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This morning/afternoon

An awareness campaign launched by Homeless charity Depaul to highlight the ‘need to protect those experiencing homelessness beyond the Covid period’.

Via Depaul:

The charity is currently providing support to 66% of 235 ‘shielding beds’ currently set up to protect the most vulnerable living in the homeless population, including those most medically compromised in terms of contracting Covid-19.

The shielding units are being delivered in conjunction with the Health Service Executive where onsite medical interventions, including nursing staff and dual diagnosis workers, are available.

…Some of the medical needs of those residing in these shielding units include people with terminally ill diagnosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and severe asthma.

The charity has also noticed an acute deterioration in mental health up to and including self-harm and suicidal ideation…

Depaul

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly

This afternoon.

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the first Covid-19 vaccines will be adminstered on December 30.

Via RTÉ News:

Minister Donnelly said frontline healthcare workers and nursing homes will be vaccinated first and we can “then have a different conversation about opening up”.

Cabinet were told today that around 10,000 batches of the Pfizer/BioNTech will arrive after Christmas.

the roll out of these will begin next week to the most vulnerable and that they would build safely and swiftly from there.

After you.

Thank you, but gentlemen first.

No, I insist.

Etc.

First vaccinations to be administered here on 30 December (RTÉ)

RollingNews

This morning.

Just one landlord faced legal action arising from breaches of housing standards at 7,848 private rented properties that failed a first inspection this year, new figures obtained by RTÉ Investigates reveal.

Via RTÉ News:

A total of 10,200 private rented properties were inspected by local councils in the first six months of this year.

Some 76% of these properties were found on first inspection to be non-compliant with housing standards.

in the subsequent three months to September, no legal action was taken by any of 29 local authorities surveyed…

Meanwhile…

In response to a series of Freedom of Information requests, local authorities revealed that not one single property was found to be compliant with housing standards after the first inspections of 770 dwellings in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 607 dwellings in Co Sligo and 259 dwellings in Co Offaly.

Just one landlord faced legal action for housing breaches in 2020 (RTÉ)

This morning.

Bow Street, Dublin

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien met staff of the Capuchin Day Centre, including Br Kevin Crowley (above centre), for a visit to celebrate 50 years of the Capuchin monks giving food to the homeless in Dublin.

Um.

RollingNews

Saturday.

Controversial Dry Robe enthusiasts joined forces with conservative ‘Towel Traditionalists’ to call for an end to raw sewage dumping in Dublin Bay –  demonstrating that effluence can also affect the affluent.

SOS Dublin Bay, a volunteer group, used their towels and dry robes to spell out the figure “18,611” on the beach, to represent the number of people who recently signed a petition on the issue.

Leah Farrell/RollingNews


‘sup?

This afternoon.

Clonee, Dublin 15

Members of Animal Rebellion stopping trucks leaving the Kepak factory.

The group, not to be confused with Extinction Rebellion, are targeting ‘Big Ag’ to highlight ‘the link animal farming has to pandemics’.

Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

‘No evidence it won’t work’.

A double-negative positive.

EMA recommends first COVID-19 vaccine for authorisation in the EU (EMA)

This morning.

Dublin Airport.

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