Free Sunday?
Joe writes:
Manchester poet Mike Garry returns to the Workmans Club [Wellington Quay, Dublin 2] this Sunday [August 13]. His last show in the same venue in January was nothing short of mesmerising.
Support comes from Dublin poet Lewis Kenny. Admission is €7.
Previously: 24 Hour Poetry People
London, location unspecified.
Helen Mary tweetz:
Some dodgy deals in my local #Tesco, apparently a small discount is better than half price!
Propeller Palms – Without A Care In The World
Olaf writes:
Herewith ‘Without a Care in the World’, the new Colin Shanahan-directed video from Waterford act Propeller Palms. Filmed during their recent US tour, it’s the second cut from their acclaimed sophomore album, Old Dog, New Tricks.
Described as Waterford’s answer to the E-Street Band, the Palms are playing Whelan’s on August 23, and the Daytripper Festival in Waterford on August 26, where they’ll be sharing the main stage with The Blades and UB40.
A wooden Scrabble Board by Montreal based designer Emmanuel Laflamme with letters featuring corporate logos from Facebook to Netflix.
Have you seen War of the Buttons?
Rob Reeves takes a pleasant detour on his vox-pop based journey through America and meets an Uber driver with a fond appreciation and in depth knowledge of Irish 1994 schoolboy gang drama War Of The Buttons.
In fairness.
Hozier
Nialler9 writes:
Hozier will play a rare show on September 20th in Dublin as part of SoFar Sounds and Amnesty International’s Give A Home campaign in support of refugees worldwide.
The gig will take place in someone’s house with very limited space.
Enter for a chance to win tickets here
Hozier to play rare house show for SoFar Sounds in Dublin (Nialler9)
Tower Guoman Hotel in London where Irish athlete Thomas Barr was staying during the IAAF World Championships
The Guardian reports:
The world athletics championships being held in London has been hit by an outbreak of norovirus, health officials have confirmed.
Public Health England (PHE) said it had been notified of about 30 cases of people associated with the event, London 2017, falling ill; two of those have been confirmed by laboratory tests as having the vomiting bug.
…The Tower hotel told the BBC that investigations in conjunction with health officers and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) concluded the hotel was not the source of the illness.
“We have followed strict hygiene protocol, ensuring that those affected are not in contact with other guests and all public areas have been thoroughly sanitised,” the hotel said.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala, a medal prospect in the 400m on Tuesday, was given medical dispensation to withdraw from the 200m heats after throwing up in the medical room.
Makwala would normally be scratched from the final after pulling out of another event. As he missed the heats on medical advice, however, he would be able to run, if fit.
A number of other athletes staying at the same hotel also have gastroenteritis, including the Ireland 400m hurdler Thomas Barr.
“I’m gutted to have to withdraw from the semi-final. My whole year has been focused on the world championships. To not be able to go out and compete for Ireland is beyond disappointing.”
Meanwhile, David Gillick, on RTE, reports:
The Irish race walkers are due to arrive on Thursday and plans are already in motion to try find alternative accommodation for them.
The reaction from the organisers has been swift and professional, though you do have to wonder what the response would be if this happened in Rio last year, where it seemed British media outlets were keen to jump on every little organisational imperfection.
Will they do the same when dozens of athletes’ championships have been ruined on their own turf?
London 2017: 30 people fall ill after norovirus outbreak at athletics event (The Guardian)
Barr forced to withdraw due to illness (Athletics Ireland)
World Championships health issues hard to stomach (David Gillick, RTE)
Top pic: Jason Rosam
Jonosan Dolwin tweetz:
Good quality bicycle bus stop bypass in Tallaght.
Yay!
UPDATE:
SDCC took all the green away. Go up or down a 1/2 km and no space for cycle lanes, just like all of Dublin city and council. https://t.co/IgIabw2Kb0
— CitizenMac59 (@CitizenMac59) August 8, 2017
Grafton Street
Further to the release of the latest homeless figures last Friday showing 7,941 people registered as homeless in June 2017, 5,046 adults and 2,895 children – an overall increase of 241 people form May 2017…
RTE reports:
Ireland has now recovered from the economic crash of a decade ago, according to Goodbody stockbroker’s latest quarterly Irish Economy Health Check.
It is forecasting a return of domestic spending levels to their 2007 peak this year and suggests that full employment will be achieved by the end of next year.
Goodbody’s report says rapid growth in construction and consumer spending will push core domestic demand beyond previous forecasts and Ireland will retain its status as one of the fastest-growing European economies.
With jobs growing at the fastest pace since 1999, unemployment will fall to just 5% in late 2018, according to Goodbody Chief Economist Dermot O’Leary.
As a result, Ireland may need to start relying on immigrant labour to maintain its momentum as one of Europe’s fastest-growing economies.
Hmmm.
Ireland has emerged from ‘lost decade’ – Goodbody (RTE)
Previously: A Rising Tide
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