Half a million Covid bereaved need more than a minute’s silence

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN IRISH TIMES 31ST MARCH 2022 “Like an overnight blink they say it’s all over! It’s bloody well not!” As the Taoiseach announced in January the extra bank holiday and the lifting of many restrictions, the anger of my friend Siobhán’s message to me lit up the phone. I had sent her a … Half a million Covid bereaved need more than a minute’s silence