A day at the races : Leopardstown, 1982. #Dublin #Ireland#DublinBeforeTheTiger (1982-1992),
My long-term, high-res series about the inner city in the years leading up to the Celtic Tiger.
For more images FOLLOW & RT, please. pic.twitter.com/5xPJ7n5pIc— David Jazay (@DavidJazay) October 15, 2020
1982.
Leopardstown, County Dublin.
What little cash was left in the 1980s went on the gee-gees.
Soft ‘g’, ladies.
Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman
This afternoon.
We’ve been asked to remind readers opposed to the Government’s bill to seal documents seized by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission for 30 years (except for a database on mothers and children detained in 11 institutions which it wants to give to TUSLA), that – even though the bill is progressing at some speed – they can still write to Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman to help urge a re-think.
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Urgent: Mother and Baby Home Commission (Justice For Magdalene Research)
Previously: Sealing Their Fate
Exquisite portraits of common European birds captured mid-flight by fine art photographer Mark Hervey.
Name them flappers though.
The household visiting ban does not include plumbers, electricians, builders, upholsterer and painters
This morning.
Tradespeople can continue to work in people’s homes despite the household visiting ban…
Via RTÉ:
Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris said plumbers, electricians, builders, upholsterers, painters should take precautions when entering homes for work.
He also said business owners should show leadership and facilitate their employees working from home in a bid to stop the transmission of Covid-19.
Minister Harris said “we were very good at working from home” [at the start of the pandemic], but said he has noticed a lot more traffic on the roads recently.”
Sorry, Si.
Former Fianna Fáil Minister and family GP Dr Jim McDaid
Screech.
“I fully agree that we must pursue the current advice as given in September 2020 but based on all of the figures currently available, it is demonstrated clearly that despite large numbers of people contracting Covid-19, it is seen that the virus does not have a virulent an impact that it had in Phase 1….
…We have quite a large practice in Donegal but despite the figures a few days ago, we had only one person in hospital at the height of those figures and our advice and suggested treatment as doctors to our patients was to isolate yourselves, drink plenty of fluids and make sure you buy a box of paracetamol on the way home.”
One suggestion I put forward for discussion is that the proposed further lockdowns exclude younger people. People under 40, perhaps people under 50, who can prove that they are under a certain age and have no chronic illnesses.
“I have been informed by my patients, especially the elderly, that they are watching four to six versions of the news on a daily basis. They have become addicted but they are not being given all the facts. They are scared. They deserve better.”
Part an open letter to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin from former Fianna Fáil Minister Dr Jim McDaid, a family GP in Letterkenny, County Donegal.
Come in.
We’ve been expecting you.
Country on verge of a mental health crisis – Dr McDaid (Donegal News)
Interesting full page ad in The Irish Times this morning. pic.twitter.com/LQYA7BWjwR
— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) October 15, 2020
All the news that’s fit to print.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Simon Coveney
This morning.
Further to last night’s cabinet decision to order nationwide ban on household visits and move three border counties to Level 4 restrictions amid warning that things won’t return to normal until a vaccine is found.
…via RTÉ:
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said there needs to be collective action in terms of adhering to the new regulations “to turn this around”.
Mr Coveney described the “enormous numbers” in Northern Ireland is very worrying, and said that while there is a lot of cooperation between the two jurisdictions, the Government is anxious to do more and have a collective approach both North and South.
….Minister Coveney said there are a number of things happening, including discussions to trace cases across the border and the use of a Covid app that works in both jurisdictions.
He said the NI Executive gets its scientific advice from a different source to NPHET and there is not always consistency, but both governments are taking action to try and reduce the infections.
Meanwhile…
Mr Coveney also said he had worries for the GAA ahead of the resumption of inter-county action this weekend.
Collective action needed to ‘turn this around’ – Coveney (RTÉ)
New Development for Cuffe Street, D2. Love the dynamism of this compared to the blocky new build next door. pic.twitter.com/NlgGHp1nIq
— Davey Donnelly (@DaveyDonn) October 15, 2020
Um.
Before: ugly.
After: hideous.
Good times.
Greenside Building promises ‘pandemic proofed’ office solution (Irish Times)
A clever film by Brian Shultz using the epic cinematography and classic tropes of natural history documentary – including a voiceover by the great Morgan Freeman – to showcase the rise of a dominant new ocean denizen.
