… but there seems to have been a severe outbreak of gobshitery across the water. Here is a Reuter’s article on HMG’s world-beating handling of the coronavirus .
Don’t overlook the short article “The game changer that wasn’t” at the bottom of the page.
Irish waterways history 
Frightening, but not unexpected. Any country that could make a (ongoing) mess of Brexit, left little room for confidence in its capabilities.