{"id":604912,"date":"2026-07-26T11:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604912\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:27:16","slug":"sitdown-sunday-a-doctor-inside-the-congos-deadly-ebola-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604912\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitdown Sunday: A doctor inside the Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT\u2019S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a comfy chair.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve hand-picked some of the week\u2019s best reads for you to savour.\n<\/p>\n

1. Nightmare at 30,000ft<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dublin
\n Rolling News<\/p>\n

Rolling News\n<\/p>\n

Serbian man Ljubisa Karovi\u0107 made headlines recently when he was nearly sucked out the window of a Ryanair plane. Flying from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen in Germany, Karovi\u0107 reflects on the near-fatal ordeal.<\/p>\n

(The Guardian,<\/a> approx. 8 mins reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctors have warned that recovery will be slow, ordering him to wear the neck brace for at least six weeks when they will determine if surgery is necessary. \u201cThere are images that come back, the noise of the explosion, the chaos, but I want to recover,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd, yes, there should be compensation too. Not only emails that have focused on rebooking the flight.<\/p>\n

Asked if there is a message he wants to convey, he allows himself to break into a smile. Always make sure to wear your seatbelt. I don\u2019t want anyone to suffer what happened to me\u201d.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Inside the Ebola outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Getty Images<\/p>\n

Getty Images\n<\/p>\n

Amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr Abdou Sebushishe describes the intense routines and risks of caring for patients. Despite limited resources, fear and uncertainty over when the outbreak will end, he finds motivation in seeing patients recover.<\/p>\n

(The New Yorker<\/a>, approx. 12 mins reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the red zone, I know I\u2019m going to see patients who are confirmed to have Ebola. If I make any mistake, I will also be in quarantine for twenty-one days\u2014or I will also be infected. So we enter with that anxiety, knowing that this is a risk that I\u2019m taking. I know that everybody has that level of fear. But I have to go. Because I\u2019ve been in many other outbreaks, I trust that, if I respect the protocols, there is nothing that will happen to me\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. Friday night bingo<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n The Journal<\/p>\n

The Journal\n<\/p>\n

In this weekly series,\u00a0The Journal\u00a0brings you to a different town or suburb to explore the best gigs and cultural experiences on offer. The setting for this week is bingo night in Whitehall, an important event for locals and one that crosses generations.<\/p>\n

(The Journal,\u00a0<\/a>approx. 8 minutes reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cCloser to the centre of the room, Catherine O\u2019Connor and Kathleen Byrne said they have been coming to Whitehall together for years. \u201cWe\u2019re coming for entertainment. You couldn\u2019t come here to win because you probably won\u2019t,\u201d Catherine said the seats for each other, and they all have their own special machine with the number on the side. They have their machine, and it\u2019s a community of people\u201d.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Time for working teens to chip in?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Getty Images<\/p>\n

Getty Images\n<\/p>\n

Should young people living at home contribute to the weekly budget? This article argues parents do too much for children, leaving them unprepared for adult life. Even small contributions make a difference. The message here is that earning money comes with responsibility.<\/p>\n

(The Irish Times, <\/a>approx. 4 mins reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much about today\u2019s world that infantilises our young people. Thirty-year-olds who still sleep in their childhood box bedrooms thanks to a housing market that makes renting or house ownership an impossibility \u2013 that\u2019s a strong example. Us parents, who with the very best of intentions, and hearts filled with love, over-parent, and are slow to let their offspring find their way \u2013 we play a part in it too\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0\u00a0Madonna meets The Muppets- A review\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Getty Images\n<\/p>\n

The first ever World Cup half-time show featured a diverse mix of performances, from pop divas to puppets. The New York Times breaks down the top moments, and asks if the legendary tournament really needs a half-time show.<\/p>\n

(The New York Times,<\/a> approx. 7 mins reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cPurists saw it as another concession to American spectacle, like the tournament\u2019s advertising pauses that had euphemistically been dubbed \u201chydration breaks.\u201d Fans of both teams worried what the added time \u2014 the intermission lasted nearly double its traditional 15 minutes<\/a> \u2014 would do to players\u2019 mismatch routines. Even followers of the headlining musicians were left scratching their heads, wondering what a collaboration between such a culturally and sonically eclectic hodgepodge of acts might sound like\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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6. Ticket to the world<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Getty Images<\/p>\n

Getty Images\n<\/p>\n

What country has the most powerful passport \u2013 and what does that even mean in practice? CNN has written about an index of the world\u2019s strongest passports, with Singapore topping the list while the US continues to drop in the rankings. Have a look at Ireland\u2019s position\u2026<\/p>\n

(CNN,<\/a> approx. 10 minutes reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world\u2019s strongest passports belong to nations that other countries want as partners \u2014 for trade, investment, security or cooperation. Mobility is ultimately a measure of the value other countries place on their relationship with you\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2026AND A CLASSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES\u2026
\n7.\u00a0One small step for man<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Getty Images\n<\/p>\n

This week marked the 57th anniversary of the moon landing. The New York Times spoke to astronaut Michael Collins on the 50th anniversary of the event, who believed he had the best seat in the house, without setting foot on the moon.<\/p>\n

(The New York Times,<\/a> approx. 11 mins reading time)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not mind his solitary time aboard the spacecraft, which was named Columbia.\u201cI had this beautiful little domain,\u201d Mr. Collins said. \u201cIt was all mine. I was the emperor, the captain of it, and it was quite commodious. I had warm coffee, even.\u201d\u00a0Unlike half a billion people on Earth, Mr. Collins did not see the broadcast of Mr. Armstrong\u2019s first steps on the moon\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Note: The Journal generally selects stories that are not paywalled, but some might not be accessible if you have exceeded your free article limit on the site in question.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S A DAY of rest, and you may be in the mood for a quiet corner and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[275],"tags":[5594,18,135,475,474,19,17,16033,5598,35350],"class_list":["post-604912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-7-deadly-reads","tag-eire","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-moon-landing","tag-sitdown-sunday","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116986043962309713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}