Our Éamonn Donnelly shone on RTÉ's Today with Sarah McInerney yesterday, when he spoke about the cancellation of week-old Government proposals to help essential health staff with childcare. His is the third interview in this clip.

Fórsa's reaction also gets a mention in the Independent's analysis of the childcare debacle, while Siptu says as many as 600 meat-plant workers have tested Covid-positive.

Meanwhile, new Revenue figures show the tax take plunging and a big bill for income supports, while the EU jobs commissioner has called for a continent-wide minimum income. And new research shows a big majority fears catching Covid-19 on public transport. 

There's more on hospital waiting lists and teaching unions nervous about schools re-opening.

Elsewhere, the report into child abuse at Scouting Ireland is widely reported and editorialised.

Over in The Guardian, Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform looks at how the coronavirus is changing Europe, and not for the better.

It's Brian Eno's birthday today, and Zen brings you By This River  from the Widget Wizard's 1977 offering Before and After Science. It's the one that featured in The Son's Room.

Take care.

Bernard