This morning.
The piece of marmalade that looks like Ireland.
Or an Ireland-shaped buttery residue.
We may never know.
Thanks Colum Cronin
The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (New Island)
UPDATE:
“Things that look like Ireland” – @ColumFromCork I see your marmalade and I’ll raise you my bacon! @broadsheet_ie https://t.co/dcOnUnbPiS pic.twitter.com/gHuiqnTvGu
— Brian Gormley (@TUDublin_Life) August 11, 2020
The full irish.
Just signed the order to release €2bn in low interest long-term loans to Irish businesses. Applications through banks and other lenders in next few weeks pic.twitter.com/xjCa46uD6q
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) August 11, 2020
This afternoon.
One for Larry.
One for Denis.
None for you.
FIGHT!
Talbot Hotel Stillorgan now offer bedrooms as ‘Student Accommodation’ for €250pw. It’s €250 for a single room Mon-Fri. Twin rooms €200 Mon-Fri pps. Breakfast included but it’s unclear if any cooking facilities are provided #DubRentWatch #HomesNotHotels https://t.co/sKKqzXPADL pic.twitter.com/uP1qyXUmwA
— Dublin Rental Watch (@DubRentWatch) August 11, 2020
Oh.
‘Influence of Pandemic’.
An installation by artist Hina Khan (top).
Exhibiting at the West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork today and tomorrow.
Hina writes:
My installation is representing the global situation and is a firm reaction to forced lockdown….Trauma and uncertainty mould the ideas to rethink and reshape….
Nurses at St James’s Hospital, Dublin last month
Cba with this country. Student nurses are to start block placements soon unpaid, most of us work weekends in other healthcare settings/pubs/restaurants etc but obv this poses a huge cross contamination risk. Are we expected to work unpaid for our placements with no part time job?
— Órla Nolan (@orlanolan_97) August 10, 2020
Anyone?
‘sup?
This morning.
Store Street Garda Station, Dublin.
Via Garda Info:
This dog was found yesterday in Phibsborough, Dublin 7. He is micro-chipped but the chip is not registered. His name is Max on the ID tag. He is currently at Store Street waiting for his owner to come and collect him – 01 666 8000…
Anyone?
From top: Protest in Hong Kong in May; Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster (top left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill (bottom right) on a video call with Belfast’s Chinese Consul General, Madame Zhang Meifang (right)
This morning.
Via The Irish News:
THE first and deputy first minister are alleged to have told a Chinese government representative they “understand and respect” Hong Kong’s draconian national security laws.
Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill are said to have given the endorsement in a video call with Belfast’s Chinese Consul General, according to the consulate.
Details of the virtual meeting emerged in a report posted in recent weeks on the Chinese Consulate’s website.
Meanwhile…
Madame Zhang also spoke about Hong Kong’s national security legislation, claiming it does not undermine the region’s level of autonomy or its residents’ freedoms.
The report added:
“Foster and O’Neill said that the Northern Ireland government cherishes friendship with China, understands and respects Hong Kong’s national security legislation, and sincerely wishes Hong Kong more prosperity and stability, and expressed that Northern Ireland is willing to further strengthen its cooperation with China in the epidemic.
“Mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of prevention and control, local cooperation, economy, trade and tourism will better benefit the people of both sides.”
Meanwhile…
In a single-line response, an Executive Office spokeswoman said: “Ministers held a courtesy call with the Chinese Consul General as part of their regular communications on areas of interest to the executive.“
Anyone?
Former Health Minister Simon Harris
Just back from a supermarket where I met a very upset staff member who had politely reminded a shopper of the need to wear a face mask. A message which was not well received. Our supermarket staff have been doing trojan work throughout the pandemic. Don’t be a jerk, wear the mask
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) August 10, 2020
Last night
Meanwhile…
Simon mixing with the great unwashed… pic.twitter.com/JNPYFznAyl
— PieceOfPi552 (@PieceOfPi552) August 10, 2020
Yup.
Meanwhile…
Authoritarianism gone mad! https://t.co/prxewkelrA
— Mary Kenny (@MaryKenny4) August 10, 2020
Yesterday evening.
Aghern, County Cork.
Vulcan 01 writes:
THREE hundred plus metres of hedge and trees gone in the middle of the Ban. Rang Fermoy Garda and no interest, Gave me a cock and bull story about trees interfering with crops. Felling tress roadside with no signage either…
Anyone?
Love In A Covid Climate dating site forum from the Lockdown Sceptics website
Oh.
This afternoon.
Seeking a rebellious mate?
Following criticism at the launch of a dating section on his ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ website…
…site founder Toby Young writes:
After I was contacted by the Evening Standard asking me to comment on the “adverse reaction online”, I had a chat with the Forum moderators.
Should we abandon the whole idea?
Would it be too much work to constantly weed out the pranksters, particularly if “Love in a Covid Climate” attracts a bit of publicity?
They heroically concluded it would not and set to work tidying it up. I can’t promise that no hoaxers will get through from now on, but we should be able to spot them fairly quickly.
Since we cleaned it up “Love in a Covid Climate” appears to have taken off, with plenty of legitimate users now posting messages. And I’m happy to weather the Twitter storm if readers think it’s a useful service.
The most common barbs revolve around the fact that lockdown sceptics are more likely to have the virus than other people, making them extremely unappealing as potential romantic partners.
I even got an email from a reporter at the Guardian asking me to respond to the charge that the forum could spread coronavirus and harm the individuals involved…
FIGHT!
Love In A Covid Climate (Lockdown Sceptics)
Meanwhile….
“I don’t want a sterile world.”
Cheryl, a photographer from the Cotswolds, England asks covidly: how do you survive ‘without meaning’?
