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Chat freely while roam burns.

Tom Moylan writes:

Roaming charges will end in the EU next week – if you have any questions about how it will work the European Commission will be answering questions on it live {details below} on Monday (1.30pm Irish time)…

Digital Single Market Live Chat  (Facebook)

Above: two adjoining houses at St Lawrence’s Road, Contarf, Dublin purchased by the Housing Agency for €2 million to “provide accommodation for 13 families who are currently homeless and in commercial hotels”. 

… the hairs “stood up” on the back of her neck when she was given the “good neighbour policy” by representatives of the homeless agency at a meeting with concerned residents.

This document sets out as an example the house rules for those who will live in the building.

The document states that there will be daily collections of unsafely disposed-of injecting equipment in the locality and that residents are “discouraged” from begging, “tapping” or requesting money from other people….

READ ON: Anger at €2m purchase of pair of Clontarf properties for homeless (Irish Times)

(H/T: Glass Dublin)

Polling station at Fane Street, Primary School, Belfast this morning

Belfast-based Shayna writes:

I’ve just voted, the third time within a year. Last June 23 was the Brexit Vote, March 2 this year was Stormont Elections.

Despite the appearance of self-governing, The Top Bit of Ireland is still effectively controlled by London. 56% of voters in The North elected to remain in the EU. It seems we’re leaving, anyway. There’s no Government in seat at Stormont since voting day in March.

The 50/50 Unionist/Nationalist seems a difficult resolve. Apparently, talks at resuming Government will take place at the end of June, where no doubt there’ll be debates regarding crocodiles. [Arlene’s Foster’s reference to Líofa – funding to teaching Irish]

In 2015 – at the last British General Election, there were 11 Unionist MPs elected, the rest were Nationalist, out of a total of 18. The 11 Unionist MPs embraced their tradition, and aligned themselves with The Conservative Party and contributed to forming The Tory Government.

The Top Bit of Ireland Nationalist vote is indirectly a vote for Labour at General Elections, given that the Nationalists tend to seat with Labour, may help Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street.

FIGHT!

Update:

Shayna wdds:

I voted for Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, former Lord Mayor of Belfast, and South Belfast MLA. The fact that Sinn Féin don’t take a seat in Westminster is no bother for me, if they go along with Labour – that is what I was voting for.

Bigger FIGHT!

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

Hmmm.

More ‘disappointments than appointments’ over cabinet selection – Varadkar (RTE)

Previously: Phil In The Gaps

Top pic: Rollingnews

The Cronins –  A Day In The Life

A cover version of the Beatles track as tribute to Sgt. Pepper’s 50th anniversary.

Mick Cronin muses –

I know you shouldn’t go there and try and cover this but we did.

We are Beatles freaks so decided to spend a few hours last Thursday 31st May to record and film this with the intention of putting it out on the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper on June 1st.

The Cronins

Yesterday: It Was Five Days Ago Today

A selection of frozen ‘treats’ concocted by art students Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Cheng Yu-ti  of the National Taiwan University of the Arts.

Using samples collected from 100 locations in Taiwan, frozen, then preserved in polyester resin, the project was designed to highlight high levels of water pollution in the country.

colossal

Sarah Burns, in The Irish Times, reports:

Eleven people were taken to hospital after a small amount of lime was accidentally released inside the flue gas treatment area at the Poolbeg Incinerator in Dublin on Wednesday night.

“Late on Wednesday night a small amount of lime was inadvertently released inside the flue gas treatment area during the commissioning and testing of the Dublin Waste to Energy plant at Ringsend,” said a spokesman for Dublin Waste to Energy Ltd.

“At the time there were a number of workers in an adjacent area. As a precaution, eleven workers were sent to St Vincent’s Hospital nearby for medical evaluation. Two were detained overnight.”

Eleven hospitalised after ‘uncontrolled release’ at Poolbeg (The Irish Times)