The nursery at the Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home (top) and as it is today (above). Two children died from heat exhaustion as cots were regularly placed outdoors
Come Again?
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Legendary Dublin blog site Come Here To Me
Today we launch our new campaign ‘Come here to me Dublin’, encouraging those living in Dublin to visit the world-class attractions and hidden gems of their home city.
We are delighted to have one of Dublin’s most distinctive voices, @ImeldaOfficial, on board!#OnlyMassive pic.twitter.com/54HiSgPPLL
— Fáilte Ireland (@Failte_Ireland) July 27, 2020
Ah here.
Ciarán writes;
Fáilte Ireland’s new campaign extolling the virtues of Dublin to it’s locals. If only there was a blog of that name that did something extremely similar…
FIGHT!
Cursed Murphy – Where We Come From
Late at night on a lockdowned street…
Acclaimed novelist and ex-Hot Press journalist Peter Murphy aka Cursed Murphy reads “a love letter to the home ground” – the Deep South East – in a piece from his new album Cursed Murphy Versus The Resistance (top).
Video shot by Dan Comerford.
Nick says: Waxing on Wexford.
The Last Of Us Part 2
What you may need to know:
1. Games spending has continued to thrive as lockdown continues with spending on digital games recorded at $10.46B in June 2020. This is the second highest total ever after April’s $10.54B spend and another $10.2B in May.
2. The big winner on console this summer was The Last of Us Part 2 which sold 2.8M digital units in June, even though it’s only available on Playstation. Pent up demand in the form of pre-orders for TLOU2 accounted for over two thirds of June’s sales.
3. On PC, Valorant from Riot Games had the biggest launch ever for a free-to-play PC title. Also doing well on PC in June was Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but its numbers were down for the second month in a row suggesting that players are moving from CS:GO to Valorant.
4. Some existing games received a boost this Summer with the release of either new seasons or expansion packs. The new season of Destiny 2, combined with preorders for the Beyond Light expansion due in November resulted in a 45% increase in player count and a 221% increase in revenue in June.
5. The same goes for Pokémon Sword & Shield which recorded its highest monthly digital earnings since launch as a result of the mid-June release of the Isle of Armor expansion pack.
6. On mobile, Pokémon GO earnings were up 12% year on year. Due to its reliance on Augmented Reality, it could have been one of the few titles to have been negatively impacted by lockdown as it is designed to be played outside. Instead Pokémon GO moved to selling remote raid passes at the end of April, which allowed players to join in-game battles without the need to travel to certain physical locations.
Worldwide digital games market: June 2020 (SuperDataResearch)
Last night/This morning.
US President Donald Trump claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci (top left), director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has misled the country on hydroxychloroquine.
He also retweeted a speech by Dr Stella Immanuel (above) on the steps of the US Capitol Hill claiming the malaria drug is a ‘cure for the virus’.
The video was taken down by Twitter citing misinformation regulations after Trump shared it with his 84 million followers
Via Mail Online:
Trump retweeted a post that claimed Dr.Fauci is leading the country in the wrong direction by refusing to endorse the use of the anti-malaria drug in combating COVID-19.
Dr Immanuel slammed ‘fake doctors’ who doubt the efficacy of the drug, and claimed it’s a ‘cure’, adding ‘you don’t need a mask.’
‘If some fake science comes out and says we’ve done studies and they found out that it doesn’t work, I can tell you categorically it’s fake science,’ she said.
‘I want to know who’s conducted that study and who’s behind it. Because there is no way I have treat 350 patients and counting and nobody is dead,’ she said on how she allegedly treated patients with hydroxychloroquine along with zinc, and Zithromax.
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Meanwhile..
I double dog dare y’all give me a urine sample. pic.twitter.com/Xe0U09W9Pl
— Stella Immanuel MD (@stella_immanuel) July 27, 2020
Gulp.
Meanwhile…
Dr Simone Gold expresses significant concern about governors infringing upon the doctor-patient relationship, & says that politicians should not be restricting doctors from prescribing hydroxychloroquine.
“We were threatened…. This has never happened before in medicine.” pic.twitter.com/ou0YLTTCwg
— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) July 28, 2020
Fingluas
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Eamon Ryan, Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport at the launch of a public consultation on the Emerging Preferred Route (top) for Luas Finglas at Luas Broombridge Depot this morning
This morning.
A Luas extension to Finglas will put a ‘grass track’ through three local parks, according to the plan that has been drawn up by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
Via RTÉ:
The 4km Finglas track would provide four extra stops on the Green Line, as well as 600 spaces for a new park and ride facility at the new terminus at Charlestown.
The route going out for public consultation would go through Tolka Valley Park, Barnamore Grove linear park and Mellows Park.
A brochure [at link below] published by TII and the National Transport Authority for public consultation states that this will allow most of the new section to be a grass track, which is “an attractive innovation for urban transport in Ireland”.
Finglas Luas extension would see ‘grass track’ through 3 parks (RTÉ)
Brochure here
Kevin and Carol, friendly emus who wander Yaraka in Queensland, have been barred from the only pub in the town
When a Sheila pops out for a drink
In Yaraka she’s won’t smell the stink
As the emus no more
Leave their mess on the floor
A major improvement, I think
John Moynes
Pic:The Guardian
