The Islands of Ireland: Arranmore digs deep for safety

As Bere Island and Inishfarnard in Co Cork are associated with the mining industry, so too, Arranmore, or Árainn Mhór, in Co Donegal.

Ireland’s third largest island by size (when not counting islands connected by causeway), has for generations sent its sons around the world to work in mining and tunnels. Some of those men are now retired on Arranmore and having worked in very dusty, possibly toxic environments, are vulnerable to respiratory illnesses.So Covid-19 could spell disaster if it penetrated the island’s defences.