Oscar built this track while Sweden was still in the grip of winter and planned on more until CoVID-19 hit.
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A look at the latest gear to cross our desks.
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France's former 94-year-old president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is accused of sexually assaulting a German reporter.

Tiocfaidh cúlú 8% ar an ngeilleagar i mbliana agus tiocfaidh borradh 6% faoi arís an bhliain seo chugainn, a deirtear i dtuarascáil nua atá foilsithe ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach.

Tuigtear go bhfuil sé fós i gceist ag Cumann Lúthchleas Gael go mbeadh Craobh na hÉireann ar siúl i mbliana ainneoin srianta sóisialta a bheith i bhfeidhm i gcónaí cuid mhaith den samhradh.

Fógraíodh tráthnóna go bhfuil 37 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,375 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan cé go bhfuil an líon cásanna den ghalar Covid-19 ag laghdú i dtithe altranais gur údar imní é go bhfuil an líon cásanna i measc an phobail réasúnta seasmhach i gcónaí.

Cuirfear tús le cainteanna foirmiúla tráthnóna idir trí pháirtí polaitíochta - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil agus an Comhaontas Glas - maidir le bunú rialtais nua.

Tá feachtas nua seolta ag Cumann Naomh Uinseann de Pól le hairgead a bhailiú go práinneach agus iad ag tuar go dtiocfaidh ardú as seo go ceann roinnt seachtaintí ar an éileamh a bheas ar sheirbhísí na heagraíochta.

Tá go leor oibrithe a bhí ar an íosphá náisiúnta níos fearr as anois más amhlaidh go bhfuil siad ag fáil an liúntais dífhostaíochta €350 sa tseachtain a tugadh isteach i mí an Mhárta, de réir staidéir nua.

Dúirt ard-stiúrthóir Chomhairle um Chearta an Duine Liam Herrick go bhfuil an Stát in ann iallach a chur ar dhaoine eolas a thabhairt faoina gcuid taistil.

Dúirt an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar sa Dáil gur mian leis an Rialtas réiteach a fháil ar an éiginnteacht a bhaineann le scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta faoi dheireadh na seachtaine seo.

Dhearbhaigh na húdaráis sláinte tráthnóna go bhfuil 29 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,403 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan go bhfuil an ceann sprice a chuireamar romhainn bainte amach againn agus go bhfuil cosc curtha againn anois ar leathadh an ghalair Covid-19 inár measc.

D'fhéadfadh go mbeadh coimhlint ghéar ag Stobart Air le haerlínte eile ag solathár seirbhísí aeir réigiúnach do Aer Lingus, na seirbhísí idir Dún na nGall agus Baile Átha Cliath san áireamh.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag príomh stiúrthóir Teach Altranais Dealgan i nDún Dealgan, gur bhásaigh 23 áitritheoir san ionad ón 1ú Aibreán i leith, go leor acu a raibh Covid-19 orthu.

Déanfar machnamh ar mhalairt phlean do scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta a chuirfidh an tAire Oideachais Joe McHugh os comhair chruinniú comhaireachta ar maidin. Sin a dúirt foinsí sinsireacha comhrialtais le RTÉ.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan le RTÉ ar maidin go dteastaíonn uaidh féin agus an Fhoireann Náisiúnta Éigeandála Sláinte Poiblí go mbeadh an víreas corónach cloíte oiread agus is féidir é

Tá an coróinvíreas ag spreagadh fearg, fuath agus ciníochas i measc daoine a deir Ceannaire na Naisiún Aontaithe. Dúirt Antonio Guterrez an méid sin agus srianta san Eoraip agus san Astráil á maolú de réir a chéile.

Tá cead tugtha ag an Vatacáin d'ord Siúracha Cráifeacha na Carthannachta Ospidéal agus tailte Naomh Uinseann i mBaile Átha Cliath a bhronnadh ar an Stát trí chomhlacht dar teideal Grúpa Sealbhaíochta Cúram Sláinte Naomh Uinseann.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, Joe McHugh go bhfuil scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta don bhliain seo curtha ar ceal agus go bhfuil Plean "C", mar a bhfaighfidh daltaí grádanna tuartha óna meánscoil féin, le teacht ina n-áit.

Dhearbhaigh na húdaráis sláinte tráthnóna go bhfuil 27 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,429 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

More scandal in the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows the department — like all sheriff's departments — should have independent civilian oversight.

Public health experts are urging people to stay home to avoid spreading coronavirus. But that means some people could end up losing their homes.

After weeks of dithering, Trump finally seems to have gotten the message that Americans are desperate for more than empty assurances on coronavirus.

Just when President Trump started to rise to the challenge of leading a nation through the coronavirus pandemic, he slips back to his old, tired tricks.

Los Angeles wants to move thousands of homeless people inside. But is crowding indoors actually less dangerous than letting them stay on the streets?

California's order might seem like a big deal. But what we don't know about this virus, which is a lot, means the risk of inaction is too high.

President Trump and Congress should keep climate change in mind as they prepare economic aid packages for businesses and industries.

The Supreme Court makes it easier for states to convict mentally ill defendants.

It's not the government takeover that many Californians wanted for the fire-starting utility, but the deal Gavin Newsom struck with PG&E should help.

Some states are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to cut off abortion access. That's unacceptable.

The Los Angeles City Council is rushing a major law that would dictate how businesses rehire workers after layoffs.

With the U.S. now leading the world in COVID-19 infections, it's time for the nation to stay at home.

With officials meeting virtually amid the coronavirus, the government must ensure that the public still has sufficient opportunity to participate.

There's never a good time for a pandemic, but it's hard to imagine a worse time than in the middle of the decennial census.

A federal judge was right to order the Trump administration to move faster to release detained migrant children from conditions that put them at risk for COVID-19.

What's worse than power shutoffs during the coronavirus quarantine? An unplanned outage that sparks a wildfire.

Wait. Now maybe we should wear facemasks? The evolving, and sometimes puzzling, guidance for Americans to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections.

City elections typically drew 15% turnout. In the March primary, the seven City Council races on the ballot drew, on average, more than 30% turnout.

The president must drop his opposition to 'globalism' in the interests of public health

Supervisors didn't permit public comment at their March 31 meeting, then failed to act publicly before admonishing the sheriff about his public statements.

As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, only a few areas are breaking down the numbers of infections and deaths by racial and ethnic groups.

Sanders leaves the presidential race with some major accomplishments.

Psychiatrist Kenneth Rosenberg's film brings together many strands of American dysfunction: mental healthcare, incarceration, homelessness, policing, race. It provides few answers but helps us ask the right questions.

Trump is correct that the decision is a very tough call. But it will be made by mayors and governors, not federal officials.

Communities have a shared interest in keeping renters housed and keeping landlords in business. They provide an essential service: a roof over one's head.

Mountain lions in southern California are endangered by rat poison and development. Time to protect them.

In rural and hard-to-reach areas, postal workers are the only ones who provide regular delivery service.

The federal stimulus checks go to people with Social Security numbers, leaving out millions who work in the U.S. without permission, but who pay taxes.