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Oh.

Jaykers.

Earlier:

Oh.

Comfy-looking chairs, in fairness.

FIGHT!

Previously: Why John Gormley Stayed In Bed

Jaysus.

A twitter thread by Nicole Glennon of the hellscape that is the Dublin “studio apartments” market.

Expensive cells, essentially.

Here’s How.

The current affairs podcast presented by William Campbell (right).

Saturday’s ‘March for Innocence‘ was called by John Connors (above left with Irish Freedom Party President Hermann Kelly) when images of new Children’s minister Roderic O’Gorman marching alongside Peter Tatchell at Dublin Pride in 2018 resurfaced.

Human rights campaigner Mr Tatchell’s views on children and sex and lowering the age of consent have caused controversy for decades in the UK.

In a statement, Minister O’Gorman, who believes that the ‘entire area’ around consent laws need to be re-examined, said he had no affiliation with Mr Tatchell and described his critics as ‘a small group of people with a very clear agenda’.

William writes:

Far-right politicians and their allies have complained loudly on social media that they don’t get the media coverage they deserve… but they have proven much more bashful when I ask them to discuss the issues….

Listen here.

Here’s How

Previously: Innocence And Experience

Dan Boyle: In Rod We Trust

‘A Small Group Of People With A Very Clear Agenda’

From top: Kevin Myers (left), JK Rowling; A tweet from Ms Rowling following Mr Myers’ sacking from The Sunday Times

This afternoon.

In the latest issue of The Spectator.

Journalist and broadcaster Kevin Myers, writes (full article at link below):

…This time three years ago, I was a well-known journalist in Ireland, with a modest profile in Britain.

On the last weekend of July, on the basis of a poorly written column in the Irish edition of the Sunday Times about the pay differentials in the BBC, London social media vilified me.

I was then denounced worldwide as a misogynistic, anti-Semitic Holocaust-denier. One of my most successful accusers was J.K. Rowling.

And now it is her turn, as her entirely justifiable scepticism over the dogmas of transgenderism have rendered her into what she is clearly not, that mythical beast, a ‘transphobe’.

So welcome to the world you helped create, J.K.

In Ireland, I had long been recognised for my unremitting hostility to the IRA, support for Israel and my many articles about the horrors of the Holocaust.

Yet these easily verifiable points were ignored as some foul internet charlatan with my name but none of my beliefs briefly entered the global imagination.

A tsunami of smears from other publications obliterated protestations from the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland that I had told the Irish people truths about the Holocaust that they would not otherwise have known.

But perhaps the most damning contribution came from J.K. Rowling, whose global influence is tectonic.

She tweeted to her 13 million followers an utterly foul distortion of what I had said, namely:

‘Women and Jews deserve what they get. This filth was published in @thesundaytimes. Let that sink in for a moment.’

Deserve what they get? So women deserve to be paid less than men, and Jews merited the Holocaust? The former is bad enough, but the latter assertion is the most wicked representation even by Twitter’s sordid standards.

Despite the proclaimed support for me from Jewish groups, plus two Israeli ambassadors as well as numerous women, their voices could not be heard above the cacophony of my enemies. When the fangs of Rowling’s Twitter followers close on their prey, there is only one outcome….

Welcome to the world you created (Kevin Myers, The Spectator)

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This afternoon.

Earlier….

This morning.

“We are essentially prioritising schools, healthcare facilities, the economy over the accelerated opening of the pubs. This was not done lightly.

We really do understand that there are publicans waiting and hoping that they would be able to open on Monday. But the public health advice is were we to open now them right now it could materially add to the possibility of a second wave and that’s just not a risk we could take.”

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly (top left) to Bryan Dobson on RTE Radio One’s Morning Ireland earlier

Meanwhile…

Mr Donnelly said the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is very concerned given the ‘R’ number is now between 1.2 and 1.8.

The minister said if it is 1.8, then within three weeks we could see be up to 160 cases of Covid-19 per day.

The reproductive rate, or ‘R number’, indicates the number of people on average that an infected person will pass the virus on to.

Um .

Anyone?

Reopening pubs could ‘materially add’ to possibility of second Covid-19 wave, says Donnelly (RTÉ)

Yesterday.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

New Fianna Fáil Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary arrives for a cabinet meeting.

He loves it when a plan comes together.

Fianna Fáil branch says Martin ‘welcome’ in Mayo again after Dara Calleary appointment (Irish Examiner)

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Blood, sweat and big warning signs.

Our finest hour.

Eire Signs Of WW2: The Map

Meanwhile…

Ah here.

James M Chimney writes:

The great and good of Dalkey could always update the sign to reflect peoples worries about tourists…

From top: Facebook HQ, Dublin; Privacy activist Max Schrems outside the High Court, Dublin in 2015

This morning.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Privacy Shield, the EU-US data protection agreement, is invalid.

Via RTÉ:

The case was referred to the European court by Ireland’s High Court.

It began as a 2015 complaint to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, made by Austrian activist Max Schrems (see below).

The outcome could potentially have major implications for the way technology companies handle European citizens’ data.

It specifically relates to the personal data Facebook holds on its European users, which the company sends to its US-based data centres.

However, the ruling could impact any company that sends user data to the US or potentially any other country outside of the EU.

The Privacy Shield framework established between the EU and US was designed to allow data transfers between the two jurisdictions.

EU court rules EU-US data protection agreement invalid (RTE)

Privacy activist and party to the case Max Schrems says:

“I am very happy about the judgment. At first sight it seems the Court has followed us in all aspects.

This is a total blow to the Irish Data protection Commissioner (DPC) and Facebook. It is clear that the US will have to seriously change their surveillance laws, if US companies want to continue to play a role on the EU market.”

The Court clarified for a second time now that there is a clash of EU privacy law and US surveillance law. As the EU will not change its fundamental rights to please the NSA, the only way to overcome this clash is for the US to introduce solid privacy rights for all people – including foreigners.

Surveillance reform thereby becomes crucial for the business interests of Silicon Valley.

This judgment is not the cause of a limit to data transfers, but the consequence of US surveillance laws. You can’t blame the Court to say the unavoidable – when shit hits the fan, you can’t blame the fan.”

CJEU invalidates “Privacy Shield” in US Surveillance case (nypob.eu)

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Outside Grogan’s pub in Dublin 2 earlier this month

Reopening of pubs and nightclubs deferred to 10 August (RTÉ)

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