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Life coach Tara Rafter and GAA pundit Joe brolly

Further to a column on the Sunday Independent by by GAA pundit Joe Brolly, where he called life coaching a ‘con job’ and singled out several practitioners, including award-winning coach Tara Rafter.

Mr Brolly claimed life coaches fooled people into “striving for a life of dumb positivity, self-promotion, narcissism and individuality”.

Via The Western People”

Ms Rafter remarked that she recognised the characteristics of a person in pain in Mr Brolly:

“I am sending him compassion, healing and love which is why I visited Knock today and purchased a Mass for him.”

Resolving to communicate her thoughts on the column in a letter to the editor of the Sunday Independent, she concluded:

“You cannot meet negativity with negativity. If Joe Brolly ever needs a cup of tea and a chat, my door is open,” she concluded.

In fairness.

FIGHT!

Joe Brolly Is A Person IN Pain (Western People)

The Navigation Coach

 

RTÉ News health Correspondent Fergal Bowers

 

Last night.

This morning.

G’wan the Frank.

Previously: Come Out, You’re Back And Tanned

Rollingnews


Yesterday.

Dublin City Council has approved a 224-bedroom hotel at Molyneux Yard in the Liberties, Dublin 8.

Directly behind the Vicar Street concert venue.

Which is also being redeveloped…


…into an hotel.

Good times.

Previously: More Floors, Vicar?

How the Phoenix Park gates were re-opened to traffic

Phoenix Park drive through.

Closed for the rona.

Re-opened without consultation.

Freedom of Information warrior Ken Foxe writes:

Text exchange (above) between Minister of State for Office of Public Works Patrick O’Donovan’s private secretary and a senior Office of Public Works (OPW) official requesting the reopening of all gates in Phoenix Park.

OPW warns: “As directed, the gates will reopen from tomorrow morning. As advised … there will be a degree of opposition to this.”

The gates re-opened the next morning.

An email from OPW Chairman Maurice Buckley also shows Minister O’Donovan had asked at a meeting about whether it was realistic to keep gates closed when there was “no alternative for traffic” in the surrounding areas.

Fianna Fáil Minister and TD Jack Chambers had forwarded on six representations received from constituents who had complaints about the closure of the Phoenix Park gates. He looked for a response from the OPW…

Good times.

Name that jammer (top), anyone?

Right To Know

Ken Foxe

Answer: ‘Jeans’.

Sinn Féin TD’s bilingual child actor past is revealed.

FIGHT!

Elizabeth Canavan , Deputy Assistant Secretary General at the Department of Taoiseach in Government Buildings

This afternoon.

Government Buildings. Dublin 2.

“As I mentioned previously COVID-19 Illness Benefit is available to any person employed and self-employed who is diagnosed with COVID-19, or who has been advised that they are a probable source of infection of COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

As of this week that will also include workers who live in Direct Provision. This will ensure that these workers can follow the relevant health advice in relation to COVID-19 with the same confidence that there are financial supports in place to assist them.

In addition with effect from this week the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available to people living in Direct Provision centres as well as applicants for International Protection who live in the community outside the Direct Provision system.”

Deputy Assistant Secretary General at the Department of Taoiseach, Elizabeth Canavan

COVID Benefits for those in Direct Provision (Gov.ie)

Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Back to school!

WHEN!?

At top from left Former Debenhams Workers Jane Crowe (worked at Debenhams for 24 years) , Linda Carroll (19 years) and Alicia Alonso (14 years).

This morning

Henry Street, Dublin 1.

The launch of a national demonstration this Saturday calling for the support of some 1,000 workers who were laid off by Debenhams and told that the company does not have sufficient assets to fund their agreed redundancy package.

Saturday 2pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

This afternon

A campaign aimed at the 3,500 pubs across Ireland which had been expecting to reopen next week,

The majority of pubs will now have to keep their doors shut for a minimum of 168 days…

…which represents 46% of a year.

The LVA and the VFI said the “sympathy” being expressed by the Government figures will not save pub businesses or jobs.

This is the second time in three weeks that the Government has delayed the reopening of the pubs. The Government is also yet to publish the guidelines for how these pubs will be expected to operate…..

550 Pubs say they will reopen on Aug 15th against Government Guidelines (John Daly, An Síbín)

Former Fine Gael minister Brian Hayes, CEO of Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, speaking to the press outside the Department of Finance after a meeting with Minister of Finance Paschal Donohue in March

This  afternoon.

Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Politico-turned-bank-lobbyist Brian Hayes surprises financial whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman.

Turned over a new leaf?

Clone malfunction?

We may never know.

Banking and Payments Federation Ireland

Previously: Who Is Jonathan Sugarman?

Rollingnews

Thanks wickedfairysad