This morning.

KN writes:

Was this one not banned/recalled/withdrawn?

Anyone?

Previously: ‘Not In Vain’

Ireland to cease deliveries of AZ, Janssen vaccines – Reid (RTE, August 15)

Update:

A letter from Dr Lucy Jessop of the HSE’s National Immunisation Office, which was sent on August 11th, said that any unused or expired AstraZeneca or Janssen vaccines should be returned and could be removed from fridges.

“As the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine single dose programme is now nearing completion, and Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) second dose vaccines have now nearly all been administered, any residual vaccines which are not required to complete cohorts should be returned to national cold chain service.

“As the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine single dose programme is now nearing completion, and Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) second dose vaccines have now nearly all been administered, any residual vaccines which are not required to complete cohorts should be returned to national cold chain service.

“These vaccines can be removed from the fridge and prepared for return, but they must be retained in a secure area that can only be accessed by appropriate personnel.”

Pharmacists in vaccination centres warn of doses going to waste (Irish Times, August 21)

Last night.

RTE One’s Prime Time.

Meanwhile…

….via Irish Examiner

Despite the initial 36 Irish citizens all being evacuated, a further 60 citizens have made contact with Irish authorities along with 15 Afghan citizens with Irish residency.

That 75 are being told to stay where they are for now, Mr Coveney said.

However, Mr Coveney told RTÉ Morning Ireland that it would not have been possible to have boots on the ground sooner.

“That is one of the answers we don’t have.

“All I can say is that we made decisions on the basis of the evidence we had and the advice that we had at any given time over the last 10 days was very clear that the arrangements we had in place in terms of partnerships on the ground with other countries were working on just getting people out.

“The situation is everything that I’ve seen in the media became much more complicated. In the last three or four days in particular, and much more dangerous, and it was about time that I decided that we needed to get people on the ground.

“And we managed to put in place the capacity to do that, because we thought it would add value in terms of taking the opportunities that will present themselves to get people out.

“And so we sent 11 people into a very dangerous situation.

“The most difficult task was to get people from the streets of Kabul into the airport, and we had then fantastic supports to get them onto planes, whether that was France, whether it was Finland in recent days, Germany, the Netherlands, UK have also been really really supportive in terms of everything we’ve been trying to do.”

Simon Coveney defends decision not to send Irish troops to Kabul airport sooner (Irish Examiner)

Construction to stop San Francisco’s Millennium Tower from sinking further into the earth has been halted after the building suddenly sank another inch within a few weeks

It’s not controversial to think
That skyscrapers just shouldn’t sink
But out by the bay
One does, so they say
And the residents kicked up a stink

John Moynes

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Behold: the Land Rover Defender ‘Hue 166” – a celebration of the world’s first production SUV by Defender customisers Himalaya 4×4 – combining the vintage styling of the1948 Landy with a slew of modern tech.

To wit: a powerful (if, arguably, blasphemous to purists)  650bhp supercharged LT4 V8 Corvette engine, eight-speed automatic transmission and a four-link coilover suspension system, Dynatrac axles and Brembo disc brakes.

Inside the cabin, there’s a touch screen audio system and high grade leather custom seats and dashboard.

Yours for $300,000 (about €255,000).

hiconsumption

This afternoon.

Clontarf, Dublin.

Eddie and Laura Keane (above), parents of Ellen Keane, who won gold in the pool for Ireland this morning at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, celebrate in their front drive.

Paralympics 2020: Gold for Ireland’s Ellen Keane (RTÉ)

RollingNews/Pundit Arena

This afternoon.

Via Irish Examiner:

“A number of players have had vaccines,” Kenny said in Dublin on Thursday afternoon. “Some haven’t, some have had one. In England the AstraZeneca has a long period between the first and second doses. Some players have been caught after the first one and some players decided not to get it.”

“We’d want everyone vaccinated, but players are men as individuals. They have the right to make their own decisions and you have to respect that. In an ideal world we’d prefer to have everyone vaccinated but we have to respect the individual wishes.”

Republic of Ireland manager Stepehen Kenny.

Stephen Kenny confirms some Republic of Ireland players have opted against Covid vaccine (Irish Examiner)

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