Ireland v Coronavirus

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

How is Ireland dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak? In this freely available Halfpint episode, Naomi and Tim look into the way different countries in Europe have dealt with the unprecedented pandemic sweeping the world right now. We look at how the outbreak is affecting politics at home and abroad, and offer some advice for those who might be self-isolating right now. We make Halfpint episodes especially to thank our Patreon supporters. If you want to access our full archive of Halfpint episodes, you can become a Patron today at www.patreon.com/theirishpassport

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.4	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.9	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both, Naomi?
0:08.6	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:10.0	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.3	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.3	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:36.6	Hello everyone. And welcome back to a special pandemic edition of the Irish passport half points. Yeah, so the world has gone into lockdown or parts of it anyway over the coronavirus. The World Health Organization has just announced that Europe is the epicenter of the epidemic, or the pandemic, as it is now.
0:56.2	So in these strange times, we thought that we might gather here together, huddled in our
1:04.0	isolation in our houses, and give you a little update about what's going on around Europe and
1:09.4	also how it relates to Ireland. Yes, indeed. And
1:12.8	don't worry. I know that everyone has been bogged down in increasingly depressing news about the
1:18.0	coronavirus. But in this, Halfbind will try and provide some reassuring advice, actually,
1:24.2	relatively in the whole situation. And we'll also look a little bit at separating
1:28.5	fact from fiction and take a look at how this whole pandemic situation is affecting politics
1:34.5	right now in Ireland. Yeah, so it's been a very intense few weeks for me. Some of you might know
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