This morning.
Jason Kiernan tweetz:
“I totally forgot that I bought these… two Leinster House stamps all the way from Florida. I’m not a stamp collector and I’ve never seen these before… just nice to have! Circa 1949… does anyone know of any others out there?”
Anyone?
Sandycove, County Dublin at the weekend
The Other Side
When the frantic world
Is all too much
For your brain
Go into the other side
Of solid things
Poetry filled with sandy beaches
And teacups
Quiet blankets, rivers and monologues
Silent weeping, moon frogs and romance
Floorboards that creak
When the news
Makes you dizzy
With lost breath
Go to the other side
Of history, long lost loves
And the quiet knell of grass, so wise
Rain strewn landscapes
The darkness of night
Littered with stars
And century old bumblebees
Escape for a while
And join us on the other side
Remember why it is
We need to fight
Roberta Cappieri
Lines on the lockdown to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Lines On The Lockdown’
‘Sup?
Streets of Dublin tweetz:
A bird takes a rest on a bench – photo taken a while ago.
Name that park anyone?
Photo taken by Thomas Fitzgerald
Yesterday.
At an undisclosed location in Dublin.
Declan Fabio O’Brien tweetz:
“Forget jumpers for goalposts, pipes work much better.”
In fairness.
Seen and Heard in Dublin: A Trip To Tesco
Eoghan Kidney writes:
A short animation that I made with Sarah Bowie, comic artist who does cool observational stuff….
Narration by Orla Fitzgerald.
Chief Justice Frank Clarke
The law is frozen.
Try turning it off and back on.
Irish Legal News reported:
Remote court hearings are set to begin later this month following a successful trial of the new technology, the Chief Justice has announced.
Solicitors, barristers and courts staff across various jurisdictions are now taking part in mock hearings ahead of the use of the technology in actual cases “early in the next legal term”, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said.
The pilot of the technology was announced earlier this month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the administration of justice.
The “systems trial” of the platform was successfully completed last week.
If the mock hearings now taking place “are conducted satisfactorily, it is hoped that remote hearings of actual cases will begin early in the next legal term”, which begins on 20 April 2020, Chief Justice Clarke said.
Successful tests pave way for remote hearings to begin this month (Irish Legal News)
Why should you be afraid to say.. The man may need exercise which medics previously stressed as vital for healthy independent living.. Now changed their minds and medics cost taxpayers millions in legal damages previously for wrong decisions. He may be right https://t.co/uieMMeFiXo
— Tom MacSweeney (@TomMacSweeney) April 14, 2020
To all those who post photos of their daily walks on Twitter.. Think of the 460,000 people the Govt is locking up and denying the right to walk….
— Tom MacSweeney (@TomMacSweeney) April 14, 2020
Elderly man walks in Bray, Co Wicklow last month before the Government called for people aged over 70 to “cocoon”; tweets from Irish marine journalist Tom MacSweeney
This morning.
Kathy Sheridan, in The Irish Times, wrote about people aged over 70 having to “cocoon” which she described as “mandatory confinement”.
She writes:
They have put on their game faces. None of them lacks awareness of the pressing reasons behind the lockdown or is seeking to place blame.
But it is a very odd situation where a supermarket can organise separate, safe shopping hours for people who are older or vulnerable while the incalculable psychological and physical benefits of a short walk outdoors are denied to them.
A designated “walking hour” each day – or even the luxury choice of an hour in the morning or evening – for the over-70s is hardly an insuperable ask.
In fairness.
Kathy Sheridan: Let the over-70s have a walk (The Irish Times)
This morning.
Covid-19 testing centre at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Have you been tested, anyone?
Earlier: WHO Are You?
A letter from St Patrick’s Guild to Dublin Archbishop McQuaid. The agency arranged the secret export of 572 children to the USA
Some records I uncovered for my book My Name Is Bridget includes this letter (above) which show how adoptions were being carried out by the state through St Patrick’s Guild, the adoption agency currently under investigation for illegal adoptions.
Previously: Orientated Toward A Better Class of Girl
Meanwhile…
St Patrick's Guild Abbey St Dublin was a conveyor belt of illegal COMMERCIAL adoptions right up to the 1990's
Irish Herald and Press advertised Babies and Children for adoption
Those responsible must be held to account.#illegalAdoptions
Excavate Exhume Identify #Tuambabies pic.twitter.com/5g4lVeYJhY
— #OnlyForTheTape #MauriceMcCabe was BURIED #TCOIMH (@duzBme) April 15, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BFQdVCord0
A typography-filled 2014 adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev’s ‘Peter And The Wolf’ by Gordon (Thierry Guernet), Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, and Corentin Leconte of Camera Lucida for Radio France, featuring the National Orchestra of France, conducted by the maestro Daniele Gatti.
