‘Influence of Pandemic’.
An installation by artist Hina Khan (top).
Exhibiting at the West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork today and tomorrow.
Hina writes:
My installation is representing the global situation and is a firm reaction to forced lockdown….Trauma and uncertainty mould the ideas to rethink and reshape….
Nurses at St James’s Hospital, Dublin last month
Cba with this country. Student nurses are to start block placements soon unpaid, most of us work weekends in other healthcare settings/pubs/restaurants etc but obv this poses a huge cross contamination risk. Are we expected to work unpaid for our placements with no part time job?
— Órla Nolan (@orlanolan_97) August 10, 2020
Anyone?
‘sup?
This morning.
Store Street Garda Station, Dublin.
Via Garda Info:
This dog was found yesterday in Phibsborough, Dublin 7. He is micro-chipped but the chip is not registered. His name is Max on the ID tag. He is currently at Store Street waiting for his owner to come and collect him – 01 666 8000…
Anyone?
From top: Protest in Hong Kong in May; Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster (top left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill (bottom right) on a video call with Belfast’s Chinese Consul General, Madame Zhang Meifang (right)
This morning.
Via The Irish News:
THE first and deputy first minister are alleged to have told a Chinese government representative they “understand and respect” Hong Kong’s draconian national security laws.
Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill are said to have given the endorsement in a video call with Belfast’s Chinese Consul General, according to the consulate.
Details of the virtual meeting emerged in a report posted in recent weeks on the Chinese Consulate’s website.
Meanwhile…
Madame Zhang also spoke about Hong Kong’s national security legislation, claiming it does not undermine the region’s level of autonomy or its residents’ freedoms.
The report added:
“Foster and O’Neill said that the Northern Ireland government cherishes friendship with China, understands and respects Hong Kong’s national security legislation, and sincerely wishes Hong Kong more prosperity and stability, and expressed that Northern Ireland is willing to further strengthen its cooperation with China in the epidemic.
“Mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of prevention and control, local cooperation, economy, trade and tourism will better benefit the people of both sides.”
Meanwhile…
In a single-line response, an Executive Office spokeswoman said: “Ministers held a courtesy call with the Chinese Consul General as part of their regular communications on areas of interest to the executive.“
Anyone?
Former Health Minister Simon Harris
Just back from a supermarket where I met a very upset staff member who had politely reminded a shopper of the need to wear a face mask. A message which was not well received. Our supermarket staff have been doing trojan work throughout the pandemic. Don’t be a jerk, wear the mask
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) August 10, 2020
Last night
Meanwhile…
Simon mixing with the great unwashed… pic.twitter.com/JNPYFznAyl
— PieceOfPi552 (@PieceOfPi552) August 10, 2020
Yup.
Meanwhile…
Authoritarianism gone mad! https://t.co/prxewkelrA
— Mary Kenny (@MaryKenny4) August 10, 2020
Yesterday evening.
Aghern, County Cork.
Vulcan 01 writes:
THREE hundred plus metres of hedge and trees gone in the middle of the Ban. Rang Fermoy Garda and no interest, Gave me a cock and bull story about trees interfering with crops. Felling tress roadside with no signage either…
Anyone?
Doheny & Nesbit, Baggott Street, Dublin 2 has hit a major downturn with an absence of office workers and tourists in the area
Pre-Covid some workers might choose
To wash down their lunch with some booze
But the workers have fled
And the streets are now dead
So some vintners are now bound to lose
John Moynes
Pic: Hospitality Ireland
