Tag Archives: 2020

Tomorrow night.

At 8pm.

The best of Electric Picnic on Facebook.

Dave Ward writez:

“[On] Saturday we are planning a watch party where we will bring you the best acts of Electric Picnic over the years in the name of a worthy charity TBC.

“Where possible we will use footage from the picnic and, where this is not possible, we will use the best quality footage available of your favourite acts

It will be a bit of craic for a good cause and take us back to a good time of an epic weekend.”

In fairness.

Electric Picnic Banter Party (2020)

Thanks Connor O’Flanagan

From top: Photographs by Marc O’Sullivan, Tom Honan and Leon Farrell which are part of the PPAI’s Press Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2020

The Press Photographers Association of Ireland writez:

Welcome to the Press Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2020. For the first time in 42 years the PPAI exhibition is unable to embark on its nationwide tour, due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. To continue the tradition we welcome you to our very first ‘virtual exhibition’.

Press Photographers Association of Ireland 2020 Exhibition

Today.

A Status Orange wind warning for Connacht, Donegal and Kerry is in place until 9pm tonight.

Met Éireann has also issued a similar warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

The latter warning will remain in place until 3pm this afternoon.

Meanwhile…

Via Met.ie

This afternoon.

On RTÉ’s News at One.

Journalist Kate Egan reported:

“This lunchtime the Early Years Alliance has announced that it will be holding a national protest march involving what they say are thousands of educators, providers and parents, demanding a sustainable solution to what they say is the worsening childcare crisis in the country.

That protest is going to be held on Wednesday, the 5th of February. Among the calls that the protesters say will be for the development of a funding model that supports affordable and accessible childcare for parents and the introduction of the living wage for all workers in the sector in 2020.”

Meanwhile…

In a press release, Federation of Early Childhood Providers’ chairperson, Elaine Dunne, said:

“We are calling on all those concerned by the worsening childcare crisis to join us on Wednesday 5th February to say enough is enough.”

“We are educators and need to be paid accordingly. The reason the insurance hike in the sector has hit us so hard, is because we are paid so little in the first place. The ECCE grant pays us €4.60 an hour, we only get paid for three hours a day. Sustainability is a real issue for providers”.

SIPTU Head of Strategic Organising, Darragh O’Connor, said:

“Early years educators across the country are committed to delivering high quality, child focused education and care.

“However, the current Government funding model for the sector is making it impossible to achieve this. Despite qualifications and hard work, early years educators earn just €11.45 [an hour] on average, well below the living wage.

“The majority are struggling to make ends meet and will be unable to stay in their profession if things don’t change. That’s why we are calling for the introduction of the Living Wage in 2020 as the first step towards professional pay scales.”

Listen back in full here

Supporters of a protest against homelessness in Dublin city on December 5, 2019

Tomorrow.

A protest against homelessness will be held in Dublin city with supporters meeting at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm.

Leah Catherine Daly writez:

“We will march down O’Connell Street and assemble at [O’Connell] bridge.

“There is a plan for on the day so I would ask that you assemble in an orderly fashion and listen to the instruction of the stewards or it won’t work. We are far more organised for Saturday than we were for December 5th.

“There will be people speaking so I would ask that during that time people stay quiet and listen to them.

“There will be manned voting help desks set up from 12pm at the GPO until 3pm where you can get all the information you need and access to RFA2 [register of elector forms] and help to fill them out should you struggle with reading or writing.

“Please bring your banners. Anyone with tents and sleeping bags to donate, please bring them and non-perishable food items.”

Protest against Homelessness in Ireland, Less Talk More Action! (Facebook)

Previously: All This Aggravation Ain’t Satisfactioning Me [Updated]