This morning.
Merrion Street, Dublin 2.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin arriving at Government Buildings for a Cabinet meeting where the introduction of mandatory quarantining at hotels in Ireland will be presented by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.
Important documents?
Or packed lunch?
We may never know.
Cabinet to consider legislation over hotel quarantining (RTÉ)
Saturday’s Financial Times weekend magazine
Stumped in D6 writes:
Your readers may have an explanation for the presence of an old Irish phone box in this Hermès ad in Saturday’s FT…
Anyone?
Corkman Daniel Culhane’s erratic driving on December 16, 2020 went viral
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ News:
A drunk driver who crossed the centre line of a main road over 20 times endangering other drivers has been disqualified from driving for 20 years.
Cork Circuit Court Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said that if he could have he would have disqualified Daniel Culhane for life.
He also sentenced the 30-year-old, with an address at Owenahincha, Rosscarbery in Co Cork, to four years in prison with one year suspended.
Meanwhile…
Culhane also admitted threatening to kill a man at Teadies Lower, producing a baseball bat while making this threat and causing criminal damage to a vehicle
Meanwhile…
Culhane also pleaded guilty to burglary at Supervalu in Dunmanway and causing criminal damage to a glass panel of a rear door….
Meanwhile..
…As well as stealing ten cans of cider at Kevin O’Leary’s garage in Bandon.
Hic.
Cork man jailed, disqualified for 20 years for drunk driving (RTÉ)
February 15th is #SinglesAppreciationDay! Today is an (unofficial) holiday celebrated by single people worldwide. It is a celebration of #love in all forms – recognising the love between friends, family and loving yourself.
[IMAGE: “Not Married”, Getty Images] pic.twitter.com/1EPGp0Hx2k
— National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) February 15, 2021
Happy Singleton Appreciation Day!
It comes around so fast.
*weeps copiously*
Anne Kelly Silke was fostered out of Tuam Mother and Baby Home aged nine.
Each and every survivor deserves that their stories be told, heard and believed. To say “no evidence” when there are sworn affidavits otherwise is another slap in the face. I’ll leave Mammy’s story here. #motherandbabyhomes https://t.co/nzmAUoRcRY
— Sharon McMorrow (@mcmorrow_sharon) January 12, 2021
January 12.
Time is not a luxury that many survivors have, their justice needs to be now. If you have a relative who deserves that justice please don’t put off doing what needs to be done.
— Sharon McMorrow (@mcmorrow_sharon) February 14, 2021
Yesterday.
‘Anne was moved from one home to another, more often treated as an unpaid servant than as a family member. Her childhood was one of beatings, deprivation and loneliness. As she grew up, she experienced prejudice for being a “Home Baby” and even found it hard to find a partner locally…’
From a Would You Believe? documentary on Anne and the Tuam babies, RTÉ One.
RIP.
Friday: Mother and Baby Home Report Update
Last week: Whitmore Time
Getty
Unperturbed by the gale force winds and driving rain these frisky Irish Hares turned the pace up for Valentine’s Day!#covidnaturediary #leveret #irishhare @BioDataCentre @Irishwildlife @HPT_Official @NatureRTE @nature_org @npwsBioData #nature #noticeit #respectit #protectit pic.twitter.com/yAQ8AAcWOS
— Ann Higginson (@AnnHigginson64) February 14, 2021
Stop that.
Get a burrow, you two.
This morning.
Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Paramedic William Masterson (above) injects the AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccination into the arms of, from pic 5: Irish Army Company Sergeant John Mulvaney, Sergeant Leona Houlihan and Private Gareth Quin, as vaccinations of Health Workers, staff and GPss take place in grounds of St Mary’s Hospital/Nursing Home.
No gloves?
Meanwhile…
💉 NEW: Here are the 37 sites which will be used for the general public to access a #covid19ireland vaccine.
General public will be asked to register for an appointment online and then show up to one of these centres to get the jab(s): pic.twitter.com/TZKOLRdRhH
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 15, 2021
Meanwhile…
Pre-vaccination deaths are described as ‘Covid deaths’ Post vaccination, deaths are described as ‘underlying conditions’.
The language game is in full swing.
— Dr. Marcus De Brun (@indepdubnrth) February 15, 2021
Oh.
Vaccination centre for each county as roll-out ramps up (RTÉ)
Yesterday.
Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA.
Following the acquittal of Donald Trump by the US Senate in the second impeachment attempt by Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
…Trump attorney Michael van der Veen explains to CBS anchor Lana Zak how Democrat lawmakers presented doctored and fraudulent evidence during his client’s Senate impeachment trial.
Fight!
Meanwhile…
well fuck u all – traitors – cult members – reality deniers
u have no shame – u tossed ur legacy in with his – the nation will not forget ur betrayal – he tried to kill mike pence for gods sake – what will it take – damn it #TrumpIsGuilty— ROSIE (@Rosie) February 14, 2021
Taking it well.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2
This morning.
Via The Sunday Times:
According to one estimate, 12 per cent of retail units on Grafton Street, one of the country’s busiest shopping locations before the pandemic, are vacant. Department store Debenhams, which closed last year, has left nearly one million sq ft of empty retail space across Ireland, according to Neil Bannon of commercial property consultancy Bannon.
All told, it is possible that the equivalent square footage of Dundrum Town Centre will have been vacated by the fashion retail crash.”
Retail fashion falls into a sinkhole on the Irish high street (Conor McMahon,Sunday Times)
