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.

Amsterdam company develops coronavirus test that can give result in under a minute

A young Amsterdam company, Spektrax, is working on developing a coronavirus test that can give a result within a minute.  The test is the brainchild of...

No commute and no colleagues: how have Dutchies found working from home?

The majority of Dutch people have been working from home for about two months now. The question is: do they ever want to go...

Relaxing the lockdown: primary schools, libraries and hairdressers reopen today

Today is a big day for the Netherlands, as primary schools and most contact professions reopen. On March 13, Prime Minister Rutte announced the...

Coronavirus Update: 18 more deaths reported in the Netherlands

The latest coronavirus figures have been released by the RIVM. Today a further 18 people have died from coronavirus, bringing the Dutch total to...

Facemasks for sale on the high street from next week

From 1 June facemasks will be mandatory in public transport. Of course, that's a pretty sensible rule, but people have been wondering where they are supposed to...

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