Author Archives: Bodger

The cold meats section at a London supermarket last March

This morning.

Via Reuters:

Britain’s supermarkets, wholesalers and hauliers were struggling on Thursday to ensure stable food and fuel supplies after an official health app told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolate after contact with someone with COVID-19.

Reuters reporters said food items were widely available in London shops although there were some shortages of bottled water, soft drinks, and some salad and meat products.

“We’re very concerned about the situation,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky when asked about reports of empty supermarket shelves in some areas. “We’re monitoring the situation.”

‘Pingdemic’ grips Britain as fears of food shortages grow (Reuters)

Reuters

This morning/afternoon.

Dublin soup run faces closure with fears HSE inspection may be the ‘final nail in the coffin’ (Dublin Live)

Hogan’s, South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2 pre-Covid

This morning.

Following the signing into law by President Higgins yesterday of measures that will deny access to pubs and restaurants to the unvaxxed…

….the new indoor hospitality guidelines are due to be published shortly.

Via RTÉ

It is understood that under the guidelines drawn up by the Indoor Hospitality Guidelines Group, there will be no limit on the length of time customers can remain in a premises.

Face coverings will have to be worn by customers moving around indoors, and digital and paper vaccine certificates will be accepted on entry.

In addition, there will be no bar service, with six people allowed to eat at a table indoors.

Guidelines on indoor dining to be outlined (RTÉ)

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Meanwhile…

Here’s How.

The current affairs podcast presented by William Campbell (right) meets legal scholar Cian Ó Concubhair (left).

William writes:

If you had to choose between jail and giving the gardaí the password to all your online accounts, would you choose Mountjoy or Wheatfield?

I talk to Cian about new laws that give gardaí the power to demand access to your devices and social media profiles. Can they be trusted? Also, what happened to AA Roadwatch?

Listen here

Demonstrators attend a protest in Paris, France last Sunday against vaccine passports announced by French President Emmanuel Macron

This afternoon.

Via Reuters:

People visiting museums, cinemas or swimming pools in France without a vaccination certificate have been turned away, after new rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 kicked in.

On Wednesday, some people in France were disappointed when they arrived at certain venues, museums, cinemas or swimming pools, to find that they would need to present proof of their Covid-19 vaccination to gain entry.

“I was really angry… I had no idea,” a 51-year-old told Reuters after being turned away from the Louvre museum in central Paris. “But then I calmed down and understood there were health reasons,” she said.

Servane de Lansdheer, head of security at the museum, told Reuters that the morning had gone well, with most people turning up with the health pass ready.

The ‘pass sanitaire’ which is being introduced gradually, will also be required from the start of August to enter restaurants and bars and for long-distance train and plane journeys.

Couldn’t happen here.

Entry denied: France’s Covid-19 vaccine passport now required for museums, cinemas or swimming pools (RT)

Earlier: Discrimination Once Again

Reuters

This afternoon.

Sandycove, county Dublin.

Anyone working today?

Just us so.

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Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Forty Foot, Sandycove, county Dublin.

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Meanwhile…

In fairness.