Three minutes of weapons-grade adorbs to brighten your day.
To wit: Djinn a Fennec fox kit, elated in the company of his humans during a coffee break on the terrace.
Supporters of a protest against homelessness in Dublin city on December 5, 2019
Tomorrow.
A protest against homelessness will be held in Dublin city with supporters meeting at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm.
Leah Catherine Daly writez:
“We will march down O’Connell Street and assemble at [O’Connell] bridge.
“There is a plan for on the day so I would ask that you assemble in an orderly fashion and listen to the instruction of the stewards or it won’t work. We are far more organised for Saturday than we were for December 5th.
“There will be people speaking so I would ask that during that time people stay quiet and listen to them.
“There will be manned voting help desks set up from 12pm at the GPO until 3pm where you can get all the information you need and access to RFA2 [register of elector forms] and help to fill them out should you struggle with reading or writing.
“Please bring your banners. Anyone with tents and sleeping bags to donate, please bring them and non-perishable food items.”
Protest against Homelessness in Ireland, Less Talk More Action! (Facebook)
Previously: All This Aggravation Ain’t Satisfactioning Me [Updated]
Fontaines D.C. – Liberty Belle
What a year it was for Dublin’s most feted rock band.
And 2020 looks bright too. Having just seen debut album Dogrel nominated for the Choice Prize, Grian Chatten (third left at top) and the boys have dropped a new video shot partly at last year’s sold out Vicar Street shows.
And they headline Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on July 4.
Nick says: Ring in the new.
Finally.
GAA fan-themed jigsaw puzzles from illustrator and cartoonist Annie West.
Annie tweetz:
Road testing prototype GAA jigsaws. Dublin first I think. Pray for us.
Previously: Annie West on Broadsheet
Starbucks paper cup
As an occasional customer of Starbucks, I’m frustrated by its policy of automatically giving customers a paper cup over a ceramic mug when sitting in. Recently in one of their cafes, I asked everyone sitting in (all of whom had paper cups) if they were given the option of a ceramic mug. Not one person had been.
This directly contradicts Starbucks policy (as received by me in an email from it following a complaint about this) that its customers have a choice when ordering coffee and ideally it wants them to use ceramic but it cannot enforce that.
This is incredibly wasteful in the context of a climate emergency, particularly considering that there are 49 outlets in the greater Dublin area alone.
Starbucks is in a unique position to take a public stand and action in this space that would have a huge ripple effect on other retailers and customer behaviour.
It would seem that a change in training in Starbucks with the addition of one simple question and the resulting actions by baristas would make all the difference.
Sara Dennedy,
Dublin 3.
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne
This morning.
Further to last night’s publication of New Decade, New Approach – the text of a deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland – by Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith.
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has released a statement saying:
“There is much in this document which is good for policing and I welcome its publication.
“Clearly the support for boosting the strength of the PSNI to 7,500 police officers will be at the heart of our aspiration to invest significantly in community policing across Northern Ireland in the months ahead.
“We welcome plans to reform and streamline our outdated criminal justice processes and also address the issue of legacy investigations which drain our focus on policing the issues of here and now.”
“A fresh emphasis on tackling the scourge of paramilitary crime and intimidation, supported by legislation to tackle unexplained wealth, sits four square with our operational priorities.”
Statement from Chief Constable on the publication of ‘New Decade, New Approach’ document (PSNI)
Last night: Meanwhile In Stormont
Code Yellow
at
This morning.
Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow rain and wind warning.
The rain warning pertains to Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Kerry and is valid from 3pm today until 11am tomorrow.
The wind warning affects Connacht and Donegal and is valid from 3pm today until 3pm tomorrow.
Via Met Éireann
Mass card for Larry Gogan’s funeral service
This morning.
Church of St Pius, Templeogue, Dublin 6.
The funeral mass for broadcaster Larry Gogan will take place at 11.30am.
The funeral will be aired on RTÉ News Now and streamed live on 2FM facebook and twitter accounts
More to follow.
What was once regarded as a generally accepted law is now seen as a crime against personal freedom(and rightly so).
Just because the state allows for it, and just because the majority of people believe it to be fair, it doesn’t make it right. Hindsight is the best judiciary. pic.twitter.com/5ZsL9YlvTB
— Martin Beanz Warde (@martinbeanz) January 9, 2020
Good times.
Meanwhile…
— tweetkeith (@keithtweeet) January 10, 2020
In Limerick
at
This week’s Limerick Leader
David Raleigh, in The Irish Times, reports:
An investigation has begun into the death of a man in University Hospital Limerick last month, who was found on the floor next to his trolley.
The middle-aged male patient, who had been kept away from other patients because of an infection risk, was discovered by an emergency department nurse in an isolation cubicle [in mid-December], sources confirmed.
…The hospital did not comment on claims in a report in the Limerick Leader, by a “high-ranking medical source” that the patient suffered a broken neck.
It is not known whether the patient had sustained the alleged injury before or after he was admitted to the emergency department.
Investigation into death of man in Limerick hospital begins (David Raleigh, The Irish Times)