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# disaster - Thursday 6 August, 2020
Emergency aid arrives in Beirut as city reels from massive explosion
Lebanon’s prime minister has called on “friendly countries” to lend their support.
# disaster - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
Women's Euro 2021 set to be rescheduled after Euro 2020 postponement
Ireland are on track to qualify for the tournament which was due to be hosted by England next summer.
# disaster - Friday 6 March, 2020
'I don't know what to say, I'm so upset' - Doheny suffers shock defeat in Dubai
Portlaoise’s former world champion was beaten via unanimous decision by unheralded Romanian Ionut Baluta.
# disaster - Thursday 23 January, 2020
Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight than ever before
The clock, which serves as a metaphor for global apocalypse, is now set at 100 seconds to midnight.
# disaster - Monday 16 December, 2019
Labour leadership battle gets underway amid division in party after election defeat
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, a potential leadership candidate, was forced to deny insulting voters.
# disaster - Friday 1 November, 2019
Huge blow for Golden State as Steph Curry ruled out for at least three months
The six-time All-Star suffered a hand fracture in the Warriors’ defeat to Phoenix on Wednesday.
# disaster - Thursday 15 August, 2019
British duo disqualified from Olympic qualification race for crossing line together
Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown won’t be doing this again.
# disaster - Saturday 2 March, 2019
English frustrated by mid-race collision but qualifies for 800m final in Glasgow
The Donegal star’s appeal was successful after his 800m semi-final at the European Indoor Championships.
# disaster - Monday 11 February, 2019
France players accountable for England 'disaster' - Camille Lopez
It was les Bleus’ heaviest defeat to an English side since 1911.
# disaster - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
'I can’t imagine a worse death, between drowning and burning:' 40 years after the Whiddy Island disaster
The Memorial Service for the 51 people who died will be held at St Finbarr’s Church at 11am today.
# disaster - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Death toll now over 400 after Indonesian tsunami as clean water and medicine supplies dwindle
The latest death toll stood at 429, with 1,485 people injured.
# disaster - Monday 24 December, 2018
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs to 373
The powerful tsunami struck without any warning on Saturday night,
# disaster - Sunday 23 December, 2018
Indonesia tsunami: Residents near volcano warned to stay away from beaches after 222 killed
At least 843 people have been injured too, officials said.
# disaster - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
'The most important is saving lives': Up to eight feared dead in Marseille building collapse
Rescue workers have found a pocket of air leading to hopes some may have survived.
# disaster - Sunday 30 September, 2018
Death toll in horrific Indonesia tsunami is now at least 832 and is expected to rise
The death toll is expected to worsen considerably as so many regions have yet to be heard from in the aftermath of the quake.
# disaster - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
At least 75 killed and 200 missing after volcano erupts in Guatemala
Authorities said more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the disaster.
# disaster - Monday 4 June, 2018
'Stay put' policy and building cladding blamed in report into Grenfell Tower inferno
72 people lost their lives in the tower block blaze.
# disaster - Saturday 2 June, 2018
UFC fighter accidentally knocks himself out with body slam
Jarrod ‘The Monkey God’ Brooks won’t want to watch this one back…
# disaster - Friday 1 June, 2018
Hawaii faces hottest and fastest lava yet with flows covering six football fields in an hour
“It can’t get hotter than where we are,” said a scientist from the US Geological Survey.
# disaster - Thursday 5 April, 2018
Sergio's Masters defence goes up in smoke as he hits FIVE balls in the water on one hole
We all know how you feel, Sergio.
# disaster - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
World champion Christie's luck out again as she leaves without Olympic medal after disqualification
The Winter Olympics are over for Elise Christie, who has once again endured a miserable campaign in Pyeongchang.
# disaster - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
Nightmare 2018 opener for Ireland's Sam Bennett as he's forced way down the field in Oz
He suffered a late mechanical issue.
# disaster - Sunday 7 January, 2018
'They have nowhere else': Sierra Leone mudslide victims move back to homes in danger zone
The August mudslide killed more than 1,000 people and there are fears for another landslide in the next rainy season.
# disaster - Sunday 24 December, 2017
'People fled for their lives': Death toll in Philippines storm rises to 200
A total of 70,000 have been displaced or otherwise affected by the storm.
# disaster - Wednesday 20 September, 2017
Frantic searches continue as 30 children are still missing after Mexico earthquake
Over 40 buildings collapsed in the capital.
# disaster - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
Five men to appear in court over Hillsborough disaster
In all, 96 people died as a result of the 1989 tragedy.
# disaster - Saturday 2 September, 2017
Trump arrives in Houston to see devastation left by Hurricane Harvey
At least 42 people have been killed and up to 50,000 homes damaged.
# disaster - Friday 11 August, 2017
Families forced to leave homes after burst pipe causes flooding, sinkhole
A large water mains burst at Bengal Terrace and flooded 11 homes on 15 July.
# disaster - Monday 26 June, 2017
At least six dead and 31 missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks
Regional authorities said the boat was carrying 170 people.
# disaster - Friday 12 May, 2017
Staff at the festival-that-never-was are not going to get paid for their work
The festival came in for huge criticism in April when thousands of ticket holders arrived in the Bahamas where they were promised a luxury getaway.
# disaster - Sunday 16 April, 2017
Tony Adams' time in charge of Granada got off to the worst possible start
The Spanish club’s survival bid was dented tonight as they went down to a poor defeat to Celta Vigo.
From Champions League miracles to the brink of disaster - the story of Liverpool in the '00s
Author and journalist Simon Hughes chats to The42 about a whirlwind decade for the Reds.
# disaster - Wednesday 5 April, 2017
DJ disaster: Johnson in doubt for Masters after falling down stairs
The world number one has injured his back at his rental property.
# disaster - Friday 24 March, 2017
Jockey banned for 28 days after losing this race with a nightmare mistake
James Ridley and Lookslikerainted had the 4.45 at Newbury all sewn up – and then…
# disaster - Monday 23 January, 2017
Three white sheepdog puppies found in Italian avalanche boost hope for survivors
More than two days have passed since anyone has been pulled out alive from the hotel.
# disaster - Saturday 29 October, 2016
Paramedics, full-body cramps and regrets: Don't make a mess of your first marathon like I did
Common pitfalls of novice runners are well known but still catch many out every year.
# disaster - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
Pope Francis pays surprise visit to town devastated by earthquake
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke tweeted pictures of the pope greeting youngsters and shaking hands with a visibly-moved middle-aged man.
# disaster - Saturday 1 October, 2016
"Insults towards the Stardust victims" submission delivered to Attorney General
The submission details all the “errors and omissions” of both the Keane Tribunal and the Coffey Review of the 1981 fire tragedy.
# disaster - Saturday 27 August, 2016
'Don't be afraid to scream your suffering': Italy mourns victims of earthquake
Italy’s head of state earlier paid tribute to the “extraordinary effort” of more than 4,000 rescue professionals and volunteers who helped with the rescue effort.
# disaster - Tuesday 24 May, 2016
DNA samples taken from relatives in effort to identify victims of EgyptAir disaster
Sources close to the investigation have denied that evidence of explosives has been found among the crash debris.
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THE STORY OF Covid-19 in Ireland can’t be told without also talking about the amount of misinformation that was shared about it.
Today and tomorrow, TheJournal.ie is publishing a series of articles exploring how misinformation exploded in Ireland in recent months.
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
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