Coronavirus, housing, The Script and film

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

Coronavirus: More than 60 CUH staff self-isolating

Man diagnosed at Cork University Hospital is first case of community transmission in Ireland.Read more here.

Why can’t we build apartments like the rest of Europe?

We're repeatedly told the answer to Ireland's housing problem is to build up, not out – in other words more apartments in urban areas. But developers say high-density housing, the standard across so much of Europe, is not cost-effective here. Read more here.

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Coronavirus: Hundreds of Irish cases expected within fortnight

Senior officials expect there will be hundreds of cases of the coronavirus in Ireland by the time the Dáil returns in a fortnight's time, according to sources briefed on the Government's planning for the spread of the virus. Read more here.

The Script review: So Irish it hurts. They would bleed a tricolour

For all The Script's bland posturing at 3Arena, there is no doubting the genuine passion beneath. Read more here.

Irish America is hostile to the exclusion of Sinn Féin from government

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil's attitude towards Sinn Féin is met with disbelief in the US. Read more here.

The Irish Times view on 250 years of the Hist: the power of persuasion

Visiting speakers at the Trinity debating society have included almost all heads of government, North and South. Read more here.

RCSI to bring forward exams amid concern over spread of coronavirus

State exams body taking Department of Health advice over Junior and Leaving Cert. Read more here.

Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekend

New this weekend: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Sulphur and White. Read more here.