Protect Our Past.
Susie Dardis, from the Office of Public Works, writes:
From ringforts to round towers, the public is asked to Protect Our Past amidst rise in damage to heritage sites. This campaign highlights the need for visitors to Ireland’s heritage sites and monuments to be mindful of their actions over the summer.
This afternoon.
Convention Centre, Dublin.
MoRhustyDilis writes:
Protest against vaccination passports at the Convention Centre (where the Dáil is sitting)….approx 300 people.
This afternoon.
IMMA, Dublin.
Members of the public watch performances by, from top: poet Rachael Hegarty, musician Farah Elle and poet Geoff Finan as part of the ‘Words Move’ project from Festival in a Van and Poetry Ireland.
They both will bring live performance ‘to your door’ featuring ten poets and ten singer-songwriters taking in ten counties this Summer (details at link below).
Any excuse.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Construction on The National Children’s Hospital began with a budget of €800m
This afternoon.
Public Accounts Committee, Dáil at the Convention Centre, Dublin.
Via RTÉ:
TDs have raised concerns that the cost of the National Children’s Hospital could rise to almost €2 billion, after its management board revealed the contractors have made an additional half a billion worth of claims.
David Gunning of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board told the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee that an additional 906 contractor claims have been made with a value of €446 million.
This is in addition to the €1.43bn cost for the project agreed by the Cabinet in 2019.
Neither the board nor the Department of Health will divulge the real costs for fear of litigation from the contractor.
Children’s hospital cost could rise to €2bn, PAC hears (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Of course. pic.twitter.com/k9bB8gF6MW
— Aran Fitzpatrick (@AranFitzpatrick) July 12, 2021
Oh.
Thanks Giggidygoo
By a vote of 8 Govt TDs and Senators to 6 from the Opposition- pre legislative scrutiny of indoor hospitality bill has been waived by the Oireachtas Health Committee @rtenews
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) July 13, 2021
No!
It’s just the legalising discrimination bit we’re a little worried about.
Did you not hear me?
I did, but shouldn’t we chat first?
NO!
Fair enough. No need to shout.
Committee votes to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of hospitality bill (RTÉ)
Earlier: Non Compliance
Meanwhile…
.@rtenews My EU Digital Covid Certificate has just arrived by email.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) July 13, 2021
Not now Fergal.
This afternoon.
Convention Centre, Dublin.
Outside the sitting of the Dail in the Convention Centre were Kildare grower Larry Doran (top) and , above from left: Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity Pippa Hackett and IFA President Tim Cullinan.
The horticulture sector says it is facing ‘wipeout’ because its members cannot harvest peat. Growers unveiled a 50sq metre display with their produce to highlight the threat to their sector unless there is ‘urgent Government action’.
Asked if they were vaccinated, both Independent TDs @mattiemcgrathtd and @MHealyRae say they should not have to discuss their personal medical records with anyone. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/kyWKTUo0XU
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) July 13, 2021
This morning.
Leinster House, Dublin 2.
Mattie McGrath TD (above left) and Michael Healy-Rae TD from the Rural Independent Group of TDs, ahead of a private members motion tomorrow calling on the government to immediately allow for the reopening of all indoor hospitality to everyone, whether vaccinated or not.
Earlier: “Compliance Is Something That We All Have To Buy Into”
This morning.
Leinster House, Dublin 2.
Newly-elected Labour Party TD for Dublin Bay South, Ivana Bacik with Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly and parliamentary colleagues on her first day at the Dáil.
This morning.
Leinster House, Dublin 2.
People Before Profit TDs Richard Boyd Barret and Paul Murphy hold a press briefing on the planned re-opening of pubs to the vaxxed. The pair have called for a ‘Zero Covid ‘strategy of further, more severe lockdowns and the closure of pubs and restaurants.
Via Irish Times:
The Government’s decision to reopen indoor hospitality in bars and restaurants for people who are vaccinated or who have recent immunity has been described as a “reckless mistake” by an Opposition TD. People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said the Government was “rushing” into the move, which he said was being made at “the behest” of a private business lobby.
The impact of the decision would come at a cost to public health, he told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland.
Reopening indoor hospitality now a ‘reckless mistake’, Paul Murphy says (Irish Times)
Meanwhile…
Yesterday.
Mr Murphy following his first Covid jab.
Soon he will be free.
