Earlier.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Donald McDonald, Brown Thomas Arnotts Managing Director (above) opens the front doors to Brown Thomas after three months in lockdown.
Author Archives: Bodger
Say those end of term goodbyes….
…with panache.
Darren Hughes writes:
Just in time to give teachers the end-of-year send-off they deserve, Ireland’s largest contemporary craft and design fair Gifted has launched an online site featuring the best makers from the annual event at the RDS.
With a selection of gifts for teachers for under €30, Giftedfromireland.com is a curated hub, featuring the very best in Irish craft and design direct from many of the country’s most talented makers.
It features an eclectic mix of jewellery, accessories, homeware, clothing, skincare, artisan food, sustainable living products and gifts which can be delivered worldwide.
From top: Ring dishes in white clay and glaze with a hand-painted 22k gold lustre accent by Danu Ceramics available in a range of colours (€26 each); Ceramic Monster Plant Pots by Yewfort Crafts available in a range of colours (€15); Oak and Perspex Puzzle handmade by The Dublin Puzzle Co. (€20); Small batch marmalade made in Galway by Gran Gran’s Foods in a selection of flavours (€4); Handmade Donegal tweed pocket squares by Orwell & Browne available in a range of colours (€30)
Licks.
Beats an apple, in fairness.
Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘irish-Made Stuff’. No fee.
This afternoon.
To mark Carers Week (until June 14)
And the launch of Life Effects (a support platform from pharma company Teva Ireland, where carers and patients ‘share advice and insights’).
Sally McLoughlin writes:
broadcaster and author, Teena Gates opens up about life, the struggles and the rewarding journey of being a loving carer to her 95 year old Dad, Terry, who suffers with vascular dementia following a fall in 2018.
Teena is one of 391,000 family carers across Ireland who, day in and day out, goes above and beyond for a loved one.
This afternoon.
Following a lengthy campaign by William Campbell, host of the podcast Here’s How…
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has adjudicated on whether RTÉ is giving political lobbyist AA Roadwatch favourable treatment and status across its radio stations.
The BAI writes:
The Committee acknowledged that political lobbying is one of the functions carried out by the AA, however, there was no evidence in the broadcasts to support the view that the broadcasts are skewing public debate, or that the broadcasts are unfair to rival businesses or campaigners in a manner which infringes any Codes or Rules.
The Committee further noted that while the complainant stated that AA Roadwatch has the potential for bias, the Committee did not find any evidence in the broadcasts to support this view.
The Committee did not consider that the arrangements with AA Roadwatch for the production of this segment influenced content or scheduling in a manner which affected the responsibility or editorial independence of the broadcaster, as argued by the complainant.
The Committee did not consider that the broadcasts infringed the Codes in the manner described by the complainant. As such, the complaint was rejected.
Hmm.
FIGHT!
Latest Broadcasting Complaints Decision (BAI)
Previously: AA Breakdown
Someone beheaded the Christipher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End. Police say they left the head at the scene. Similar statues have been coming under fire nationwide #wcvb pic.twitter.com/VcLHqlEigV
— antoinette antonio (@antoinetteA) June 10, 2020
America’s first Italian immigrant loses his head.
Who’s next?
*resumes knitting*
Yesterday: Glorifying Slavery And Racism
Thanks Johnny
Update:
Protestors have now toppled Christopher Columbus statue outside Minnesota State Capitol.
Organizers were from American Indian Movement & footage from moments ago: pic.twitter.com/nZIb780wva
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) June 10, 2020
Talking Heads: Detached Together.
A mini-documentary on the lockdown by Luke McKenna.
Featuring contributions from comedians Joe Rooney (top) and Norma Sheahan.
Luke writes:
Taking Heads explores how lockdown has affected us all, no matter what our walk of life and whether we are at home or abroad. Shot in Ireland, the UK, USA, Poland and Australia. It features English and Irish language….
In fairness.
Crime scene?
NO, silly.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Outside the Office shoe shop with a mandated ‘barricade tape’ preventing people from queuing in front of the shop next door, called, fittingly, Health Matters.
This morning.
Tara Street, Dublin.
Dublin Lord Mayor Tom Brabazon presenting a bronze plaque to Tara St Fire Station to thank the members of Dublin Fire Brigade based there for their efforts during COVID 19 so far.
The Lord Mayor will present plaques to all Fire Stations in Dublin City on behalf of the citizens of Dublin City as a token of their appreciation.
Pic: @LordMayorDublin
‘Throw the tenants in, pack them tight & collect the money, €5k a month on the button’
8 people per house, 1 bathroom, no living room, ‘it’s a little bit cramped but hey that’s not my problem’
This is what @JoeDoyleD22 thinks of his tenants & the community of Clondalkin. pic.twitter.com/bQtm0S3gIJ
— Eoin Ó Broin (@EOBroin) June 9, 2020
This morning.
On RTÉ Radio One’s Today with Sarah McInerney.
Clondalkin Landlord Joe Doyle (top) explains his controversial video (above), tweeted out yesterday by outraged Sinn Féin Housing Spokesman Eoin Ó Broin TD.
From the show…
Joe: “That video is so ridiculously out there that it could not possibly be true.”
Sarah McInerney: “Well, you see that’s the thing? That’s the problem isn’t it? It could be true, it is true. There were 23 tenants living in a three-bed house in Rathmines in 2017, Prime Time found them and we saw, we saw video footage of the disgusting, difficult situation that they were living in.”
Joe: “And would you be putting me, or would you be putting a landlord in the same bracket as the culprits that ran that operation?”
Sarah: “Well, it was a landlord, they were being paid for providing the accommodation.”
Joe: “That, that’s, that’s, it’s someone like that that brings shame on my industry who goes and rents 23 people, one flat. That’s not something that I would interact with. People that, you know, landlords, other property owners I interact with on a daily basis, that’s not them.”
Sarah: “Ok, so I’m not suggesting that you’re involved in doing what that landlord was doing. I’m just asking you do you think it’s OK or acceptable to make fun, as you say, or use those people’s living conditions and different people around the country, in Dublin, and around the country, living conditions, very difficult because they are desperate, because they have no other choice, they don’t have enough money to find proper accommodation. Really abuse and extortion of those people. Do you think it’s acceptable to use their situations to further your own business?”
Joe: “I didn’t use them. Like it’s a joke. Like if somebody wants to be outraged by it, that’s fine, they can be outraged. But like…”
Sarah: “Well you’re banking on people being outraged by it.”
Joe: “But if that’s, if that’s what they want…like it’s nothing, it’s…Half the people thought it was hilarious, the other people wanted to be outraged and that’s fine. And even if we quote Eoin O Broin himself, he said ‘satire is essential to democracy, it doesn’t matter if you agree with the sentiments’.”
Sarah: “OK,well, we don’t need to quote Eoin O Broin because he’s on the line. Eoin, what do you make of it?”
Sinn Féin TD Eoin O Broin: “First of all, I don’t accept it was satire, whether Joe Doyle engages in this kind of practice or not isn’t for me to say, that’s a matter for the inspecting unit in South Dublin County Council, to inspect his properties and decide if they’re legally compliant or not. But if it was an experiment or if it was a joke I think it was a very distasteful one…”
Later
Joe: “I suppose at the same time, if it brings this discussion to the forefront, it’s an important discussion.”
Sarah: “Which discussion?”
Joe: “The discussion of the homeless crisis.”
Silence.
Sarah: “I don’t really understand cause on the one hand you’re making fun of the homeless crisis and people being in very desperate situations and now you’re saying you just want to bring the discussion to the forefront…”
Joe: “I didn’t say I want to bring it to the front, that wasn’t my intention. But if it brings it to the forefront, sure what’s the harm?”
Yesterday: We’re Back, Baby
From top: GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin; Exo building, Point Square, Dublin
This morning.
An Post is ‘closing in on a deal to relocate’ its headquarters from the GPO to the Exo Building at Point Square in the Dublin docklands.
Via Irish Times:
The company is understood to have entered into exclusive negotiations to rent at least 120,000sq ft at the property from its owners, a European fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners and local partners SW3 Capital. The Exo, which is under construction, will comprise 169,150sq ft of Grade A office space upon completion later this year.
….While An Post’s GPO headquarter operations now look set to be relocated to the Exo Building, its public post office and the GPO Witness History Museum will continue in their current location…
Harrumph/Fight!
An Post looks to relocate from GPO to Dublin’s tallest office (Irish Times)