Delphi
‘sup?
Too late for International Dog Day?
Busy sleeping?
Never mind.
Fionnuala writes;
Delphi is my wonderful rescue dog. She’s living her best life and is a champion snoozer. Would love to see her photo on Broadsheet on the day after the most auspicious of (dog) days)….
Yesterday: We Paws Now
Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor; sections of a report by the Union of Students in Ireland
This morning.
The Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor attended the launch of the Union of Students in Ireland’s Student Mental Health report.
The report, which involved the input of 3,340 students, has found that:
Some 38.4% of students suffer extreme severe anxiety, 29.9% depression and 17.2% stress.
It also found:
A total of 41.8% of those who participated in the study were receiving social welfare support of some kind. Many were dependent on financial assistance from parents (63%), partner (3.8%), as well as bank (4.7%) and Credit Union loans (6.0%).
A total of 77.8% of students were dependant on financial assistance from at least one of the named sources above.
…There were some differences in students mental health depending on their living arrangements.
Those who had a home they owned were much more likely to be within normal ranges and less likely to be extremely severe on all three scales.
As expected those without stable accommodation were most vulnerable when it came to anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%) while those falling into the other category were more likely to be extremely severely stressed (35.7%) this included those living in a variety of settings including with friends, family owned accommodation and a mobile home.
Meanwhile…
The Minister admits feeling sad at reading that only 1% of students reported not feeling lonely and promises to work on improving services at Third Level with her Ministerial Colleagues, with the help of USI 👉https://t.co/fftC0qxGrk #USIMentalHealth pic.twitter.com/bPjlF0B3Ev
— Union Of Students In Ireland (@TheUSI) August 27, 2019
The report can be read in full here
‘sup?
‘Pigeons of Discontent’.
Dublin 7 Vs flying rodents pigeons!
By Paddy Cahill, who writes:
Taking inspiration from an article by Cónal Thomas in the always excellent Dublin Inquirer, I made a short documentary about the seemingly contentious Pigeons of Stoneybatter…
It looks at the local Pigeon population while we hear some impassioned opinions from some of the neighbourhoods residents….
Behold: the 1966 Land Rover Series IIA, but not just any old 1966 Land Rover Series IIA.
This was the official vehicle of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, whose brother Tenzin Cheogyal drove it for many years on the roads of Dharamsala.
In 2005, Cheogyal donated the vehicle to the Dalai Lama Foundation in Palo Alto, California to raise funds for Tibetan refugees. 14 years later, it returns to the market for private sale. Completely restored but with original seats, tyres, interior trim and full documentation, it’s yours for between €90,000 and €135,000.
Can you help this young man?
Leon O’Connor, age 22, from Limerick has Multiple Sclerosis and needs to raise a hefty €70,000 (14k raised so far) to go to Russia for stem cell therapy (similar to the treatment Stephen Garland received).
Workers with Feed Our Homeless
Around a quarter of those forced to queue at a charity soup kitchen are in work – but crippled by “crazy” rent and food poverty.
A record 550 people were counted lining up at the College Green aid station in the capital on Sunday.
Tony Walsh, the founder of Feed Our Homeless, stressed approximately 130 of them have jobs but are faced with bare cupboards after paying up to 70% of their income to rent a room.
Irish workers crippled by ‘crazy’ rent prices forced to queue for soup kitchen (Irish Mirror)
Yesterday: The First Steps
Pic: Feed Our Homeless
Feeling so lucky. Thank you everyone #roseoftralee pic.twitter.com/DvdbJ0dWX1
— Emma Doran Comedian (@EmmaLouDoran) August 27, 2019
For the day that’s in it.
Earlier: Animal Kingdom
Previously: Emma Doran on Broadsheet
Why is the Irish state providing grant funding to Pearson plc (annual turnover €4.5 billion)? pic.twitter.com/GDnDF80v8Y
— Liberties Press (@LibertiesPress) August 26, 2019
Anyone?
UPDATE: not so fast (see comments)
Anyone remember Crolly dolls?
Anne O’Leary is exhibiting a selection of the Donegal-made dolls in a variety of locations around Dublin and Kildare including the above photographed in the Cregan Library in DCU in Drumcondra (formerly St Patrick’s College), north Dublin as part of National Heritage Week.
There are also Crolly dolls – which were in production from 1939 to 1979 – currently on show in Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare; in Bloomfield Shopping Centre in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin; and in St Martin’s Apostolate in Parnell Square West, Dublin 1.
Truly a toy story for the ages.
