My close Irish friend S.’s mother died this past week. She was in her mid 70s and had not been in good health for some time, then two weeks ago she had a heart attack and was brought from County Longford to a Dublin hospital. Unfortunately, she was unable to recover and the family decided to suspend further medical intervention after consulting with the doctors. She passed away within 48 hours...
Europe is experiencing an extreme heat wave this week. On Monday, a temperature of 33.1°C / 92 F was recorded in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, which makes it the hottest day in Ireland in more than more than 135 years. The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland was 33.3 C at Kilkenny Castle on June 26th, 1887. Temperatures in London and Paris have topped 40 C / 104 F, so I am thankful for the...
Last Monday, I woke up feeling crappy with a headache and the start of a cough. I did a self-administered COVID antigen test that came back with a faint ”T” line, which was enough to indicate a positive result. At this point, I’m one of the few people I knew that hadn’t had COVID yet (at least to my knowledge), so I guess my number was finally up. There has been another wave of infections in the...