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The novel coronavirus pandemic started in China, then spread to other countries – Asia, at first, then Europe, and now its focal point seems to have jumped continents again, raging in the Americas as we speak. Many countries are slowly easing their lockdown measures, some of them opening up their borders to foreigners as well. Not all of them, though. Lockdowns are still in force in many countries, confining people to their homes. Depending on your country of origin, your European vacation may be tricky – or not happen at all. Opening borders – selectively If you have spent your time in lockdown playing all the live casinos India has to offer and you’re eager to go for the real thing in Monaco, you might have to wait longer than you had expected. Tourism is an important contributor to many European countries’ revenues, and the livelihoods of entire populations living in coastal areas, for example, rely on tourists coming from abroad spending their money there. This is ...

Opel Ireland has announced the appointment of Windsor Belgard to the Opel Dealer Network, effective 1 February 2023, at dealership located on the Belgard Road, Dublin 24. Peter Nicholson, Managing Director of Windsor Motor Group, said that as the Group has already enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Opel at their Windsor Liffey Valley and Windsor Deansgrange showrooms, the move is ‘a natural step’. James Brooks, Managing Director of Opel Ireland said the appointment gives him great confidence that the brand is very well positioned to further strengthen Opel’s market share in 2023. Pictured are Peter Nicholson, Managing Director of Windsor Motor Group and James Brooks, Managing Director, Opel Ireland.

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – EMILY! “My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.” So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her — her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy. I was in a hurry when I opened this audiobook and didn’t realize at first it was the author herself reading it out loud! It certainly made for a unique reading experience, and that made it all the more fulfilling somehow. I hadn’t read the paper version of the novel and was unprepared for the gamut of emotions the story takes a listener thro...