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You MUST decide.

This morning.

Loss of taste and smell are being added to the official list of symptoms for COVID-19.

Medically known as anosmia, this will now be included in the government’s definition of what patients may experience when suffering with coronavirus.
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The advice now says people should isolate if they have a new continuous cough, or fever, or anosmia.

The symptoms of loss of smell and taste have been reported in many patients for several weeks.

Coronavirus: Loss of taste and smell added to official symptoms list (Sky News)

Nick’s Coffee Shop, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

 

This morning

Via Nick’s Coffee Shop:

Since this pandemic started our landlords have  harassed our staff and the livelihood of our shop. And now after being told by our solicitor they can’t just demolish our shop and stores without court order.. they do… At 5.30am 10 builders arrived with the landlord. We now have no store!

Anyone?

Nick’s Coffee Shop

Yesterday.

Kirwan Street, Dublin 7.

Gavin Ward tweetz:

Got to see a Bike Bunker during my walk today, love the idea of these! Great to see this Dublin City Council Beta [an initiative to ‘trial and establish solutions to improve the liveability of the Capital’] project move to  Dublin City Council, hopefully they roll out quicker now…

Bike Bunkers

This morning.

“Last night I signed the regulations to extend those (Garda) powers so it does remain the law of the land that you need to stay within 5 kilometers of your home except for the exceptions to that.”

Minister for Health Simon Harris on RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland.

Um.

Anyone?

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Meanwhile…

Hmm.

UPDATE: Seapoint is part of a phased re-opening of beaches (see comments)

Garda checkpoint earlier this month; Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan

Yesterday…

In the Business Post…

Aiden Corkery reported that An Garda Síochána are looking into using drones as part of their work. Mr Corkery reported:

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan said that a working group within the force has begun studying how it could use drones in a variety of roles such as crime scene mapping, evidence collection, traffic management, investigation of collisions, public order policing, crowd control, search and rescue operations and frontline unit support.

…The Minister’s comments were in response to a parliamentary question from Jim O’Callaghan, Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman, who said it was surprising that the force was not already using drones.

“The use of drones would be very helpful in certain police work such as mapping crime scenes and securing evidence arising from fatal collisions on our roads,” O’Callaghan told the Business Post.

“The minister and Gardaí should expedite the use of drones in certain types of police work so that the latest technological advancements are available to the Gardaí in their ongoing efforts to protect the public.”

Gardaí to look into using drones for first time (Aiden Corkery, Business Post)

Meanwhile, also yesterday in the Business Post…

Further to a report in March by Sean Finnan in the Dublin Inquirer about the installation of Hikvision CCTV with facial recognition technology at Bluebell Community Centre in Inchicore by Dublin City Council…

Peter O’Dwyer reported that Dublin City Council will no longer use Hikvision cameras:

The council confirmed that it had not installed Hikvision cameras at any other locations in the city, nor did it intend to do so going forward.

“Hikvision cameras were not installed in any other projects, only conventional CCTV cameras. DCC does not propose to use Hikvision cameras [at any other location],” the spokeswoman said.

It’s not yet clear if the new National Children’s Hospital will use the technology that has now been dropped by Dublin City Council.

DCC to cease using ‘blacklisted’ CCTV firm (Peter O’Dwyer, Business Post)

Previously: Then Your Children Will Be Next

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O’Flaherty’s Bar in Buncrana, Co Donegal; email VFI members allegedly received; postmaster in Buncrana receives pint of Guinness

On Saturday night.

Gardai put an end to O’Flaherty’s Bar in Buncrana, Co Donegal’s Guinness delivery service.

They wrote on their Facebook page:

Sorry folks unfortunately tonight we were forced to stop the Guinness Express. 20mins ago we were swarmed by one undercover garda two patrol cars, one sergeant and one uniformed garda.

Despite being unable to tell us after two weeks what law we were breaking they confiscated our remaining 20 pints of Guinness (currently situated at Buncrana Garda Station).

So any pre-payments that were made we will gladly refund the payment asap if you contact this page thank you. #freethe20stout

Comment the #, and when these restrictions are lifted, one lucky customer will win a free round of 20 stout.

Attached picture [above] is the email every VFI member received for guidance on trading during this pandemic.

O’Flaherty’s (Facebook)

Last orders for ‘Guinness Express’ as gardai call time on popular Buncrana pub’s delivery service (Derry Now)

This morning.

Woodie’s, Glasnevin, Dublin.

Leon Farrell/Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

This morning.

B&Q Naas in County Kildare.

Staff from ‘essential retailer’ B&Q prepare for reopening on Monday as part of Phase One in the re-opening of shops and businesses.

The store is strictly limiting the number of customers in store, along with…

‘…preparing sanitiser stations for trolleys; safe queuing 2 metres apart before entering the store; 2 metre navigational markers on the floor and directional arrows to guide customers through the store; and Perspex screens and contactless-only payments at checkouts where the contactless limit has been increased to €50′. ..

Do come back.

Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews

Yesterday evening: Ready Phase One

Um

This morning/afternoon.

Will O’Connell writes:

What’s going on above me for the last 20 mins or so? Small plane from Liverpool. Surveying lockdown compliance? Spying? Hope everything OK up there. That’s a lot of fuel to waste…

Anyone?

RVR7RX/24825099 (Flightradar24)

 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris (top right) this evening

This afternoon.

More as we get it.

Phase One on easing of restrictions to begin on Monday (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

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