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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan (left) and Deputy CMO Dr. Ronan Glynn
🚨 BREAKING: Proposal being put to Cabinet ministers this afternoon is to move Ireland to Level 5 lockdown for six weeks 🚨 @VirginMediaNews
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) October 19, 2020
This afternoon.
More as we get it.
Meanwhile…
Breaking: The new 5km travel restriction will be a penal provision and fines will be issued to those who breach the rule.
— Philip Ryan (@Philip_Ryan) October 19, 2020
Earlier: Answer A Broadsheet Reader
‘Revise Current Policy And Consider An Alternative Strategy Tailored To Our Nation And Its People’
Last week: We Knew This Day Would Come
Behold: a tumultuous cosmic conflict – a Star War, if you will – in the region of spiral galaxy UGC 1810. To wit:
The featured galaxy is labelled UGC 1810 by itself, but together with its collisional partner is known as Arp 273. The overall shape of UGC 1810 — in particular its blue outer ring — is likely a result of wild and violent gravitational interactions. This ring’s blue colour is caused by massive stars that are blue hot and have formed only in the past few million years. The inner galaxy appears older, redder, and threaded with cool filamentary dust. A few bright stars appear well in the foreground, unrelated to UGC 1810, while several galaxies are visible well in the background. Arp 273 lies about 300 million light years away toward the constellation of Andromeda. Quite likely, UGC 1810 will devour its galactic sidekick over the next billion years and settle into a classic spiral form.
Related: You Weren’t There Man, You Don’t Know…
(Image: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Domingo Pestana)
Um.
This afternoon.
Stephen’s Green Street, Dublin 2.
Via Buzz,ie:
The new initiative aims to build a culture of on-the-go recycling in Dublin city centre by placing eye-catching bins to educate and inspire people to recycle correctly while out and about. This is being launched at a time where the impact of the pandemic has seen a rise in litter in conjunction with the use of single-use items such as face masks.
Yes, but yellow!?
FIGHT!
This morning.
An open letter to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly from a group of doctors declaring no confidence in NPHET and requesting immediate review and oversight, as well as consideration of an alternative strategy ‘that might help us navigate out of this crisis’.
Earlier: Derek Mooney: NPHET And Government Must Get Behind The One Mask
Previously: It’s A Small Club
Meanwhile…
If Government doesn’t implement relevant recommendations, especially on testing and tracing, in its imminent decisions it will repeat the failings that led us to this point. https://t.co/CQDoskuYsm#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/eCwzje7DeB
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) October 19, 2020
The Patch: oil paintings by Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie: intricately detailed urban amalgamations ‘hovering gracefully between the worlds of a nostalgic past and a potentially dystopian future’.
Bit like ourselves, really.
Protect Scotland app from Waterford-based firm NearForm
This morning/afternoon.
On September 10, Scotland released a Covid-19 contact tracing app called Protect Scotland from Irish firm NearForm, which had been launched with some fanfare by Scotland’s First Minister four months earlier….
Via The Times:
Nicola Sturgeon told the country “that your privacy will be respected at all times” when she launched Test and Protect on May 26.
The Times has now confirmed that data can be shared with Police Scotland to issue fines and other organisations that demonstrate an undefined “legitimate reason” to access the data.
The first minister also promised that the Protect Scotland app, which she has urged everyone in Scotland to download, will protect privacy.
However, the mobile numbers used to register on the app are retained by NHS National Services Scotland (NHS NSS), which can be compelled to hand them on to police.
…Despite repeated requests last night, the Scottish government declined to clarify its position, fuelling fears that police officers could be handed personal information given to contact tracers.
Anyone?
Coronavirus: Police could be given contact details from Test and Protect scheme (The Times)
Kodaline featuring Gabrielle Aplin – Everyone Changes
Fancy a duet?
Irish chart toppers Kodaline team up with honey-tongued English singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin for their new single taken from the deluxe version of their album One Day At A Time.
Kodaline says:
“When we wrote ‘Everyone changes’ for our new album we always felt the song would work better as a duet, so with the help of Gabrielle Aplin and her beautiful vocals, here’s the result. We hope you guys like it.”
Kodaline play Malahide Castle on June 27.
Nick says: ‘Line dancing.