A WOMAN in her mid 30’s was rescued from Cave Hill at the famous landmark at Napoleons nose on Wednesday afternoon (April15). Mountain rescue crews were deployed around 1.25pm with rapid response crews also on board. They were quickly kitted up with rescue gear and corona masks as well as the rest of their heavy […]
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Could this New York roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown work here?
A senior New York City Council member has spelt out a series of milestones which need to be passed in order for normalcy to return to the Big Apple — which has been under lockdown for almost a month now. Council Member Danny Dromm – a visiting professor at Queen’s University Belfast — lists three […]
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Nurses being trained in ‘death verification’ as care home crisis mounts
District nurses are being trained in Covid-19 testing and in ‘death verification’ as part of a new strategy to deal with the the rapid spread of the coronavirus to care homes. With reports yesterday from Britain that up to one half of all deaths from the virus are occurring in care homes and nursing homes, […]
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Community Food bank volunteers say thanks to giving public
Community food bank volunteers in the Duncairn Culture and Arts Centre have been paying tribute to the public for their donations since the Coronavirus Crisis started. Nichola Bradley (pictured on our homepage), the powerhouse behind the initiative, has co-ordinated the relief effort over the past three weeks to help families left high and dry during […]
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Video Report: Families pay respects at memorial garden as Easter commemorations are cancelled
Families of IRA volunteers who lost their lives in the conflict have been paying their own private tributes to their loved ones. Traditionally, republican Easter parades take place in North Belfast on Easter Monday and Tuesday. However, with all public commemorations on hold, families of IRA members have been making their own private visits to […]
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Belfast doc returns from Berlin to join frontlines in Coronavirus battle
IT would be very difficult to sit back and ignore the spread of Coronavirus, says Dr Michael Moran, who has returned home from abroad to take up a post in the NHS frontline to play his part in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. Michael, a former Rathmore pupil, who was previously based in the Royal […]
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