From left: Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, ‎James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

Harp goes well with speed metal.

Rare Irish Stuff tweetz:

Metallica enjoying the Irish summer, 1986…

Name that location, anyone?

Also Jammer, anyone?

Coronamona.

Episode 3.

John O’Dowd writes:

In this week’s episode we explore the simmering tensions within a Father & Son relationship, as Seamus looks for praise from his Father Martin who believes “It’s a weak man who looks for praise.”

He points out how Donald Trump, “that half-arsed gobshite” surrounds himself with lackeys who praise his stupidity.

And an old flame Bridie suddenly arrives back into Seamus’s life with some very unsettling news…

Last week: Coronamona 2

Vagabond Productions

Gulp

The Herald’s take on the row regarding the establishment of a permanent gallery to house Sir Hugh Lane’s art collection.

Patrick Hawe writes

Gordon Brewster, cartoonist, born 1889, died in Howth, Bloomsday [June 16], 1946…

Ahead of his time, in fairness.

Dublin Divided, 1913 (HughLane)

This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin 2

Meanwhile…

In Europe, an Italian government survey covering deaths in 10 percent of the nation’s care homes, suggested 45 percent of all deaths in that country could be in care homes.

And in Spain, leaked regional government data suggested 57 percent of the country’s death toll from March 8 to April 8 was from care homes.

According to Ireland’s chief medical officer, 54 percent of deaths up to April 11 had occurred in care homes.

Figures released by the French public health authority showed 45 percent of deaths took place in care homes.

In Belgium, health ministry figures showed 42 percent of COVID-19 deaths happened in care homes.

In North America, it’s reported at least 3,621 deaths in the U.S. have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the country. In Canada, deaths in nursing homes makes up almost half of the country’s coronavirus deaths.

Not A Medic writes:

There appear to be specific countries that have encountered the same issue concerning nursing homes. Was there a general policy worldwide that some countries opted out of?

Anyone?

Rollingnews

A spectacular view of the tallest mountains on Earth, topped by the Milky Way. To wit:

Visible above the snow-capped mountains in the featured image is the arcing central band of our home galaxy. The bright spot just above the central plane is the planet Jupiter, while the brightest orange spot on the upper right is the star Antares. The astrophotographer braved below-zero temperatures at nearly 4,000-meters altitude to take the photographs that compose this image. The featured picture is a composite of eight exposures taken with same camera and from the same location over three hours, just after sunset, in 2019 April, from near Bimtang Lake in Nepal. Over much of planet Earth, the planets Mercury (faint) and Venus (bright) will be visible this week after sunset.

(Image: Tomas Havel)

apod

This morning.

Dublin Airport arrivals.

From today, visitors arriving in Ireland must fill out a mandatory Passenger Locator Form to ‘help with contact tracing’.

Via RTÉ

Anyone entering the country from abroad must provide details of where they intend to stay for the following 14 days, and they will be asked to self-isolate at that location.

Those who arrive in the Republic of Ireland and travel immediately onwards to the North will only have to fill out their name and signature on the form.

Failure to fill out the form will be punishable by a fine of up to €2,500 or up to six months in prison.

Oh yes.

Playing a blinder.

Mandatory passenger locator form comes into effect from today (RTÉ)

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