Coronavirus

In this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, Padriag and Kate, talk with Dr. Shane Timmons of the Behaviour Research Unit in the ESRI. They chat about the findings of their research aroud messaging during the Covid-19 emergency. Have a…

In this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Lorcan Nyhan about the roadmap the Irish Government released last week for reopening the country. We want to find out when we can do things again. When can we visit our relatives in…

Spoilers for Knowing ahead. Recently, a particular sci-fi thriller film released roughly a decade ago has enjoyed a renewed wave of interest. This is thanks to its eerily prescient insights into the terror of life in 2020. That film is…

In the interest of strengthening national solidarity and by extension inspire compliance to preventative public health measures, a narrative of ‘we are in this together’ pervades popular and political discourse surrounding Covid-19. Such…

On the first episode of Basically... with Stefanie Preissner, Stefanie tracked down Professor Luke O'Neill to answer her questions about Coronavirus. What the hell is it? Why is it worse than flu? When can we come out of our house again?…

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, I lived my life like most other young gobshites. Thinking I was invincible. I wore gloves, and social distanced etc but still laboured under the mistaken belief that the coronavirus could only be…

Dubland Lockdown Two: Emotional Distancing - the differences between Northside and Southside lockdowns, the supportive clapping for HSE and NHS workers. More hair cutting analysis. Suzanne has reached Acceptance... PJ not so much. He has…

Trump has announced that the US will suspend funding to The World Health Organisation. Luckily, he's doing this at an opportune time when there's not much happening in the world, so there will be no negative repercussions. Oh wait... Hang…

Now is a time for lecturers to reflect “Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.” So claims the Old Man in The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 post-apocalyptic novel. Ireland in the time of COVID-19 has not yet reached the grey,…

Dubland meets... absolutely no one because they are living in lockdown! They have figured out how to make internet chats so here we are: Isolation Consolation. They talk about everything quarantine related, from home haircuts to Tiger King,…