Yearly Archives: 2016

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‘“We hope the makers of Pokémon Go will deal with any instances of characters apparent on private property quickly and that it is made as easy as possible to report these issues,” said Christopher Price The Country, Land and Business Association (CLA) ‘

Advice given to Pokémon Go players in the countryside (The Dealer, Irish Farmers Journal)

Pic: Irish Farmers Journal

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup.

…Earlier, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the three-month state of emergency in Turkey would enable authorities to act quicker and more efficiently against the coup plotters.

Meanwhile, around 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or put under investigation since the coup was defeated.

Seems legit.

Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights in wake of coup (Independent.co.uk)

Turkish Lawmakers Set to Give Erdogan Sweeping New Powers (New York Times)

Pic: AFP/Getty

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TIME video examines the context and targets of the rising incidence of violence at Donald Trump rallies. To wit:

This year the spectacles around Donald Trump rallies have seen blood spilled and faces bashed; signs ripped and flags burned. In November, the country will settle its differences at the ballot box. But until then, the fight could continue to be an ugly one.

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Sinn Féin TD Mary Lou McDonald during Leaders’ Questions today

“Tánaiste, I wish, this morning, to raise with you the issue of mental health and suicide prevention. Yesterday, the coroner’s court held an inquest into the death by suicide of a young man in November, 2014.

This man was Ryan Dempsey, from The Liberties.

He was in his 20s, he had his full life ahead of him and he was clearly a young man at risk.

He’d been discharged five times from accident and emergency in a six-month period before his death.”

Taking an overdose, on one occasion, he was brought to the A&E, and was discharged on the same day. Found hanging another time, brought to the A&E, discharged 12 hours later.”

“The following day, he tried to throw himself out of a window, again, brought to the A&E and discharged within hours.”

“On the final occasion, he presented himself to the A&E, he was expressing suicidal feelings. He, Tánaiste, was left in a room by himself, where he attempted to cut himself twice.”

He was then transferred to a ward, left on his own again, and Ryan hanged himself and he died.

“…Tánaiste, we failed Ryan. The health system failed Ryan and how different it all might have been if Ryan was provided with the proper follow-up care on his first presentation.

His family believe that he was not assessed properly, he was not observed properly, his care was inappropriate, inadequate, right up until the time that he took his life.”

“Ryan was failed by the mental health service, which simply does not function at the times when people need it. Accident and Emergency (A&E) is not the right place for people in acute, mental distress.”

“So we need to fund the delivery of community and early intervention services, as was promised ten years ago in Vision For Change. And yet, ten years on, we still don’t have 24/7 crisis intervention services. Not a single crisis house has been established and, at present, there are just 15 suicide crisis intervention nurses in the State.”

“People in distress present themselves to the Gardaí, to the A&E, places where over-stretched and, sometimes, inappropriately trained staff struggle and do their best but they’re not capable of proving the appropriate care.”

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald speaking in the Dáil in the last hour.

Watch today’s Dáil proceedings – the last before the summer recess – live here