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.

Will coronavirus change Amsterdam’s tourism policies?

In recent years, Amsterdam has been overrun by tourists, and local residents have been feeling overwhelmed. Will coronavirus change how Amsterdam markets itself to tourists? We've written before...

Health Minister’s plan for 1700 ICU beds is just not possible, experts say

At the press conference on Wednesday, Minister de Jonge mentioned 1700 as the number of ICU beds he wanted available, as a condition for relaxing the...

Coronavirus tests for all from 1 June — is that actually possible?

At last night's press conference, Health Minister de Jonge said that the government was aiming to be able to test anyone with coronavirus symptoms...

How the Netherlands is relaxing coronavirus rules: a step-by-step plan

This evening, Prime Minister Rutte gave a press conference in which the next stage of the Netherlands' plan for relaxing social distancing rules was explained....

Coronavirus update: deaths and hospitalisations both under 100, even on Tuesday

The RIVM has published the latest count of coronavirus cases in the Netherlands for Tuesday the 5th of May. As of today, there are 317...

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