Yesterday.
Malahide Castle, county Dublin.
Models Phoebe (above left) and Li-ann (above right) sport garments, frocks and whatnot from this season at Jervis Shopping Centre…
…with looks curated from stores in the centre including New Look, Stradivarius, Bershka, Carraig Donn, JD Sports, Schuh, Timberland, Vans, Jack and Jones, Vila, Tesco, Diesel, Best Menswear and Marks and Spencer.
Jervis Shopping Centre
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Launching #LeftOutsideAlone. Together we can end segregated reopening.
https://t.co/IpiydKtFdf pic.twitter.com/mMAaOybS8q— Art O’Mahony (@art_omahony) June 29, 2021
Last night.
Art O’Mahoney, President of Young Fine Gael, makes the anti-apartheid case for the unvaxxed.
SOQ writes:
Complete surprise but so far the main opponents of vaccine passports appear to be Young Fine Gael…
Earlier: It Takes A Village
Above from left: Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Taoiseach Michael Martin and Tanaiste Leo Vradkar, at a press conference at Government Buildings yesterday evening
The Tanaiste @LeoVaradkar tells @morningireland says the Govt will now do 3 things: accelerate vaccine programme; monitor the delta wave; develop a corona pass for those fully vaccinated and recovered from Covid-19. @rtenews
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) June 30, 2021
This morning.
RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said the situation is very unfair to young people but the best thing that can be done for them is to make sure they are vaccinated.
“I don’t think anything is fair about this pandemic, but this is the reality,” he said.
Mr Varadkar said the Government understands the announcement on delaying reopening was a surprise for many people and it will take time now to explain the modelling provided that led to the decision.
He said he is going to sit down with the hospitality industry and see how to make a green pass/corona pass system work, adding that there will be anomalies and details to work out, including if children under six can be exempted.
But, he said, initial advice from the Attorney General is that a vaccination certificate is lawful.
Mr Varadkar said that while the Government had not planned for such a system, nobody “had anticipated a scenario where there could be up to 2,000 deaths in coming months.”
Tánaiste ‘hopes’ NPHET is wrong, but balance of risk too high (RTÉ)
Yesterday.
Malahide village, county Dublin.
A High Court challenge has been brought against Fingal County Council’s decision to pedestrianise New Street in the village to allow for outdoor dining.
Meanwhile, this morning.
Representatives from the hospitality industry are due to hold talks with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin.
The Hospitality Forum, which includes hotel, restaurant and licensed vintner groups, meets ministers every three or four months.
Today’s long scheduled meeting is timely as it will be the first opportunity for the hospitality industry to engage with members of the Cabinet, which yesterday paused the reopening of indoor activity for an unspecified period of time.
Hospitality representatives to hold talks with Govt ministers (RTÉ)
From top: Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health; the five ‘scenarios’ outlined in his letter to the cabinet yesterday with the mean number of cases, hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths from July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021 under each scenario
This afternoon.
Further to the announcement of a delay in re-opening, Government, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said according to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), modelling scenarios….
‘…that the planned easing of these measures should only proceed once a robust, non-reproducible and enforceable system of verification of vaccination or immunity status can be put in place to support this.
“If this is not deemed feasible, the Government should consider pausing further easing of these measures until such a system can be instituted”, it advised.
The letter outlined five separate scenarios, with possible outcomes from “Optimistic” with 165 deaths between 1 July and 30 September to “Pessimistic” with 2,170 deaths from Covid-19.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the Government has taken the “cautious approach”…
Full letter here.
NPHET letter outlined five scenarios to Government (RTÉ)
For your consideration.
Kirk Squad.
Séamus Hanley, of Enlightenment Pictures, writes:
A new episode with performances by various comedy talents, including Danger Farm‘s Diarmuid & Donnacha O’Brien, along with cameos by author Deirdre Sullivan and filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman.
Laugh long and prosper.
Previously: Episode 6
Eamon Ryan in the Dáil at the Convention Centre this afternoon
During Leaders Questions, Labour’s Alan Kelly dismissed the Govt’s Covid measures as “absolutely bananas”. Minister Eamon Ryan said that the Govt wants “to sit down with stakeholders” and to look at options which “provide better protection” | https://t.co/QRuxSAYrp1 pic.twitter.com/MfxWnl1UhN
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 29, 2021
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has dismissed NPHET’s advice as “completely bonkers”. He called for an independent analysis of the advice. Eamon Ryan said it was his view that Ireland will not experience a major wave due to the measures being taken | https://t.co/QRuxSAYrp1 pic.twitter.com/CF4UUKQVuv
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 29, 2021
This afternoon.
Seems to have gone down well.
Earlier…
Madness. No plan No ambition no clue how to live with covid. Discriminatory plans to divide society and discriminate on grounds of health. We have failed utterly to balance advice with the needs of a functioning society. I despair. https://t.co/34PRXmp1ps
— Marc MacSharryTD (@MarcMacsharryTD) June 29, 2021
Earlier…
Leo Varadkar: "We only planned vaxx for travel. This is a big change, no one is delighted about but the alternative is to keep facilities closed until herd immunity and we don't know when that is. It is difficult and does have consequences and will be divisive."
— aoife moore. (@aoifegracemoore) June 29, 2021
Meanwhile…
Just heard @DonnellyStephen on the radio plugging vaccine discrimination in restaurants, & saying he was “advised” that unvaccinated people should NOT travel even with a negative PCR, even though they have a legal right to do so.
I felt like pinching myself. Is this for REAL?
— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) June 29, 2021
Earlier: Delta Farce
Meanwhile…
The fully vaccinated who agree that only the vaccinated should benefit from rewards like eating inside out of the rain … how will they react this autumn when they are turned away from the same doors because their QR code shows that haven’t received their boosters? #disbandNphet
— Tony O’Brien (@rebelfocus) June 29, 2021
Oh,
From top Street artist ‘Asbestos’ at 40/41 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
This afternoon.
O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
Via Hugh Lane Gallery
Joining up with artist Asbestos we are presenting a contemporary response to ‘From Secret Block to ROSC‘ our centenary celebration display of [German artist and Fluxus founder] Joseph Beuys’ work in the gallery from July 14 – October 31.
The mural takes the form of a figure made of painted burnt matches. Each one represents a person who has sadly died from Covid-19. During its lifetime the mural will be updated with more matches until such time as when the pandemic has passed. The hoarding will feature a quote from Joseph Beuys book ‘The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland‘ (1974): “pass freely from one level of existence to another…”
Declan Kelly, a go-to adviser for CEOs of major companies such as General Electric and Coca-Cola, has resigned as chairman and chief executive of global consulting firm Teneo after reports of drunken misbehavior at a charity event last month https://t.co/zAdua6cNdS
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 29, 2021
This afternoon.
‘On May 2nd I made an inadvertent, public and embarrassing mistake for which I took full responsibility and apologized to those directly affected, as well as my colleagues and clients. A campaign against the reputation of our firm has followed and may even continue in the coming days. However, regardless of the veracity of any such matters I do not want them to be an ongoing distraction to the running of our company.
In order to protect the employees of Teneo and its clients, and with my family’s strong support, I have decided to leave the company and resign as Chairman and CEO.
Teneo will remain the best in the world at what it does, a firm whose success has been driven by three virtues – hard work, decency and compassion.
Over recent days I have received countless messages of support from my colleagues, clients, public figures and people who know me well both personally and professionally. Their support and trust is what counts the most. I will be forever grateful to them all.
I want to thank our hundreds of clients around the world for their support of our business and their loyalty to our people. You are the reason Teneo exists. And to my 1,250 colleagues worldwide, I will continue to be your biggest supporter.’
Declan Kelly this afternoon.
A Statement By Declan Kelly (Teneo)
Previously: On A Global Stage
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
People Before Profit TDs Brid Murphy (above left) and Richard Boyd Barret (above centre) hold a demonstration with elderly activists outside Leinster House calling for all TDs to support their party’s Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill.
This bill would give retired workers and their associations the right to go to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ‘when their occupational scheme has been affected, regardless of the length of time the workers concerned have been retired from their workplace’.
