Two heartening messages in London – a new collaboration (and a far better than normal use of advertising space) by Scottish artist KMG and sign company Brotherhood Media.
MORE to follow
Course you are.
Broadsheet on the Telly returns at 9.30pm with another lockdown special streaming LIVE here and on our YouTube channel.
Join old friends, new pals and domestic pets as we discuss FREEDOM (and cakes).
Bring tea.
Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly
This afternoon.
Dáil, Leinster House.
Independent TD Michael McNamara (top) questioned Minister for Health Simon Harris (above):
“Minister, we’ve now reached a stage on our roadmap where we can have a McDonald’s but we can’t have a cancer screening. Is that satisfactory to you, as minister of health?”
Minister Harris replied:
“I wouldn’t be in anyway flippant in relation to this. The decision to suspend cancer screening was one taken by clinicians on public health grounds and what I have to satisfy…I don’t have a responsibility for McDonald’s but I do have a responsibility for the safety of the people in our health service, safety of the staff and the safety of the women and men of Ireland who use it.
At the moment the advice, not just in the Republic of Ireland, but in Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland and New Zealand, I’ve yet to find another country where they’ve turned back on their screening programme.
I want to turn it back it on but I want to do it in a safe way. We’re being led by clinical advice and within two weeks, we;’ll have the non-Covid care plan fro the HSE, led by clinicians which will determine when is a safe and how they intend to recommence screening.”
Mr McNamara replied:
“In normal times you wouldn’t have the responsibility for McDonald’s but given the extraordinary powers this chamber gave you, it seems you have the responsibility for everything in your regulations….”
“And I would urge you, minister, to look at priorities because sometimes they don’t seem to make sense to ordinary people across this land. Thank you.”
Fight!
Drew?
This afternoon.
Sandycove, County Dublin.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris (left) and colleagues at the Forty Foot bathing place, which reopened this morning.
Anyone?
Today is the first #InternationalTeaDay!
Did you know #Turkey & #Ireland are the world’s biggest consumers of tea? 🇮🇪☕🇹🇷
Per capita, 🥇Turkey consumes 3.16kg of tea each year & 🥈Ireland consumes 2.19kg. pic.twitter.com/QJZJYuhKQ5
— Embassy of Ireland in Turkey (@IrlEmbAnkara) May 21, 2020
Got milk?
Damn you, Johnny Turk.
Thirsty cove.
Meanwhile...
Because we only seem to get to drink half a cup of tea in our stations, we started using half pots to make the half cups. Happy #InternationalTeaDay. #HoldFirm pic.twitter.com/odMMHeg7nH
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) May 21, 2020
The votes are in.
Last week, with a chirpy €25 Golden Discs voucher to give away, I asked you to name your favourite song involving birds.
You answered in your winged tens.
But there could be only winner
Third Place:
Anthem by Leonard Cohen.
Will writes:
So, yes, people calling for Leonard’s Bird on a Wire. A wonderful choice but… Doesn’t Leonard Cohen’s Anthem beat it…?
Runner-up:
Blackbird by Emma Stevens
Ciaran Adamson writes:
I came across this cover version of the Beatles Blackbird about a year ago by some First Nations/ Native American students in the same vein as Coláiste Lurgan does cover versions in Irish. In one year it has had millions of views, got the thumbs up from Paul McCartney and has created an upsurge of interest in their native Mi’kmaq language which was on the brink of extinction… fair play to them!
Winner:
A Song About Birds by The Van Vuuren Bros
Cu Chulainn writes:
Feck off with your maudlin bird poo.. to the Rhine with Kraftwerk.. this week there is only one winner…
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the UMC-063 XP Zero – designed by Hugo Eccle of California based Untitled Motorcycles in collaboration with electric motorcycle maker Zero.
Based on the stark, minimal Zero ZR/F, this new iteration adds single piece aircraft aluminium bodywork and LED beam lighting to accentuate the bike’s lines. An 82kW motor provides twice the torque of a conventional superbike and a top speed of 200km/h.
Price on application.