CoronaPod Update On Ireland With Richard Chambers

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week, Virgin Media News Reporter Richard Chambers makes a welcome return to the show after many requests from listeners in recent weeks for an episode just like this. Richard gives us the most up-to-date status on the vaccine rollout in Ireland, explains the reasons for its slow progress and addresses whether Boris may have been right about the power being truly with a country's independence from Europe. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Hello there and welcome to a very special episode of an Irishman abroad with me, Jarlethrigna, journalist, Richard Chambers.
0:08.0	Well, if you're away from home right now, it's been an extremely worrying 12 months.
0:12.0	When will we get back to see our relatives? Will our relatives be vaccinated?
0:17.0	What is happening with the vaccine rollout in Ireland?
0:20.0	There's so many questions
0:22.0	regarding quarantine hotels and headlines in the BBC that Ireland's COVID-19 lockdown could
0:27.3	extend past May. So many unanswered questions and really Richard is the man to answer them.
0:33.7	Delighted that he could join us on the podcast today. We're putting the whole episode up
0:38.4	everywhere because this is more of a public service episode. If you wanted to repay us for the podcast,
0:43.9	head over to jigsaw. i.e and kick in a small donation to our chosen charity partner who are doing
0:50.0	incredible work for young people and their mental health across Ireland.
1:00.7	I'm also attempting to run 2,000 kilometres in the space of 12 months with the help of Sonia Sullivan on the Irishman running abroad.
1:03.6	You can donate to that at Idonate.e. And to hear all our episodes, including our Friday podcast with Marion McKeown, looking at everything America, go to patreon.com forward
1:14.3	slash Irishman abroad.
1:16.3	But for now, sit back and enjoy the Richard Chambers COVID-19 update episode of an Irishman abroad.
1:24.7	That's the small talk.
1:26.6	Now let's go down to business.
1:28.3	Now, your programme, what's de big idea?
1:32.3	Well, they're going to know the Irish much better.
1:34.3	We've now got to know how largely their mind works.
1:38.3	I moved over here and immediately I had to up my game.
1:42.3	I could not have done the job I did for quite a number of years in Ireland.
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