This morning.
Arron writes:
I found this at the bottom of Grafton Street (where Molly Malone used to be) – or is that the top of Grafton Street. You decide! Also found his bank card. I can arrange delivery to Gavin if he comes forward…
Anyone?
From top: Zac Keoghan; Zac and Elf Kelly Evans ( left) celebrate the Square Tallaght Christmas Experience
Christmas restored…
…Lia Stokes writes:
Christmas may be different this year, but the team at The Square Towncentre Tallaght is making it as magical as ever with exciting festive attractions throughout the season. All the shops are open, so it’s as easy as ever to get all you need, and then relax!
Keep the kids amused and stop by to take some pics with Father Christmas himself on the interactive animated Santa Selfie Screen. At the giant contactless Selfie Screen, you can see Santa preparing for his busiest time of year, and capture that all-important festive family photo with the man himself!
Take in the sights on the 35m Panoramic Ferris Wheel. An annual Christmas attraction at The Square, the Ferris Wheel transforms the skyline and is always a big hit with children and adults alike. As the days get shorter, you can take in the beautiful lights of the area in the evening or enjoy a spin in the winter sun.
Enjoy a movie under the stars at the Disney Drive-In Cinema, showing favourites including Frozen, Mary Poppins, Toy Story and the Lion King. A total of 36 Disney movies across 48 screenings from December 16 to January 3.
For your consideration…
…The Bayno (1954).
In 1909, the Gunness family’s Iveagh Trust founded a play centre for the capital’s poor, in Francis Street, Dublin later moving to Bull Alley.
Peter Fitzpatrick, of the Iveagh Trust, writes:
To celebrate the Iveagh Trust’s 130th year, we’ve restored a special, rarely seen 1954 film-reel from our archive.
Recorded on a June day in 1954 by Pat Johnston of the FCA – this fantastic footage has been transformed and provides a window into life at what was Ireland’s finest children’s play centre, affectionately known as ‘The Bayno‘.
The Trust would love to connect with as many as we can from the video and bring them back together for a special gathering and outdoor showing of the film on the same spot later next year.
We hope that you can help us to reach them so that they might reconnect with each other, share their memories and relive their time at the Bayno.
Anyone that recognises themselves or anyone else can get in touch with us at: thebayno@theiveaghtrust.ie or phone 454 2312.
Last night.
“This is not just about honoring the votes of 74 million Americans who voted for me. It’s about ensuring that Americans can have faith in this election. And in all future elections.”
US President Donald Trump delivers a 46 minute speech on alleged voting fraud in the 2020 US Presidential Election.
President Trump displayed two slides of voting data during and after Election Day in Wisconsin and Michigan highlighting the ‘irregularities’ that happened in the middle of the night.
Donald Trump releases video statement repeating baseless vote fraud claims (The Guardian)
Yesterday: Best Foot Forward
Starting tomorrow.
The Irish Virtual Christmas Market.
Founder Ray Mongey writes:
I was thinking, how can we create the Christmas market feeling via the internet… so I set up the Irish Virtual Christmas Market.
It’s a unique way for vendors to connect with buyers in 2020 which uses a virtual marketplace with virtual stalls. Each vendor can text & video chat live to each customer who visits them.
It’s a three day event happening online starting tomorrow the 4th, 5th & 6th December. I already have nearly 100 businesses signed up, we just need more signups from the general public.
I believe this event could help Irish businesses and present a unique way for people to #buylocal and interact with vendors.
This event is free for both the general public and for business booths (stalls).
Staying in tonight?
Fantasy Ireland.
From Igloo Animations and the writing team behind Zig and Zag.
Trevor Courtney writes:
The Shamz use Wanderly Wagon to save Ireland…
Fantasy Ireland on RTE2 at 11.20pm tonight.
Catch up on the series on the RTÉ Player here
Red Nose Day
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This morning.
Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Ruairi Ginty (above) posts a letter to Rudolf as increasingly large numbers of visitors are causing undue stress on the park’s wild deer. As an alternative to feeding the deer,park staff have set up a number of post boxes for children to drop off their letters to Rudolf.
11/1/21
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Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth
This morning.
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has contacted those who participated in the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes that the final report will be published on January 11.
Minister O’Gorman writes:
In recent weeks, I have spoken to former residents of the Mother and Baby Homes, and their advocates. I have listened to the views expressed regarding publication of the Commission’s final report, and I am conscious of the understandable anxiety surrounding the timescale for publication.
I am therefore writing today to inform you it is my intention to publish the final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes on the week commencing January 11th, 2021.
…On the same day, I will be bringing forward a Memorandum seeking approval to proceed with the Certain Historic Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill, which will allow for exhumation and dignified reburial of the site at Tuam. Pending Cabinet approval, this Bill will then proceed through the Oireachtas.
As required, on the week of January 11th, I will be bringing forward a Memorandum to Cabinet seeking approval to publish the final Report, and the Commission’s Sixth Interim report.
After the Cabinet meeting. An Taoiseach and I will host an online presentation for former residents to outline some of the key findings from the Report, along with details of the initial Government response.
Publication of this Report will be a landmark moment for the many thousands of former residents, their families and advocates, in particular those who directly contributed to the Commission’s work by sharing their deeply personal and lived experiences. The Report is nearly 3,000 pages long with individual chapters for each of the institutions and specific issues which the Commission was tasked with examining.
Counselling Service for Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes (HSE)
Previously: Illegitimate History
‘Commonspace’.
A short documentary looking at Dundanion Court, a futuristic housing scheme built in Cork in 1964.
Filmmaker Paddy Cahill writes:
Architect Neil Hegarty brings us through his first work, the award-winning housing scheme at Dundanion Court, which absorbed influences from projects by Mies van der Rohe and I M Pei in the United States to produce a model for housing that is increasingly pertinent today.
Bringing #Ireland‘s History to Life 🇮🇪⛪️
My restored and colourised c1890 photo of the Achill Mission or ‘the Colony’ at Dugortm on Achill Island in Co. Mayo featuring St. Thomas’s Church designed by architect Joseph Welland in 1851 with the Slievemore mountain in the background. pic.twitter.com/SRpEqqXCqT— Rob Cross (@RobCross247) December 2, 2020
1890.