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[18:26] Killer's anonymity 'sore point' for Cameron Blair family

The father of Cameron Blair, a student who was murdered over five years ago, has said it is a "very sore point" for the family that his killer cannot be identified as he was under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0320/1503178-cameron-blair/

#CameronBlair #fiveyearsago

[07:00] Watch: Your memories of the day lockdown was declared

Five years ago, on Thursday 12 March 2020, the then taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave a landmark address to the nation from Washington DC.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0312/1501536-covid-lockdown-memories/

#Fiveyearsago #Thursday12March2020 #LeoVaradkar #WashingtonDC

[07:00] Highs and lows: Students recall lockdown memories

There was laughter and squeals of delight as fourth class pupils at St Joseph's National School in Dublin's Coolock looked back this week on footage taken at their school on this day five years ago when the school closures were announced.

https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0312/1501556-covid-schools-ireland/

#fourth #StJoseph's #NationalSchool #Dublin #Coolock #thisweek #thisday #fiveyearsago

[19:52] Hospital apologises following death of baby after birth

There were "missed opportunities" to prevent the death of an unusually large baby who was "so wanted, so planned" after her mother's uterus was ruptured during labour five years ago, a coroner has concluded.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0207/1495427-ceire-foran/

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[09:37] What you need to know about HMPV

Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears that the situation is comparable to the beginnings of Covid-19 five years ago.

https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2025/0109/1489838-explainer-hmpv/

#HMPV #China #fiveyearsago

#fiveyearsago - 2020 - In January, our dogs got out and got into a fight with neighbor, which resulted in a lawsuit, and our other neighbors turning hostile. Put house on the market. Jade brought her mother from Kentucky, and a few days later, the pandemic shutdown started. Spent the spring and summer trying to sell house during Pandemic. Jade finally took her mother back in July, but then her mother had a detached retina. We were unable to sell house and pulled it off market. (1/3)

[20:40] Sinn Féin focus on cost of living with US election query

"Do you feel better off than you did five years ago?", Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald asked at her party's manifesto launch - a question posed previously by US presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1119/1481869-sinn-fein-general-election/

#fiveyearsago #SinnFéin #MaryLouMcDonald #US #RonaldReagan #DonaldTrump