Mia Yermeche – Butterflies
Love is like a butterfly…
Classically trained, Irish r’n’b singer Mia Yermeche (top) announces herself on the scene with her slinky debut single produced by Chris Kabs.
Mia writes:
“It’s about the initial stage of a relationship where you are pretty much head over heels for someone and in your eyes they can simply do no wrong, your basically blinded by the infatuation that you feel for them”.
Nick says: Winging it.
Yesterday evening.
Leonard’s Corner, South Circular Road. Road.
Harry Warren writes:
Outside of Tesco beside a take-a-way restaurant…Either the take-a-way consumers apart from being scruffy litter louts, are displaying their collective intelligence by mistaking the granite columns for dining tables or litter bins, or it is another example of Dublin City Councils ongoing failure to provide a functional litter collection service. Perhaps Broadsheet readers can advise?
P.S. the DCC litter bin outside of the take-a-way was full to overflowing…
Chickens for sale at a market in Huai an, Jiangsu province in China
In China they’ve just found a new
Human case of a bird flu
But it didn’t cause harm
There’s no need for alarm
And right now I hope that that’s true
Getty
Niall Gubbins tweetz:
Spotted this at the local playground. My initial thought: it needs the Trainspotting Choose Life / Iggy Pop treatment but now I’m thinking more the Wear Sunscreen treatment. Questions for the readers. Who does the voice, what’s the soundtrack?
Over to YOU, folks.
More to follow.
This afternoon/evening.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
Turned out nice.
Update:
Or not.
Thanks Andy Pipkin
Gulp.
This morning.
Good Morning Britain on ITV.
Would YOU ban unvaccinated friends from a dinner party? (Mail Online)
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan after they launched the Economic Recovery Plan in Dublin Castle
For Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael “we are all in this together” was clearly just a slogan.
Slashing support payments to workers who will still be prevented from returning to work is deeply unfair and so very wrong – @MaryLouMcDonald #Dáil pic.twitter.com/OT9uJCxEpF
— Sinn Féin (@sinnfeinireland) June 1, 2021
This afternoon.
In the Daíl at the Convention Centre, Dublin
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald responds to the the announcement of a gradual tapering off of Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) by €50 from 7 September, with further €50 cuts planned for November 16 and February 8, 2022 as part of the National Recovery Plan.
Meanwhile…
“You repeatedly promised there would be no cliff edge when it came to the withdrawal of PUP.
“Yet today you have announced there will be a cliff edge. That no matter what level of restrictions are in place in Sept, payments will be reduced,” says @RoisinShortall pic.twitter.com/rUMQGxr7wP
— Social Democrats (@SocDems) June 1, 2021
This afternoon.
Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall told the Dáil that the PUP cuts will result in 40% reduction in income by next February and push people onto the breadline.
Via RTE:
She asked the Taoiseach: “Why have you done, what you swore not to do, and will undoubtedly lead more into poverty?”
Ms Shortall said the move would result in a cliff-edge, despite numerous promises.
She said to start cutting the PUP in September was an “arbitrary date” – something which would happen “… no matter what the public health advice or what jobs may or may not be available”.
The Dublin North West TD said that the cut of €50 which was due to take place in September was a 15% cut in payments for “… those who can least afford it”.
Decision to reduce PUP ‘premature and unfair’ – Sinn Féin (RTÉ)
Earlier: Recoverability
It depends.
Are you male?
A little unkempt?
Do you (and a friend) need a decent grooming?
Read on.
Ian writes:
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