This morning.
Grand Canal, Dublin 2.
Conor Reid with his children Milo and Margot walk along the Grand Canal in Dublin as Emily Brazil, from Donnybrook, plays her Cello ahead of the Feis Ceoil Virtual Gala Celebration this weekend. The online event, supported by the RDS, is available to watch from Friday until Sunday.
Meanwhile…
‘sup?
Eoghan and Ted there.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Back in a jiffy.
Robert Watt
Watt says in a statement it is not “appropriate to take such an increase in pay given the current difficult economic conditions … It had always been my intention that, if I were to be appointed to this role, I would waive this increase until the economy begins to recover”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 20, 2021
This afternoon.
Hmm.
There must be a catch.
Previously: Ask A Broadsheet Reader
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
The launch of the Solidarity/People Before Profit Companies (Protection of Employees Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021 which will be moved at first stage in the Dáil tomorrow, inspired by the actions of the Debenhams workers.
Present at the launch was Karen Gearon (red jacket) who was a shop steward (top centre) in the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike 1984-7.
RTÉ News website
Ah here.
BrianC writes:
‘Vax good. Tea bad. Screw science.’
Fight!
*slurp*
Behold: the 2022 Maxlider Brothers Ford Bronco 6×6.
Maxliders Brothers custom house (an officially licensed Ford partner) has been tweaking Ford’s iconic SUV since 2013. This variant features a 460bhp Coyote crate engine (upgradable to bespoke-tuned turbo and supercharged performance) powering all six wheels.
Currently accepting orders for delivery early next year with the entry level model priced at $399,000 in the US.
Tonelagee Mountain, county Wicklow last Saturday
Meanwhile…
…Via Robin Monotti Graziadei:
Them: You won’t be able to attend a concert or football games
Me: I don’t mind
Them: You can’t go to a large shopping mall
Me: I’ll survive
Them: You can’t drink at the pub
Me: I no longer drink
Them: You can’t enter night clubsMe: I don’t go out at night
Them: We’ll tell your employer
Me: I don’t have one
Them: We’ll take it from your salary
Me: I don’t have a salary
Them: You can’t go to your job
Me: I don’t have or want your job
Them: You can’t be in the city
Me: I prefer living out in nature
Them: You can’t go to McDonald’s or Burger King
Me: I haven’t in years anyway
Them: You can’t eat at restaurants
Me: I’ll order takeaway
Them: You can’t shop at large grocery stores
Me: I grow my own food and buy from local farmers
Them: You can’t be part of society
Me: I already checked out
Them: Your kids can’t come to school
Me: I’ll homeschool
Them: You’ll be on your own
Me: I’m surrounded by my family and tribe and all the people reaching the same conclusion all over the world
Them: You can’t choose for yourself
Me: I just did
Them: What can we tempt you with?
Me: Nothing
Ratlicker!
Detain him NOW.
FIGHT!
“We cant let ideology get in the way of pragmatic policies or let the perfect be the enemy of the common good.”
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien (above) on the public-private Cost Rental Scheme.
How imperfect?
James writes:
The Housing Finance Agency (HFA) will borrow, say, €200,000, in the taxpayer’s name, and give it as a loan to an Approved Housing Body (AHB) on a low fixed interest for a 30-year-term.
The council will deliver a cheap, serviced site. The AHB will build a home and then rent it to a taxpaying family at €1,200 euro per month, indexed linked, which means the taxpayer could pay €450,000 over 30 years.
A €200,000 mortgage could cost that taxpayer €300,000 over the 30 years with interest increases [AIB 5 year fixed]. The Government has yet to decide how or even if the AHB will repay that loan…
Anyone?
This morning.
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar arrive for a cabinet meeting in Dublin Castle.
A bill aimed at eliminating the widespread practice of ticket touting is due to be brought to Cabinet later today by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.
The legislation is expected to ban the above face-value resale of tickets to live events, matches, and concerts for either designated events or venues.The full details will be published later this week.
Once enacted, operators of venues with a capacity to hold 1,000 people or more will be able to apply to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for designation.
Ticket touting bill to be brought before Cabinet today (RTÉ)
