From top: Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health; the five ‘scenarios’ outlined in his letter to the cabinet yesterday with the mean number of cases, hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths from  July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021 under each scenario

This afternoon.

Further to the announcement of a delay in re-opening, Government, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said according to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), modelling scenarios….

‘…that the planned easing of these measures should only proceed once a robust, non-reproducible and enforceable system of verification of vaccination or immunity status can be put in place to support this.

“If this is not deemed feasible, the Government should consider pausing further easing of these measures until such a system can be instituted”, it advised.

The letter outlined five separate scenarios, with possible outcomes from “Optimistic” with 165 deaths between 1 July and 30 September to “Pessimistic” with 2,170 deaths from Covid-19.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the Government has taken the “cautious approach”…

Full letter here.

NPHET letter outlined five scenarios to Government (RTÉ)

Earlier: ‘Absolutely Bananas’ And ‘Completely Bonkers’

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For your consideration.

Kirk Squad.

Séamus Hanley, of Enlightenment Pictures,  writes:

A new episode with performances by various comedy talents, including Danger Farm‘s Diarmuid & Donnacha O’Brien, along with cameos by author Deirdre Sullivan and filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman.

Laugh long and prosper.

Previously: Episode 6

Eamon Ryan in the Dáil at the Convention Centre this afternoon

This afternoon.

Seems to have gone down well.

Earlier…

Earlier…

Meanwhile…

Earlier: Delta Farce

Meanwhile…

Oh,

From top Street artist ‘Asbestos’ at 40/41 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

This afternoon.

O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.

Via Hugh Lane Gallery

Joining up with artist Asbestos we are presenting a contemporary response to ‘From Secret Block to ROSC‘ our centenary celebration display of [German artist and Fluxus founder]   Joseph Beuys’ work in the gallery from  July 14 – October 31.

The mural takes the form of a figure made of painted burnt matches. Each one represents a person who has sadly died from Covid-19. During its lifetime the mural will be updated with more matches until such time as when the pandemic has passed. The hoarding will feature a quote from Joseph Beuys book ‘The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland‘ (1974): “pass freely from one level of existence to another…”

RollingNews

This afternoon.

‘On May 2nd I made an inadvertent, public and embarrassing mistake for which I took full responsibility and apologized to those directly affected, as well as my colleagues and clients. A campaign against the reputation of our firm has followed and may even continue in the coming days. However, regardless of the veracity of any such matters I do not want them to be an ongoing distraction to the running of our company.

In order to protect the employees of Teneo and its clients, and with my family’s strong support, I have decided to leave the company and resign as Chairman and CEO.

Teneo will remain the best in the world at what it does, a firm whose success has been driven by three virtues – hard work, decency and compassion.

Over recent days I have received countless messages of support from my colleagues, clients, public figures and people who know me well both personally and professionally. Their support and trust is what counts the most. I will be forever grateful to them all.

I want to thank our hundreds of clients around the world for their support of our business and their loyalty to our people. You are the reason Teneo exists. And to my 1,250 colleagues worldwide, I will continue to be your biggest supporter.’

Declan Kelly this afternoon.

A Statement By Declan Kelly (Teneo)

Previously: On A Global Stage

This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

People Before Profit TDs Brid Murphy (above left) and Richard Boyd Barret (above centre) hold a demonstration with elderly activists outside Leinster House calling for all TDs to support their party’s Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill.

This bill would give retired workers and their associations the right to go to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ‘when their occupational scheme has been affected, regardless of the length of time the workers concerned have been retired from their workplace’.

Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

This afternoon.

Sallynoggin Pearse FC, where Paul McGrath played and whose home pavilion has become a vandalised rubble (pic 2), has received a cash injection from Paddy Power’s €100,000 #saveourgame campaign fund.

Rachael Kenny writes:

Sallynoggin Pearse FC will receive a donation of €10,000 to go towards the purchase of an anti-vandalism unit.

The club had been using a “tin-can” shed circa 1970s as their clubhouse in Sallynoggin Park [south county Dublin] for years.

The corrugated steel structure housed two dressing rooms, a shower room and a tearoom, but no toilets..

But vandals seemed hell bent on destroying the meagre facility and stealing the equipment the club relied upon.’

Where was the FAI through all this, anyone?

Meanwhile…

…Paddy Power added:

“The needs of Sallynoggin Pearse FC really put the state of Irish football into raw perspective. When we set out to help Irish football at a grassroots level with #saveourgame, we never expected to find a club where the grass growing beneath their feet were literally all they had.”

OK, Paddy.

We’ll do the jokes around here.

FIGHT!

Paddy Power

‘sup?

Aughrim, County Wicklow.

Local boy Jack Siron (with his dog Moby) in the forest in Aughrim which inspires his own artwork and stories, launches the Dublin Book Festival’s new online series Departures which explores the influence of landscape on the work of some well known Irish writers…

…including Mike McCormack, Billy O’Callaghan, Michael Fewer, Alice Taylor, Jane Clarke and Alice Kinsella, and musicians such as Cormac Mac Diarmada, Ruth Clinton, Anna Mieke, Jack O’Rourke and Aisling Fitzpatrick.

Presented by Manchán Magan, Dublin Book Festival’s Departures premieres for free on July 6 (booking required at link below).

Arf.

Dublin Book Festival

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

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