In St Mary’s
atSt Mary’s Hospital nursing home in Phoenix Park, Dublin where 11 residents have died in the past month, ten of whom who tested positive for Covid-19
Each Sentence Tells A Story (Irish Times Letters)
Previously: “It May Be A Case Of Semantics In Some Instances”
Meanwhile…
Very high numbers of deaths in Craddock House in Naas and in Larchfield Park Nursing Home, Naas. There seems to be no mention of the deaths in the media? Does over 20 deaths in one of them alone not merit a mention? @rtenews @IrishTimes @Independent_ie @VirginMediaNews
— Paul71 (@Paul71) April 27, 2020
This morning.
Garda check point on the M11 near Bray [County Wicklow] this morning, as Gardai continue a major operation to limit public travel ahead of the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Name those jammers, anyone?
A ramp up in Garda checkpoints commenced this morning as Operation Fanacht returns (Evening Echo)
Meanwhile..
Yes, you too.
‘Huge Job’
atDr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health at a press briefing last night
Dr Tony Holohan said that a delay in publishing minutes from the National Public Health Emergency Team’s meetings is “just a work load issue”. He said that NPHET is “not resiling from it’s commitment to transparency”, but that publishing the minutes is a “huge job”.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 27, 2020
Last night.
Meanwhile…
1. Place dictaphone on table.
2. Press start button— Dave Carroll (@davecarroll01) April 27, 2020
Porn Mags
atDolphins swimming through bioluminescent algae off the coast of Newport, California, filmed by photographer Patrick Coyne who described the experience as ‘one of the most magical nights of my life”.
He also captured some bioluminescent waves crashing onto the beach.
Old Ireland In Colour tweetz:
“That pudding bowl haircut just never goes out of style…” Little boy by pond. St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin. 1964 (Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire)
Source: National Library Of Ireland
Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty tweeted about the opening hours of Australian liquor retailer, Dan Murphy
We know that Australians will choose
The first moment they can to buy booze
And when their boffins think
That it’s time for a drink
That’s something the public will excuse
John Moynes
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