This afternoon.
Near the village of Thiepval, Picardy, France
President Higgins leaving the Thiepval Memorial of the Missing following the Somme 100 ceremony.
Today marks the 100th centenary of start the Battle of the Somme which was to last until November 18, 1916 with more than one million men wounded or killed
Pics via President of ireland
This afternoon.
Essex Street, Dublin 2.
Anna Cosgrave founder of the Repeal Project, a sweater-based campaign that uses “outwear to give a voice to a hidden problem in Ireland”, outside her jumper-stuffed pop-up store.
The Repeal jumpers are available to be purchased online [link below] or in the Repeal Project pop-up shop in Indigo & Cloth, East Essex Street in Temple Bar, Dublin 2, from today until Sunday, July 3.
Proceeds from every jumper sale will be donated to the Abortion Rights Campaign.
Goes lovely with crumpled chinos.
FIGHT!
Leah Farrell/Rollingnews
Meanwhile…
@broadsheet_ie in the interest of balance. ahem #repeal pic.twitter.com/ex66yQ3C09
— Fergus O’Neill (@acatisacat) July 1, 2016
From top: Console CEO Paul Kelly and the charity’s former patron Mary McAleese in 2011; The panel on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne last night
Last night.
On Tonight with Vincent Browne, hosted by Matt Cooper, the panel discussed the payments made to Console CEO Paul Kelly, his wife Patricia and son Tim – as recently reported by RTE Investigates.
The panel included Fine Gael Senator Michael Conway, Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins; interim CEO of Console David Hall; and columnist with the Irish Independent Colette Browne.
Matt Cooper: “Did this come out of nowhere, is this only something that’s happened in recent times? Or for how long have people in authority been aware that there’s a problem?”
David Hall: “You know my function, when we came in, was to carry out this review and as I said to everyone concerned at the time, only the truth will be expressed from mine and those involved’s perspective. The review and the analysis of the HSE began in April 2015. The first interim report was given on the 1st of July, 2015. These are the documents I’ve seen and I have. The…”
Cooper: “A year ago?”
Hall: “A year ago. The ninth…”
Cooper: “Money was still being given to Console, Console was still actually taking money from the public, was getting money from the State, for a year after the HSE knew there was a big problem here?”
Hall: “Yes. The ninth version of this report was given to the board in March of this year.”
Cooper: “The ninth?”
Hall: “The ninth version and there is one more version I believe which is being tided up and is the final version not yet released by the HSE. The last version I have, and the one I relied upon in court today, with Justice Gilligan was version number nine. 176 pages. Actually, and this might sound a bit odd to say this but it’s a brilliant report. The people who conducted, this actually makes the situation ten times worse than you would imagine. The quality and the content of that report would be, for its investigative manners and information that it garnished, is brilliant.”
Watch back in full here
Previously: No Consolation
Rebecca O’Neill writes:
Thought this might be of interest, Phibsboro Cat Rescue have launched a crowd funding campaign to fund a new physical site {above[ for the rescue behind the old Silver Skate Rink in Phibsboro, Dublin 7. To mark the occasion, they are holding a Jumble Sale at 11am tomorrow, Saturday [details at link below], might be of interest to local Dubliners!
Phibsboro Cat Rescue Jumble Sale
Building a place Phibsboro Cat Rescue can call home (Chuffed.org)
Omnidirectional tyres created by Canadian inventor William Liddiard – move in all directions, spin on the spot, parallel park like a boss.
Further to the ever-rising motor insurance costs…
Ireland Underground writes:
Come [out tomorrow] and support us. We need every car, every van, every person possible to show the government and the insurance corporations that they answer to us. The power is with the people, they know this, we need to recognise this too.
…Meet us in Dublin at midday. We will drive through the city from midday and from 13.30 we will have on-stage entertainment followed by guest speakers in Merrion Square.
…Here is a brief outline of what we’d like to see happen:
- Establish a task force (similar to the motor Insurance Advisory Board previously in place)
- Tackle the claims culture more aggressively.
- Reduce compensation payouts.
- More transparent pricing structures of all insurance companies
- More transparency on out-of-court settlements
- Insurance purchased within any EU member state to be valid in Ireland
Beep!
FIGHT!
Previously: ‘There Is A Cartel Of Insurance Underwriters’
Gerry Foley tweetz:
This roll of paper will be turned into a BOAT by German artist, Frank Bolter, in Kinvara, Co Galway.
UPDATE:
It floats . Das ( paper) boat by German artist Frank Bolster , at sea in Kinvara pic.twitter.com/IDimOvXoV4
— Gerry Foley (@Gerry_UTV) July 1, 2016
Via Gerry Foley
The physics tickling graphics paint package created by Imaginary Forces for ESPN’s broadcast coverage of Euro 2016.
MORE:Making the ESPN Euro Cup 2016 Broadcast Package (Motionographer)
Yet.
Mark Sugrue writes:
Ad for the Websummit on Facebook has ‘forgotten’ the UK on a map of Europe.
