The privilege is all his.
This afternoon.
A desperate last-minute plea handwritten appeal to Dublin Bay South voters from Fine Gael candidate James Geoghegan.
Richard writes:
The sore wrists in YFG after this will be disappointed to hear that the cringiness of this letter alone has ensured James an even lower place on my ballot this Thursday.
Earlier: At Bay
Behold: what looks like the famous Horsehead nebula of Orion, but isn’t. To wit:
[This} is a reflection nebula cataloged as IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are actually made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the visible light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars to the right of the image centre.
(Image: Adam Block, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Fair enough.
This morning.
Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin 2
Models Aine O’Gorman (auburn hair) and Vita Leandra sport new designs from CREATE 2021, a showcase that ‘celebrates and supports the future of the country’s most compelling Irish design talent’. The installation features the work of 33 established designers with 21 new CREATE designers across ready-to-wear, shoes, accessories, millinery, jewellery, homeware, art and sculpture.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
This morning.
Leinster House, Dublin 2.
Labour by-election candidate Senator Ivana Bacik with her Director of Elections Duncan Smith TD in the final hours of campaigning ahead of Thursday’s Dublin Bay South by-election.
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Green Party candidate, Claire Byrne and Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan at the party’s closing press call for the Dublin Bay South by-election.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
People Before Profit candidate Brigid Purcell with Paul Murphy TD launching the party’s Youth Manifesto outside Leinster House.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Social Democrats candidate Sarah Durcan with party co-leader Roisin Shortall talk to media outside Leinster House.
Meanwhile…
I couldn’t agree more with this letter writer to @IrishTimes. I can’t help feeling that Ms Mullally’s attack would be more credible if it hadn’t been so unfair, and the latest in a string of anti-@FineGael tirades.@UnaMullally on @GeogheganCllrhttps://t.co/JlfmlJ5fyy pic.twitter.com/SjOMkBHhhU
— Barry Ward (@barrymward) July 6, 2021
FIGHT!
Meanwhile…
Still deafening silence from the opposition parties on the discriminatory Vaccine Passports. Discrimination in a far-flung country is enough for them to hit the streets, but it’s a different story when it’s happening on our own doorstep.#NoVaccinePassports
— Peter Dooley (@PeterDooleyDUB) July 5, 2021
Yesterday: To The Manor Born
Richard Ashcroft on stage with the Verve at Slane Castle, 1998
Well done Richard Ashcroft! The same goes for any of us in this movement do not comply or support anything that allows medical apartheid! https://t.co/norPwXLTs3
— No More Lockdowns UK (@NMLockdownsUK) July 6, 2021
This morning.
Meanwhile…
A solid decision and a great statement Comrade! Respect peace n love X iB. Stay firm Ricardo X
— Ian Brown (@ianbrown) July 5, 2021
FIGHT!
Any excuse.
Richard Ashcroft refuses to play festival that is government test event (BBC)
meanwhile…
“…this is the main outcome of Con-vid. It has brought the worst out in people, and we weren’t ever in this together. We are deprived of seeing and hearing other people, and above all, you want to be with others who see and hear what you see and hear, because this is basic oxygen for the human soul. Take it away and people are dead.”
Morrissey.
Ink
It rained last night,
A vivid flow of sorrow.
A memory caught in my throat,
The strangulation of tomorrow.
The bars of my ribcage shake with screams.
If these bones shatter will I be set free?
I meditate to medicate.
When man rejects, I wave at the sea.
In this nothingness I am hidden,
Yet I finally feel seen.
I write so I don’t go blind,
I fill my page with light –
Words from the lips of someone wiser.
Ink runs through my veins.
Metaphors bleed onto the page.
These words are for me,
Because I want to see.
I burn my composure,
Unveiling my vulnerability.
Just as my pen runs out of ink.
Aoife Cunningham
Aoife writes:
I’m 19 from Galway. I began writing poetry when I was 7. My poetry is a reflection of my circumstance. I jumped off a bridge in 2018, resulting in 7 broken bones (thankfully all healed) and I’m currently in hospital being treated for Anorexia Nervosa. I spent 8 months living in a Homeless shelter prior to my admission to hospital. My aim is to help people through the power of my words.
HSE CEO Paul Reid
This is obscene!
In 2019 he took the job for €300k , why the huge pay rise in 2 years? Why is the post getting paid that much in the first place !For reference the president of the US gets paid roughly $400k. https://t.co/q1AcFdTdzi
— Natalie O’Regan (@NatalieORegan1) July 6, 2021
This morning.
Via Independent.ie:
HSE chief Paul Reid’s remuneration package topped €426,000 last year, including €358,651 in salary.
Mr Reid, who began a five-year contract in May 2019, and has become one of the country’s most recognisable faces during the pandemic, received €48,416 allowances on top of his salary. He has a benefit in kind of €19,141 to cover his company car, according to the HSE’s annual report.
HSE chief Paul Reid’s pay package tops €426,000 – more than twice Taoiseach’s wage (Independent.ie)
