Rob Cross writes:
My colourised c1890 photo of a mother and her ballad singer son in Newtown Castle, Lisdoonvarna, county Clare. The paper her son is holding is a printed poem with the heading ‘Lines on the Scenery Round St. Bridget’s Well in the Co. Clare.’
Last night.
Washington DC.
In remarks from the White House, President Joe Biden announced that the US will share millions more doses of coronavirus vaccines with other countries around the world.
He added:
“if the unvaccinated get vaccinated, they’ll protect themselves and other unvaccinated people around them…
“…Ultimately, those who are not vaccinated will end up paying the price. The vaccinated will continue to be protected against severe illnesses, but others may not be if you’re not vaccinated.”
US to share 20m more COVID vaccine doses with world, total now 80m: Biden (CNBC)
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The Casino apartment complex, Malahide, county Dublin
This morning.
Via The Irish Times:
National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is close to signing off on the bulk sale of 69 apartments in Malahide, Co Dublin, to a UK-based investment fund.
A deal has been reached in principle to sell the apartments at The Casino development in Malahide village to SeaPoint Capital, a serial block-buyer of apartments for the rental market.
Some 34 apartments in the complex were sold to private buyers for an average price of €433,000 over the past 2½ years. Nama is selling the remaining unsold apartments in bulk.
Nama close to approving sale of Dublin apartments to UK-based fund (Irish Times)
Meanwhile…
In the minister’s @DarraghOBrienTD‘s constituency
A deal has been reached in principle to sell the apartments at The Casino development in Malahide village to SeaPoint Capital, a serial block-buyer of apartments for the rental market.#vulturefunds #HomeNotInvestments
— Mick Caul 😷 (@caulmick) May 18, 2021
Pic: MyHome.ie
Yesterday.
Chimney Park, Docklands, Dublin 2.
Carlosfandango writes:
Looks a little different these days. Still very quiet in the Docklands…
Name that jammer?
This afternoon.
Going somewhere?
“I think it’s more towards the end of the summer that it’s more likely around August at the earliest before we’ll be saying to people that it’s okay to engage in non essential international trave.,”
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar earlier.
Meanwhile…
“No international travel until August” says Varadkar, as 23 international flights arrive in Dublin today. pic.twitter.com/KSLvMUQLAd
— Féach News (@_FeachNews) May 17, 2021
Good times.
‘August at earliest for holidays abroad’ – Tánaiste Leo Varadkar (Independent.ie)
Earlier: Something To Declare
World Freedom Day march on Saturday in Dublin
🔴 Ministers have warned vaccine refusers are the “principal threat” to the final lifting of lockdown restrictions on June 21https://t.co/oRCo5ZsinU
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 17, 2021
This morning/afternoon.
🚨 | NEW: There is a moral debate taking place in government with some arguing that they have a duty to prevent deaths among those who refused the vaccine, and others privately suggesting that vaccine refusers cannot hold back the rest of the country, even if some die@politico
— Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) May 17, 2021
Gulp.
Earlier…
"We've got to combat vaccine hesitancy."
Former prime minister Tony Blair says 'part of the problem' with tackling COVID is that some people who are entitled to a COVID vaccine are not getting them.
Get the latest on #COVID19: https://t.co/35akzX3gdX pic.twitter.com/2ZdvyrxvB0
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 17, 2021
Yikes.
Anti-vaxxers ‘are main threat to final lockdown freedoms’, minister warns *Metro)
Earlier: Your Call
Pic: KN
Have you seen this bell?
Last week, during a discussion about the derelict Magdalene Laundry site in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Dr Laura McAtackney, an historical archeologist, shared images (above) of a make-shift bell used by the nuns at the institution.
Laura sadly added that the bell went missing between visits to the site.
Breeda Murphy writes:
It is not of any monetary value but in terms of what it conveys – we can speculate as to the purpose; calling the girls to work; to pray – recite the Angelus perhaps; to eat or that it was time to load the van with fresh laundered linens etc – who knows? but it’s significant as a piece that reminds us of absence. The absence of the women who rang the bell and those for whom the bell tolled whose footprints are erased from such sites.
Anyone?
Last week: An Archeology Of Containment
This morning.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Earlier: Assembly Required
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Arnott’s, Henry Street, Dublin 1.
This morning.
What’s your poison?
Via RTÉ News:
Strict conditions on the use of the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines in people aged between 40 and 49 will mean people will have a choice to accept them, or wait for an mRNA vaccine, like Pfizer or Moderna…
…..The J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines will only be permitted to be used if an mRNA vaccine is not available at the time of vaccination.
People must be given a choice at that time on what vaccine to accept, with fully-informed consent…
….It expects to start vaccinations for this group of people later this month.
People aged 40-49 can decide to accept J&J or AZ jabs (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
More metallic vax shenanigans.
Or sleight of arm?
Only you can decide.
Previously: Opposites Distract
This morning.
IKEA, Ballymun, Dublin 11.
Non-essential shops begin to reopen today.
We’re flat pack, baby.
