2020 in Review

Locals honour history and community during pandemic

For communities across the midwest, 2020 offered an opportunity to honour local heroes, writes Cathy Halloran.

2020 in Review • 05 Jan 21

Challenging times as normal life in courts overturned

Legal work and journalism are both sociable activities, dependent on personal interaction. Nobody was ready for the changes Covid-19 necessitated.

2020 in Review • 03 Jan 21

Rocky start for new Government amid Covid-19 and Brexit

February's election led to a historic agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but the new Government was plunged into turmoil several times in a rollercoaster year.

2020 in Review • 02 Jan 21

Gangsters, the garda killer and the propaganda campaign

RTÉ Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds looks back over the criminal justice events of 2020.

2020 in Review • 01 Jan 21

Community spirit shone through pandemic darkness

A lot of this year was about people lifting other people's spirits in ways which were simple but sincere.

2020 in Review • 03 Jan 21

Wheels of justice turned for Lee family during pandemic

Ireland • 02 Jan 21

Dr Noelle Breslin and her colleagues in the labour ward learned that even though they were not based in intensive care they were being exposed to the virus while treating patients

Pandemic Abroad: Community spirit lifts frontline staff

Despite knowing that Covid-19 was going to hit New York at some stage, having observed the spread of the virus in Europe, Dr Noelle Breslin began to realise last March just how serious the situation was going to be on her way to work.

2020 in Review • 31 Dec 20

Zara Patterson is originally from Co Antrim but has been living in Barcelona for nearly 15 years

Pandemic Abroad: Baking bread for Irish in Barcelona

As lockdowns due to the coronavirus crept across European countries last March, members of the Irish community in Barcelona learned that a St Patrick's Day event they were to attend was postponed just days before it was due to happen.

2020 in Review • 01 Jan 21

The light up ahead: 2021 offers a chance to start again

Optimism is a useful form of self defence. As brutal 2020 recedes from view, there is a genuine sense of light at the end of the tunnel. And it is not an oncoming train.

2020 in Review • 02 Jan 21

A year in pictures: Unforgettable images of 2020

From Black Lives Matter protests, to a global pandemic and Donald Trump, 2020 will be talked about for years to come.

2020 Review • 04 Jan 21

Businesses were forced to adapt - and quickly - but many found innovative ways to keep revenue flowing

Business 2020: Firms show ingenuity and resilience

The pandemic has presented one of the greatest challenges imaginable for Irish businesses - but it has also sparked a huge amount of imagination and resilience around the country.

Business • 01 Jan 21

Currently Forensic Science Ireland has 16 cases of unidentified human remains where a DNA sample is on file (file photo)

18 cases where we can all be detectives

Cutting-edge forensic science is solving many long-term missing persons cases but, at the end of 2020, there are many unidentified bodies still lying in graveyards across Ireland, writes Barry Cummins.

2020 in Review • 31 Dec 20

Meetings, classes, lectures and even social catch-ups went virtual for most of 2020

Business 2020: Life through a lens leads to tech boom

2020 will be remembered as the year of the screen as the pandemic pushed normally face-to-face interactions into the digital world - exposing the sometimes yawning gaps in the country's connectivity in the process.

Business • 31 Dec 20

Long-planned Dublin traffic changes rolled out in 2020

A lot of people believe that Dublin City Council is using the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity to bring in long-planned traffic changes such as more cycling facilities and restrictions on cars, writes John Kilraine.

2020 Review • 30 Dec 20

Retail suffered rolling closures - with shops having to face up to the challenge of selling online in order to stay afloat

Business 2020: Retail forced to face up to online

Ecommerce has been the wolf at the door of the Irish high street for close to two decades now, but the pandemic has finally forced most shops to face up to the online challenge.

Business • 27 Dec 20

Kitchen tables and ironing boards became make-shift office desks as firms made the sudden move to remote working

Business 2020: Remote working meets reality

The future of the office has long been the subject of (largely academic) debate, but 2020 ended up offering a global experiment in how it might look.

Business • 28 Dec 20

The Government created new supports for those forced out of work by Covid-19 - and businesses trying to stay open despite a slump in revenue

Business 2020: State unleashes unprecedented supports

Having entered the year expecting to have money to spare, 2020 saw the Government undertake an emergency spending programme that involved unprecedented levels of support for individuals and business.

Business • 29 Dec 20

How an invisible microbe wreaked unemployment havoc

As 2020 draws to a close, literally hundreds of thousands of workers are facing joblessness, financial uncertainty and fear for the future.

2020 in Review • 29 Dec 20

2020 was a year of divisions in US amid pandemic

The challenge for new president Joe Biden in 2021 will be to unite a fractured country.

2020 in Review • 29 Dec 20

A man wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Dublin in October

2020: The year health services faced greatest challenge

Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers looks back on the challenges of 2020 from overcrowding to waiting lists, and hospital delays to managing Covid-19.

2020 in Review • 28 Dec 20

Dermot Kennedy was among the artists performing at Other Voices

Streaming takes centre stage as artists go online

Engagement with the arts during the pandemic was a virtual experience - bringing much joy to audiences at home and abroad. But streaming can never replace the thrill of attending a live performance.

2020 in Review • 28 Dec 20

In challenging year the spirit of 'Meitheal' is strong

You're welcome here, kind stranger - how one town encapsulated all that was good about us this year.

2020 in Review • 27 Dec 20

Scrooge-free spending as Covid tears up fiscal rules

Economics Correspondent Robert Shortt looks back on the extraordinary financial response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

2020 in Review • 29 Dec 20

2020-in-review

Locals honour history and community during pandemic

Challenging times as normal life in courts overturned

Rocky start for new Government amid Covid-19 and Brexit

Gangsters, the garda killer and the propaganda campaign

Community spirit shone through pandemic darkness

Wheels of justice turned for Lee family during pandemic

Pandemic Abroad: Community spirit lifts frontline staff

Pandemic Abroad: Baking bread for Irish in Barcelona

The light up ahead: 2021 offers a chance to start again

A year in pictures: Unforgettable images of 2020

Business 2020: Firms show ingenuity and resilience

18 cases where we can all be detectives

Business 2020: Life through a lens leads to tech boom

Long-planned Dublin traffic changes rolled out in 2020

Business 2020: Retail forced to face up to online

Business 2020: Remote working meets reality

Business 2020: State unleashes unprecedented supports

How an invisible microbe wreaked unemployment havoc

2020 was a year of divisions in US amid pandemic

2020: The year health services faced greatest challenge

Streaming takes centre stage as artists go online

In challenging year the spirit of 'Meitheal' is strong

Scrooge-free spending as Covid tears up fiscal rules

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