Further to the house fire in Balbriggan, County Dublin blamed by some as a racially-motivated, gang-related arson attack..
Jakub Zarkowsk on Gofundme writes:
My very close friend Dare lost his house on August the 9 to a fire. The news and media is making it out to be some sort of gang related incident. Honestly it has nothing to do with that. This was a complete accident.
Thankfully his mother and sister weren’t home, his step dad and little brother were in the house at the time but made it out safely. Thank god there all safe but they left behind everything in that house. Any help (at link below) would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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At midnight, four fire engines and an emergency ambulance were called to a house fire after reports of a SUV crashing into the building. No one was injured and firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining properties.
Journalist and broadcaster Philip O’Connor writes:
I was in the Hilton Hotel in New York where Donald Trump’s campaign was based on election day 2016, and the result shocked everyone – that shouldn’t happen if the media and journalism had done its job.
But it didn’t.
A major part of the reason for that was that nobody listened to ordinary American voters whose ballots decided the election.
So this time around, instead of sitting at a desk rewriting press releases or talking to academics and other journalists and regurgitating opinion polls that turn out to be wrong, I’m going to hit the road through all 50 states for 50 days and see what they have to say.
I’m going to visit diners and laundromats, gyms and gas stations, main streets and city halls to find out exactly what they are thinking and what will influence how they cast their votes.
To do this I need support, so I’ve started a Kickstarter campaign (see below), and there are sponsorship opportunities available.
For €10 (or a measly 20c per episode) you’ll get 50 podcasts, plus an e-postcard from the road every week, and €35 will get you a daily email. For €500 you can sponsor a whole episode, and if you have a big brand and want to sponsor the whole series, then I’m all ears.
The media business is broken, and this is me trying out a new way of making it viable while bringing you something unique that nobody else can or will do.
On November 3, I’ll be in New York, on the ground as the votes are tallied.
Minister for Health @DonnellyStephen says it is “entirely possible” that measures in place in Laois, Kildare and Offaly could be introduced again. He says if they were not put in place, “we could have been right back to the start again” | More: https://t.co/iy7ZNfMsN3pic.twitter.com/9kfBgxxz6x
A new colour-coded response is being considered by the National Public Health Emergency team as part of Ireland’s Covid-19 pandemic plan.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said NHPET has spent a considerable amount of time looking at how Ireland can move to a sustainable long-term plan and the colour-coded system is different to the original roadmap, or phases, outlined by the previous government
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Minister Donnelly said the phases were about providing time frames, but the codes are a warning system on where “we are at on any given day.”
He said he believes the measures introduced for Laois, Kildare and Offaly are very nuanced and it is possible that such measures will be introduced in other areas in the future.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar* sat down with Richard Curran (above left) and Ella McSweeney (centre) for tonight’s Open for Business In the wide ranging interview, he speaks about schools reopening and how he believes that that they won’t be the first thing to be closed down if there’s an upsurge of Covid-19 in the Winter period….
One of Russian President Vladimir #Putin‘s daughters has been vaccinated from #coronavirus, he said on Tuesday.
The #vaccine will be available to the general public starting in January, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova added. pic.twitter.com/GcvrJGGBmK
