A reminder from The School Of Life that there’s no such thing as ‘not being able’ to dance. To wit:
…the whole point is to move about wildly without shame – and that in doing so, we connect with others and with important forgotten bits of ourselves.
Previously: Keep Emotionally Mature And Carry On
Health Minister Simon Harris
This afternoon.
A reduced number of Dáil members are meeting to hear statements on health and social protection matters concerning the coronavirus.
It followed calls for the members not to sit.
Meanwhile…
Sinn Féin and PBP argued for a sitting every week through the crisis. I’m told Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil wanted a suspension until the end of April
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) April 2, 2020
Clerk of the Dáil Peter Finnegan told the meeting that precedent would suggest that as Leo Varadkar has lost the confidence of the Dáil, he technically isn’t accountable to it. Therefore doesn’t have to answer questions in the chamber
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) April 2, 2020
Business Committee due to meet by teleconference on Monday at 2pm to get update and review what was decided today
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) April 2, 2020
Yikes.
Anyone?
Watch live here
Earlier: Meanwhile Not In The Dáil
This afternoon.
Sandymount Strand
Love Hate’s Johnny Ward ‘launches’ LloydsPharmacy Heart Health Hubs, as part of its charity partnership with the Irish Heart Foundation.
60 LloydsPharmacies are now Heart Health Hubs, focusing on “cardiovascular risk assessments, lifestyle advice and blood pressure checks”.
No free balloons.
Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
Save Poolbeg.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt applies its no-nonsense balanced approach to matters carnivorous. To wit:
Over the last few years eating meat has increasingly been associated with health risks, like heart disease, cancer and an early death. How unhealthy is meat really?
Previously: Does Your EU Vote Matter?
This morning.
At the Grangegorman Primary Care Centre in Dublin.
Minister for Health Simon Harris and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hold giant-sized cardboard ‘medical cards’ to launch the Budget 2019 changes which come into effect this week and next week.
Changes include a €10 reduction in the monthly Drugs Payment Scheme threshold from €134 to €124; a 10 per cent increase across all GP visit card weekly income thresholds; and a reduction in prescription charges from €2 to €1.50 for all medical card holders over the age of 70.
Meanwhile…
Those living on the streets, in tents, in hostels, in hotel bedrooms will be delighted. Those sharing bedrooms with strangers bcoz that’s all they can afford will celebrate. Those in debt & struggling to survive will have a party. You’ve destroyed the futures of many Irish people
— alanzfsmith (@alanzfsmith) March 25, 2019
Yesterday
The Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, North Great Charles Street Dublin 1
John Connors, Christy Moore and Bressie helped launch a position paper on Traveller Men’s Health. Research shows that men in the Travelling community suffer more from depression, low self-esteem and discrimination.
The Pavee Point organisation wants a national strategy to address the suicide rate among the male Travelling community, which is almost seven times the national average.
Research published a decade ago showed Traveller men’s lives were 15 years shorter that the overall male population in Ireland. Pavee Point says there is nothing to suggest that has changed.
Call for strategy to address male Traveller mental health (RTÉ)
Meanwhile….
The Traveller advocacy group Pavee Point has welcomed the news that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has resolved to support the recognition of Traveller ethnicity.
Mr Kenny said on Wednesday that the Government would begin taking steps towards the recognition of Traveller ethnicity in the new year.
The Taoiseach said he had asked Minister of State at the Department of Justice David Stanton to prepare a report for the social affairs committee on the question of recognising Traveller ethnicity. The report is expected in a few weeks.
In fairness.
Pavee Point welcomes recognition of Traveller ethnicity (irish Times)
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