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.

Coronavirus update Easter Monday: 86 deaths, 147 hospitalisations and 26.551 total cases

The RIVM has published the latest count of coronavirus cases in the Netherlands for today: there are 86 new deaths, bringing the total to...

Dutch companies lead the way in developing x-ray software to diagnose coronavirus

Two Dutch companies, Thirona and Delft Imaging, are working on technology which could help doctors to diagnose coronavirus through x-ray imagery.  This is expected to be especially helpful...

1.5m rule could be of no use if you’re walking, running, or biking, study shows

Even if you've been scrupulous about keeping a 1.5 metre distance from other people, you could still have been spreading germs if you're running...

€500 billion to help European countries through corona crisis, Hoekstra: “a good conclusion”

The results of the meeting of the European finance ministers are out: and depending on your current level of positivity, everyone is either a winner...

Half of the patients in the dementia wing of a Rotterdam nursing home have died from coronavirus

Horrible news this morning: more than half the residents of a wing of the Rotterdam nursing home De Leeuwenhoek have died, likely from coronavirus, NRC reports....

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