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In fairness.
Tag Archives: Waterford
This afternoon.
In Waterford city.
A building has been occupied by a group of housing activists on O’Connell Street.
Take Back The City – Waterford writes:
Following another increase in the number of homeless people, activists in Waterford have said enough is enough and initiated a 24-hour occupation of a vacant building on O’Connell St. The building is the former Presbytery now owned by Waterford City and County Council. This follows a summer of occupations in Dublin.
Local People Before Profit rep Una Dunphy said: ‘Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy issued targets last year, he said Waterford would build 687 new social houses between now and 2021. This is a ridiculously low number but, even so, only 11 social houses were built last year. There are over 3,000 on the housing list in Waterford and it’s growing with many eviction orders before the courts. There is over 110 people homeless in Waterford at present.’
Meanwhile, a public meeting will take place on Thursday, September 13, at 7pm, in the Unite Union Hall, Keyzer Street in Waterford.
Speakers on the night include PBP Rep Una Dunphy, Michelle Byrne, USI Vice-President for Campaigns and an activist from the Dublin Summerhill Occupation and United Against Racism.
Via Take Back The City – Waterford (Facebook)
Previously: Taking More Back
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“In the distant future, the year 3017, war has broken out. In order to claim the origins of the all mighty blaa, clans from around Waterford blaa-ttle it out. Under the canopy of the Blaa-Apple Market groups of estranged blaa-ttlers will gather. They have dropped their shields and swords and have picked up the flour and eggs for a display unseen before….
Saturday.
Waterford Cty. County Waterford.
John Gallen writes:
The Battle of the Blaas!
Blaa-mageddon a family fun egg and flour fight, part of The imagine Arts Festival 2017…Fake FUN Fight!
Video from The Apple Market Blaa-mageddon here
This afternoon.
It’s being reported that a woman, in her late 70s, has died after a tree or large branch fell on her car near the village of Aglish in West Waterford.
She was the sole occupant of the car.
Damien Tiernan, of RTE, reported in the past few minutes.
“I understand it’s a woman… She was in the car and a large branch or section of a tree fell on the car and went through the windscreen.”
UPDATE:
Via Michael O’Toole
The Dara Fitzpatrick Memorial Run medal
On Saturday, September 16, at 10am.
At Waterford Airport.
A 5km memorial run to honour the four Rescue 116 crew members who died in March – Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, Winch Operator Paul Ormsby and Winchman Ciarán Smith – will be held.
Proceeds from the run will go to the children’s charity Touching Hearts and South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association.
The organisers write:
The Dara Fitzpatrick Memorial Run has released details of their run finisher’s medal. The medal depicts a Sikorsky S92 Helicopter flying over the sea on a rescue mission. In the background are the numbers “116”, together with four flying doves honouring the lost Rescue 116 crew members.
…Speaking about the medal one of the event’s organisers Captain Barry O’Connor said, “The doves are a touching tribute to our four colleagues who tragically lost their lives in the service of others on March 14th this year”
[Dara’s sister] Niamh Fitzpatrick said: “This medal is a beautiful memento of what will be an emotional run in memory of Dara. To have a design that captures the helicopter and the four crew members is very special; this is a medal that Dara would be proud of.”
Those wishing to take part can register here.
Entry is €20.
Disc-gusting
atThis driver was all ‘Sixes& Sevens Forgery wouldnt really be their forte driver stopped in Ennis fraudulent Ins disc Prosecution to follow pic.twitter.com/AyI0qyoolF
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) August 9, 2017
Hmmm.
Meanwhile…
From the weekend…
RTE reported:
“The internal Audit Committee of An Garda Síochána has said it was “very concerned” that senior garda management did not tell it about the existence of thousands of fake breath tests or unreliable fixed notice convictions.”
“…The committee, which oversees spending in the force, said it was kept totally in the dark over both issues despite senior management knowing about them in the previous year.”
Garda auditors not told of breath test or FCN controversies (RTE)
Previously: A Breathtaking Timeline
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Farmer and father-to-be Thomas Power died in an ambulance near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, as it was travelling to Cork two weeks ago.
At the time of this death, the catheterisation lab in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) was closed for the weekend. It’s open for cardiac tests and procedures Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
Thomas had suffered a heart attack.
Further to this, friends and family members – including Thomas’s sister Catherine Power, above – gathered outside the Dáil this afternoon calling for 24/7 cardiac services in the area.
Protest over cardiac services in southeast (RTE)
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Sons Phonetic – Déise hip-hop collective
What you may need to know…
01. Acting as both a name for their collective creative endeavours and an umbrella for their solo work, Waterford beats co-op Sons Phonetic is comprised of Rabiah “Mook” Zaruq (aka Nylon Primate), Sammy Dozens, Tommy Tyler, Ian Kav, Mouse Hughes and DJ/cutman Tom Dunne.
02. This past weekend, the collective’s first collaborative release since 2011 debut album Twelve Labours was released, entitled Deloreans.
03. The self-produced LP features cuts from UK skratchologist Moschops and Corkonian hip-hop godfather JusMe.
04. The album is streaming in the widget above, and available for download via their Bandcamp, along with several of the members’ solo releases.
Thoughts: Proper, boom-bap production and clinical, precision wordplay. Decent Irish hip-hop™, indeed.
Ghost Robots – Waterford five-piece
What you may need to know…
01. Alt-rock is the order of the day for Waterford five-piece Ghost Robots.
02. Formerly known as We, the People, the band rebranded in 2015 and releasing their Sell It to Me EP.
03. Streaming above is the lead-off single for same, Under Fire.
04. Catch ’em at home tomorrow night, playing creative space The Bearded Lady on Michael St. BYOB show, so no glass, no trackies, etc.
Thoughts: A lot here for fans of the broader church of alternative sounds and references.