compass.
Its south-west. East of Dublin is the Irish sea!
Fine seaweed baths they have!
Is it still cheaper than The Shelbourne?
Waterford castle while nice is no where the nicest hotel in Munster not a mind top ten in the world !!
Can’t say I’ve been to either of the other too. But Ashford Castle is glorious
Americans who will spend 600 quid a night on a hotel, 500 quid a day on a private driver guided tour, and then moan at the price of a 2 quid handmade postcard….
A lovely hotel and well worth the visit. I was very lucky to be able to photograph both interior and exterior. The gold room was unbelievable a place of great beauty. Congrats to all both staff and owners. Unfortunately I could not afford a stay there now.
Stayed there for a night to celebrate wedding anniversary last year. An out-of-this-world experience.
Like the moon?
No Laois
Denito, you didn’t go in looking like that photo,did you?
And The Journal get the hashtag for this article (#KIM KARDASHIAN) wrong.
It doesn’t really fit in in Laois though tbh.
It has been there for 200 years, no point in moving it somewhere else now.
So the best hotel in the world according to 300,000 readers of the influential New York travel magazine. Basically, Americans.
Went to college there in the 70′s. Use to be run by the patrician brothers. Beautiful couldn’t describe the surroundings thou some of the brothers were a bit effie.
I’ve always wanted to go to Laos
I wonder do they take supervalue coupons in ballyfin?
Built 200 yrs ago in 2014 ?
Ballyfer was once won in a game of cards
Kim Kardashian obviously didn’t agree. Didn’t she leave early AND not pay the bill??
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