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Yesterday.

River Liffey at Dublin city centre.

Swimmers take part in a launch in the Liffey for “Swimming a Long Way Together”, a project by artist Vanessa Daws and curated by Rosie Hermon, which draws inspiration from 20th century pioneer swimmer Mercedes Gleitze. Events will take place across Ireland until Summer 2022. This launch event featured singers from Landless and swimmers from the Dublin Swimming Club.

Swimming A Long Way Together

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

This morning.

Butt Bridge, Dublin 1.

Labour TD Ivana Bacik joined Palestinian children living in Ireland to launch a new campaign to highlight ‘the difficulties, dangers and dread that Palestinian children face as they go back to school in their towns and villages’, organised by Sadaka, The Ireland Palestine Alliance  and Defence for Children International Palestine (DCI).

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This afternoon.

Actor Sean Penn has added to his call to isolate the unvaccinated saying they should not be allowed to see his new movie in cinemas.

Via Variety:

Penn made his stance clear in July, when he stated that he would not return to the set of “Gaslit,” the Watergate drama in which he plays attorney general John Mitchell, until the entire crew was vaccinated. And at the Aug. 11 premiere of his new film “Flag Day,” Penn said, “I do request people who are not vaccinated, don’t go to the cinemas. Stay home until you are convinced of these very clearly safe vaccines.”

Sean Penn Doubles Down on Vaccination Request in Theaters and on Set: ‘I Believe It Should Be Mandatory’ (Variety)

Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

People are being urged to come forward for a Covid-19 vaccine to help overcome the spread of the Delta variant.

The chair of the National Public Health Emergency’s Team’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Philip Nolasn said while Ireland is well on target to have over 90% of the population vaccinated by the middle of September, “we have not yet reached the level of vaccine protection that we would like to have“.

He said that since April there were almost 200 admissions to ICUs, three quarters of which were among people who were not vaccinated.

Prof Nolan said that 19 out of 20 of these patients had no vaccination or were partially vaccinated and the vast majority were eligible for vaccination.

He said only 5% of those admitted to ICU were 14 days out from their second vaccine.

Vaccines key to overcoming Delta spread – Nolan (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

Anyone?

Meanwhile…

….via Independent.ie:

St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin is admitting a “worrying” number of double-vaccinated patients for treatment for Covid-19, emergency department head Professor John Ryan has said.

He emphasised that just because people are double-jabbed does not mean they are immune to the virus.

“Right now, we’re seeing a significant number of breakthrough cases,” he said.

Anyone?

St Vincent’s at capacity as ‘worried unwell’ add to the workload woes (Independent.ie)

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Le gulp.

This afternoon.

Couldn’t happen here.

Kidding.

 

Car insurance protest in Dublin city centre in 2016

This morning/afternoon.

We knew this day would come.

Via RTÉ:

Six motor insurance companies have signed legally binding agreements to reform their internal competition law compliance programmes, following an investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commissio

The development brings to an end a five-year long investigation by the CCPC into suspected “price-signalling” by organisations operating in the insurance market – an anti-competitive practice where businesses make their competitors aware that they intend hiking prices.

The CCPC said the agreements in no way give the industry a “clean bill of health” and it has written to the Central Bank outlining its concerns about the broader culture of the industry and the “repeated interventions that have been needed to address issues in the sector.”

The six firms that have signed up to the legal commitments are AIG Europe SA, Allianz PLC, AXA Insurance DAC, Aviva Insurance Ireland DAC, FBD Insurance PLC and AA Ireland Limited.

However…

Brokers Ireland, which was also the subject of the probe, has declined to sign up to the agreements.

*swerve*

Motor insurers to introduce new compliance measures (RTÉ)

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This morning.

Firm but fair.

Yesterday: “It’s Never Too Late”

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