They’ll never catch him now.
This afternoon.
Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare
Telly’s Daithi O’Sé takes part in the annual ‘Running of the Daithi’ which precedes the Rose of Tralee Festival with a cheeky two-wheeled twist.
Resourceful devil.
Update:
Further scenes from the Rose of Tralee launch.
Who needs Daithi when you have a lamb?
Ah here.
The latest Private Eye.
On shelves tomorrow.
Thanks Bernard
Carlow Weather tweetz:
Latest GFS 6z wants to get in on the act of teasing some nice weather for next week. Don’t get too excited though as it could flip back just as quick.
Now who wants to give me an @EPfestival ticket and where did I leave my sunscreen😜🤣
Anyone?
A Muslim girl and her cousin were assaulted in Dundrum today. They ripped off her hijab and pelted them with eggs. These scumbag attackers need to be brought into the public eye. pic.twitter.com/aElFvlrN7Q
— Andrew (@BreadShaped) August 20, 2019
On Sunday.
In Dundrum, County Dublin.
Gardai are reportedly investigating the incident.
Who’s driving this bus?
This morning.
Double decker-loving tykes help unveil a recruitment drive launched by Dublin Bus to encourage prospective women bus drivers.
Of the 2,550 drivers working for Dublin Bus only 97 are women.
*swerve*
‘Give it a spin’ – Dublin Bus wants more women drivers (RTÉ)
Pics via Cathal O’Sullivan (Newstalk)
Meanwhile…
During an item on the recruitment drive on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland this morning, Vivienne Kavanagh, Dublin Bus Employee Development and Equality Executive, was asked about pay.
Ms Kavanagh said:
“It starts at about €630 a week. And that’s a four-day week, inclusive of shift and Sunday premium so they’re working late shifts on Thursdays, over weekends. And then you move up onto a five-day week which is about €860.”
Further to this…
Listen back to the Morning Ireland item in full here
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin last March
The backstop is an insurance to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland unless and until an alternative is found. Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic alternatives in fact support reestablishing a border. Even if they do not admit it.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) August 20, 2019
Hmm.
Brexit: Boris Johnson says ‘anti-democratic’ backstop must be scrapped (BBC)
Last night: Contact
Update:
UK government source hits back at Tusk and Commission
“If the Commission only wants to offer the same failed backstop that will not pass then they are essentially choosing to risk either a hard border in NI or a border in the Irish Sea. That is not what anyone wants.”
— James Crisp (@JamesCrisp6) August 20, 2019
Meath TD and Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty
The resignation of Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty, on foot of the very expensive Public Services Card debacle, is not “compulsory”, but it is “mandatory” if we are serious about the creation of accountable governance.
Jim O’Sullivan,
Rathedmond,
Sligo.
Public Services Card debacle (The Irish Times letters page)
Previously: House Of Card
Ah now.
Hanover Street, Cork city.
Paul Kav writes:
“At least they didn’t park on the double yellow line…”
To celebrate National Heritage Week.
Via the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland:
Mayo-born Kathleen Lynn was one of the first female medical doctors to qualify in Ireland, as well as a committed nationalist and activist.
As a young woman at the turn of the twentieth century, Kathleen Lynn became involved with the suffrage movement, Cumann na mBan and James Connolly’s Irish Socialist Party.
She fought in the 1916 Rising and afterwards, was elected to the First Dáil. In 1919, Lynn founded St Ultan’s Hospital for children, along with Madeleine ffrench-Mullen.
As an activist, politician, rebel and doctor, Lynn consistently sought to improve the lot of the poorest and least heard citizens of Dublin.
This exhibition is a graphic telling of her life story.
Kathleen Lyn exhibition, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 until August 23, 10am – 4pm.
This morning
The latest quarterly Rental Report by Daft.ie is out.
In Dublin, rent growth in the last quarter was 4.5% compared to a year earlier, bringing average rents to €2,023 a month – with available rentals continuing to slow.
Daft economist Ronan Lyons says:
“Availability on the rental market remains at levels that were unprecedented prior to 2015…For example, in the Dublin market, there were just 1,541 properties available to rent on August 1st. While that’s up from 1,121 two years ago, it’s well below the average of 4,700 for the preceding decade….”
Average monthly rents hit record level for 13th quarter in a row – report (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
The government promised years back that it would bring in a deposit-retention scheme for landlords and tenants. What’s happened since? https://t.co/7LNFEqJ0EQ
— Dublin Inquirer (@DublinInquirer) August 20, 2019
