The HSE has been urged to come clean on its Covid-19 crisis preparations amid reports that it's preparing "sterile accommodation hubs" in Cork for frontline healthcare workers.

People who live in Protected Structures are like those in the proverbial glass-houses: they simply must not throw stones.

People who live in Protected Structures are like those in the proverbial glass-houses: they simply must not throw stones. The cost of replacing a window, a door, even a roof-slate or a garden wall can be so much more than that involved in repairing an ordinary semi-detached home that it is best to behave with a certain amount of caution. Prevention, in the case of old houses, is always better than cure.