Ailish Lalor

Ailish was born in Sydney, Australia, but grew up by a forest in south-east Ireland, which she has attempted to replace with a living room filled with plants in The Hague. Besides catering to her army of pannenkoekenplantjes, Ailish spends her days convincing her friends that all food is better slightly burnt, plotting ways to hang out with dogs and cats, and of course, writing for DutchReview.

20 Dutch children have serious coronavirus-related illness

Twenty children in the Netherlands have contracted a serious illness that appears to be related to COVID-19, NOS reports.  The illness seems to be a combination...

Dutchies get lucky with sunniest spring ever during corona-crisis

Spring 2020 has been the sunniest spring ever, breaking 2011's record with a couple of days to spare, NOS reports. Now, obviously we shouldn't celebrate...

Dutch primary school students’ learning undeterred by the pandemic

Primary schools have been partially open for almost two weeks now, and we're beginning to see how the weeks of homeschooling have affected the students. Luckily,...

22% of slaughterhouse workers infected with coronavirus in Groenlo plant

More than 22% of the workers at a meat processing plant in Groenlo were infected with coronavirus when tested. These infection rates are thought...

“Time and boredom”: why Dutchies are having more sex during the coronavirus crisis

A survey of South-Hollanders has shown that the coronavirus crisis doesn't have to be all bad news: people are having more sex and masturbating more often...

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