The Daily Scraps
by Bernard Harbor

On a scrappy news morning, the Indo reports that schools and crèches won't automatically be closed on foot of suspected Covid cases, and a doctor warns that social distancing will put pressure on hospital bed capacity.

 

As an Oireachtas committee seeks a shake-up of the nursing home sector, HSE boss Paul Reid reckons Ireland's model may have been totally busted by the pandemic.

 

Questions about the travel green list? Never fear, as virtually every paper carries a Q&A-style feature this morning. Here's the Examiner's.

 

Elsewhere, Deloitte predicts that 30% of banking jobs could disappear over the next five years, another 'civil war' breaks out in the UK Labour Party, and the founder of Ireland's first carers' cooperative promises quality jobs.

 

I was rummaging through the Zen box this morning, and came across this piece about Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia's Mafia pics. Impressive.

 

Have a good day.

 

Bernard

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