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AMID LAST MINUTE changes to regulations, indoor hospitality businesses are reopening from today.
Some businesses will be opening their doors to customers this week for the first time in 15 months.
New legislation passed by the Dáil and signed into law last week by President Michael D Higgins means only those with proof of Covid-19 immunity will be able to sit indoors for service in cafes, bars and restaurants.
Failte Ireland’s guidelines for pubs and restaurants that intend to open for indoor service were published over the weekend, and have since been updated after a last-minute change to contact tracing requirements.
Key rules for indoor hospitality
Under the new legislation, businesses are required to ask for and check a customer’s proof of immunity, which includes the EU Digital Covid Certificate and HSE Covid-19 vaccination record.
Regulations require that the name and contact number of the lead person or solo person at a table be taken for contact tracing purposes.
There are a number of other rules in place for indoor hospitality, including:
A maximum of six persons aged 13 or over are permitted at a table. This limit of six does not include accompanying children aged 12 or younger. The total combined capacity at a table cannot exceed 15 overall.
Physical distancing of 1 metre, with mitigation measures in place.
Customers can avail of table service only and may not approach or order from the bar or other counter.
Face coverings must be worn by customers at all times other than when seated at their table.
Employees are to wear face coverings/masks at all times.
Music performance, dancing or other entertainment or mingling between tables is not permitted.
Multiple tables cannot be booked indoors.
Premises must be clear of all customers by 11.30pm.
The Fáilte Ireland guidance states businesses need to ensure processes are in place and staff are trained to implement the operational guidelines and ensure the business is operating within the approved legislation.
If taking bookings, businesses must inform customers that everyone at the table will have to provide relevant proof of full vaccination or immunity from a recent Covid-19 infection. Those under 18 who are accompanied by a parent/guardian do not need to provide proof of immunity.
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All businesses will have a defined entrance point with a staff member in place.
Before a customer is allowed to enter the seating area the proof of immunity for each adult will be checked.
Customers will also be asked for photo ID, such as a driving licence or passport, to ensure the they are using their own proof of immunity.
Businesses may refuse access where people cannot offer proof of immunity or recovery or cannot demonstrate that their certificate relates to them. Under the regulations, if businesses do not operate on this basis, they may be liable for fines or closure.
Staff must record time of arrival, the size of the party and confirmation that all customers – aside from children – have been verified to have immunity. For contact tracing purposes, the name and contact number of the lead person or solo person at the table must be taken.
Once this is done, customers can be shown to their table and can remove their face coverings once seated.
The 105 minute time limit has been removed from regulations, though some businesses may still set their own limits.
Delays and uncertainty
The late decision-making on regulations meant that some businesses decided not to reopen for indoor dining this week as they did not have time to assess staffing needs or implement training for the new Covid immunity checks. Others decided, for the safety of their unvaccinated staff, to delay opening their indoor spaces until further progress is made with the vaccination programme.
Unfortunately due to staffing we won't be able to reopen for indoor service from tomorrow but hope to do so in the coming weeks. We will remain open for outdoor service going forward.
The very best of luck to all the businesses reopening tomorrow, go and smash it💪
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INDOOR SERVICE AT PANTIBAR & PENNYLANE in light of today's Government decision to allow indoor service from Monday pic.twitter.com/q0X8JibX37
— Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@PantiBliss) July 21, 2021
Joe Sheridan, chairman of the Galway Vintners Federation of Ireland, told The Journal that one in every eight pubs will remain shut because the guidelines are too strict.
“The big losers again are the thousands of family run, small, traditional pubs across the country who cannot use their counters to serve customers. Not every pub is a ‘gastro’ pub with table service,” the publican said.
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“Where is the ‘vaccination benefit’ in this plan? If vaccinated customers can’t be served at the counter by vaccinated staff?”
The new legislation and regulations have been a source of controversy and prompted protests recently in Dublin’s City Centre.
A number of businesses reopening this week have already become targets of those opposed to the requirement for customers to show proof of immunity, reporting false bookings, abuse of staff over the phone and social media abuse.
Some publicans are said to be worried that there might be a physical presence of protesters when pubs reopen.
Lists of restaurants opening today are being shared on social media and the message-sharing app Telegram, with users encouraging people to book in for meals – and then leave when asked for their Covid certificate as a form of protest.
JP McMahon, restaurateur behind Aniar, Cava and Tartare in Galway, has had to introduce a credit card policy for bookings at his restaurants due to fears about false bookings.
He announced on social media last week that “due to the continual threat of fake bookings from people who disagree with the government’s new regulations regarding vaccination for indoor dining, we are asking for credit card details for all booking across the three restaurants. Apologies for any inconvenience.”
McMahon said that his restaurants “are getting a phenomenal amount of emails giving out, saying we’re policing this two-tier society. And then people are saying we are going to book your restaurant when you are open and not going to turn up.”
A small number of protesters turned up outside one of McMahon’s restaurants last week, and said they will return again this week.
- With reporting by Ceimin Burke and Aoife Barry.
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@Bain triail aisti: ya narrow minded twerp more educated and skilled people have a better sense of social justice than right wing brainwashed goons like you
@Mattress Dick: Covert racism is a form of racial discrimination that is disguised and subtle, rather than public or obvious. Concealed in the fabric of society, covert racism discriminates against individuals through often evasive or seemingly passive methods.[1] Covert, racially biased decisions are often hidden or rationalized with an explanation that society is more willing to accept. These racial biases cause a variety of problems that work to empower the suppressors while diminishing the rights and powers of the oppressed. Covert racism often works subliminally, and often much of the discrimination is being done subconsciously.
@Terry McSweeney: If you track it back far enough historically it all started with colonialism of one form or another. In America the colonists from Britain were known as WASPS ( White Anglo- Saxon ProtestantS). The actuality of slavery was done away with in Britain by people like William Wilberforce however the concept still remained in the New World and has to this day been subtly perpetuated. It is the haves versus the have nots.
@Pat Coyne: I attended the protests yesterday on Parliament Square. Great effort by all who attended to show solidarity with those who have been directly affected by Police brutality as well as societal racism. It was completely peaceful. This group who attended Downing St however are a minority looking to cause trouble. Sad to see there was little to no media presence at the peaceful protests at Parliament Square. I do not understand and cannot relate to the pain black people have suffered as a white privileged person but I will listen and defend them in the face of racism just as they would in return. Black Lives Matter!
Absolutely sick to bits of the virtue signalling going on here and in the UK. The racial issues with police in the US have literally no correlation to any issues here. How about you protest an actual Irish issue like direct provision instead of what celeb/US culture tells you?
@Sean: And that’s not to say there aren’t racial issues here, but with the gardai there isn’t. If anyone wants to send links etc to show that blacks or other minorities in Ireland are disproportionately targeted by gardai or excessive force is used, I’ll happily eat my words. But right now we’re becoming America lite, getting up in arms over issues that have NOTHING to do with us.
@Seriousnojoke: direct provision is not only one of the most inefficient ways of dealing with refugees (appeal after appeal after appeal) but the centers are PRIVATELY owned. Your tax money is being spent to house/feed/clothe refugees needlessly and endlessly because it benefits the cronies who own the direct provision centers.
@Sean: I’m not even sure it is a racism issue in the US anymore. Statistical evidence doesn’t support the claim on a societal level. And the officer who killed the man is married to an Asian woman. I would need to see some evidence of him being a racist or having racist views before I agree that racism was a factor. It’s strange that nothing has come to light in the past week.
@Sean: Whats your alternative to DP? You should get yourself democratically elected and tackle it head on and solve it. Without a valid argument or alternate your point is just a statement.
DP is our system in place to house asylum seekers until a viable solution is found then it can change. Time spent in the system is the problem, it should be 1 year and either asylum approved and welcome to Ireland or deported back to first country of origin which normally is not Ireland.
Sick to the teeth of end DP when alot have not an iota of how its run.
@Sean:
Do you think it would be cheaper if the state ran the DP centres directly? Don’t understand why people have an issue with them being run by private companies paid by the state. Don’t think civil servants buying premises and staffing them would likely save money.
@TL55: that’s my point, there shouldn’t be an appeals system, or if there is, it should be one appeal at most. People are stuck in DP for upwards of 5 years. It’s to the benefit of the people who own the DP centers.
As to the rest of ye, see this comment. The issue is the time spent. They allow unlimited appeals because it makes their crony buddies that own the DP centers a boatload of money.
@Vladimir Macro: they don’t, I think you’re misunderstanding me, there are plenty of issues in Ireland to protest about, BLM and racial issues really aren’t all that big of a thing here and so these protestors are just virtue signalling. I never said direct provision has anything to do with race, you’re just making stuff up.
@Sean:
You’re talking complete and utter rubbish. If you seriously believe appeals are allowed to make more money for centre operators you really are stupid!
@Sean: Well said Sean, a bunch of clowns here spending way too much time on social media. Write a letter, sign a petition to the US Embassy and stop wasting police time during a global pandemic here and in the UK.
@Sylvia O’Regan: the DOJ under Obama instituted the consent decree Program designed to coordinate with local Police Departments to crack down on police misconduct. There are many known issues ; implicit bias , racism, excessive use of force. Jeff Sessions essentially ended this program, once again opening the door for the abuse we’re seeing now
@Sean: sure I don’t see much racial issues with the Gardai but they’re still corrupt and target youths for absolutely no reason with intimidating bully behavior. Keep the protests going until they learn they’re not above anyone!
@Joe Toner: and here it goes, inter racial marriage, the other 4 cops that witnessed it were of mixed race, the “guilty” party shouldn’t have resisted arrest. The man was cuffed, thrown to the ground and was killed with a knee to the back of neck by those “sworn to honour and to protect”.
@artur filip: so like the people virtue Signalling BLM, you are now on the opposite side linking BLM, vegans and climate activists into one stereotype and virtue signalling yourself. Everyone needs to get over themselves and they their own thing.
@Lad: in the same way that people need to apply virtue signalling in the correct context.
Understanding the correct definition of the term would be a good starting point!
I’m interested to hear what people think about the officer who killed the man. We have been led to assume he is a racist and he deliberately killed the man. He is certainly violent and did a terrible thing. But the officer is married to an Asian woman. And isn’t it strange that nothing in his background that’s racist has come to light in the past week?
How are people so sure his actions were due to racism? Is there something I’m missing? Could it just be that he is a tempermentally violent man who shouldn’t have been given the power of his position? We don’t have an issue like that in our police force in this part of the world. If this is so then they are undoing all the work we’ve done to stop the virus, and they are doing it for nothing.
@DJ François: But don’t you think it’s important to understand the motive? Everything that has happened since has been because of the belief that it was a racist murder. Many more innocent people have died and will die as a result. If that belief is false then all of this racial division was for nothing. The facts are important. All of the facts, not just the one’s that fit a revolutionary agenda.
@Sylvia O’Regan: they are protesting to prevent the next white cop from unjustly killing another black Person, and the next one after that, and the next one after that, and the one…the people are fed up
@Wayne Connor: If it is police brutality or bad training/selection rather than racism that caused this, then a movement that only wants to prevent black people from being killed by cops sounds very racist to me. What about Asians, or Whites, or Latino/a?
@Sylvia O’Regan: At the very least, it is possible that the killing wasn’t racially motivated given the ethnicity of Chauvin’s wife and the fact that him and Floyd knew each other from years ago. It’s not clear to me why something that’s not definitively racially motivated can act as a catalyst for worldwide protests and, in many cases, riots.
@Sylvia O’Regan: While I do understand your argument that it’s difficult to characterise the death of George Floyd as racially driven, it must be acknowledged however that a wider perspective on the situation must be taken.
There have been countless incidents over the last few years of innocent African-Americans killed by the police mistakenly. A lot of these officers have evaded punishment for these incidents and simply were forced to leave the police force.
There is also broader systemic racism at play here too. African Americans are unfortunately killed by police officers disproportionately and also are of poorer socio-economic backgrounds, poorer education levels, poorer access to healthcare, and often face what’s been described as a two-tiered court system that dishes out inequitable sentences to them in contrast to white people.
So while it may be hard to label this incident as an example of racism, there are still huge underlying factors behind these protests that will prompt subsequent incidents if these factors aren’t addressed
@josephsample: the police in the US are far more likely to assault and murder black people than whites and convictions are rare. It is a systemic problem. And one that’s widely acknowledged
@Sylvia O’Regan: educate yourself. There’s literally access to any amount of information online and yet your ignorance is blissful to say the least. Christ.
@Bobby: Yes and that 12.7% is responsible for 53% of homocide and 60% of robberies so in the US, the average black person is statistically more likely to have a run in with a cop than the average white person.
@Sylvia O’Regan: Maybe you didn’t get the memo that Asians in America are not allowed consider themselves a minority because they are over achieving .Harvard has put some interesting things in its admissions policy.This Woke stuff is crazy .
@EvieXVI: Not true If you add white and latinos deaths by the police in the usa The first group are three times as much to be shoot and killed than black people
@Bobby: unfortunately the stats don’t back up your argument of racism in the police force. White people are killed by accident too as well as Hispanics and Asians etc.
The problem with sentencing is that a lot more black men as a percentage of the black male population are involved in violent crime than white men and that tend to have more convoluted crime history when getting sentenced than white criminals.
Re the socio-economic stuff I couldn’t agree more but there are many good honest black people who get educated and are earning a good living so its wrong to say it can’t be done because they are black. I think its more an inequality problem than a racist problem and that’s not going to get sorted out anytime soon.
@EvieXVI: far fewer white men are involved in violent crime in america than Black men as a proportion of each population so why would you use that as a comparison?
In 2015 94% of black murder victims were murdered by black men and there were 6237 black men murdered in 2018 while there were only 4255 white men murdered in the same year (I don’t have stats for how many of the white men were murdered by black men). 6% of the population but you want to compare how likely they were to be killed while unarmed? Newsflash if you are involved in violent crime you are more likely to be killed either armed, unarmed or even by accident.
@Sylvia O’Regan: A white guy can be married to an Asian woman and still be racist against black people, the two aren’t mutually exclusive. You sound like you’re desperste to find excuses for a murderer?
@Sylvia O’Regan: you don’t know that it’s not racism and it’s irresponsible of you to dismiss it that quick. To your second point ; a vast number of black people have been harassed and/or killed at the hands of police in this country. The cops get suspended pending investigation and then walk in a trial even though we have video evidence of what they did. The community is fed up with the abuse and are protesting now , shoulder to shoulder, with all races, genders etc
We’re witnessing history here
@Sylvia O’Regan: it would seem to me that their paths may gave crossed during their work in security at the club where they were employed. There might have been a personality clash which engendered mutual hatred. More of the background will come to light going forward.
@Pat Coyne: yep, pretty much…They want to be the new police. I kinda liken the BLM and SJWs of today as a 21st century equivalent of the Hitler Youth, Komsomol of the Bolshevik revolution and Maos little red book army. The ideology is the same, pathological group think playing identity politics…..playing right into the hands of the transnational terrorists that pull the strings in this world.
@Derek Durkin: Defunding the police is about demilitarization, no longer supplying police with tanks, fleets of helicopters, 5,000 strong crowd control unit capabilities, tear gas, less lethal weapons such as rubber bullets.
Police will use whatever you give them. If you arm them like a military they will begin to feel and act like one.
Defunding the police isn’t about less policing, its about proportional policing and recognizing the mandate of the police and equipping them appropriately.
However the assault on the truth in this post fact era is that people and news outlets just offer various realities and people just choose to accept whichever validates their beliefs and further reinforces them, driving hard line radicalization as we see increasingly penetrating the Irish psyche here.
@Sean Fahey: Who told you that? That might be what you would like to believe its about but they are talking about going to whole way with this. Minneapolis councillors are calling for the disbanding of their PD. These people are crazy.
@Neill Mcilwaine: Sean is correct in what defunding means.
Also you forget to actually put the full statement in your previous post. What you wrote was ‘Yep its on their website now, along with ‘We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure’. An absolute disaster in the making.’
However the full statement is “We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.”
Quite different when you give it the full context. I’m sure you just forgot to include it all though.
@Niall Concannon: He is not correct. The NYT article on this contains numerous questions about what will replace the police. De-militarisation, and proportional policing would be nice but that is definitely not what is being called for. Fair enough i could have included the full text but it essentially just amounts to forming some sort of communes in place of traditional families. Given the high correlation between single parent families and criminality i think this is the exact opposite of what they should be advocating for. I’d encourage anyone interested to give it a read, a soup of radical left buzzwords and ideas.
@Neill Mcilwaine: I’m not saying what’s wrong or right here but you do know that ‘communes’ or villages as they were known were around long before the term ‘nuclear family’ came into being. What you call traditional is a relatively new concept. Before there were towns, cities or suburbs everybody in the village would help each other with that most important task of child-rearing.
@Diarmuid Hunt: That is true Diarmuid, the problem though is that it worked ‘before’ towns, villages etc and I don’t see how it would work now? BLM and similar radical groups don’t want to change the world so much as break it and remake it. 20th century is full of attempts at this and they all go the same way.
@Diarmuid Hunt: you do know there was a time before indoor toilets, mass infant mortality, child slavery etc. These villages/ communes you talk of that came together to raise a child were from a different era but I’m sure you are not suggesting we go back to having no cities and I’m sure you are not advocating a time where kids were forced to climb inside chimneys or to beg or worse for survival?
@Neill Mcilwaine: I understand and agree but the system as it is isn’t working as well as it could. By all metrics the world is a better place than it ever was but that doesn’t mean we can’t improve it, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a good read is you want a bit of optimism. They ate angry and upset and have every right to be, we need to work with the rest of humanity to improve things. Dialogue is the way forward. 1/2.
@Neill Mcilwaine: Unfortunately I’ve met my fair share of people.who can’t think critically no matter what race they are. You say BLM are radical, yes they want change but for the most part it is just change that needs to happen, it is hard to see and understand it from our viewpoint but until people are judged on their worth and not on the colour of their skin or the wealth/power of their parents or their gender/sex we will continue to see protests whether sporadic or prolonged.
@Diarmuid Hunt: Can’t disagree with most of that but i think a lot people are supporting what they would like BLM to be about and not what they are about. They’re part of the family of intersectional movements that have sprung up in recent years that specifically reject dialog and also categorize colour blindness (judging on worth not skin colour etc) as racism itself while simultaneously labelling whites as racist by default. See events in evergreen college for a good example of these ideas playing out. I’ll give that book a look thanks, bit of optimism would be nice for a change!
@Pat Coyne: you got it. Can you imagine what is going to happen to the less advantaged? The wealthy will just expand their private security.
We need investment in better police practices instead of buying into the systemic racism BS.
@Sean Fahey: don’t delude yourself. It is about dismantling rather than reforming the police.
Nobody is against improving police methods.
The problem is how to do it.
If the Garda or anybody else can show us how to bring it on.
@Diarmuid Hunt: yeah it always starts with communes for the good of all and ends with gulags for the detriment of all.
Sorry we have tried it all before.
And to think a couple of weeks ago this people were clapping the police and frontline services instead of firing objects at them. How times move quickly .
@Laura Ni Hearga: if they were terrified. Who’s fault is it? The police for using them in this situation or the peaceful protesters who might have spooked them with noise?
@Seaniecp: the projectiles only came after the horse ran at the crowd. Not condoning their actions however I’m sure the impact of a bottle thrown couldn’t have hurt them if whiping them for the sake of a sport on a near daily bases is grand.
@Bill Clay: Covert racism is a form of racial discrimination that is disguised and subtle, rather than public or obvious. Concealed in the fabric of society, covert racism discriminates against individuals through often evasive or seemingly passive methods.[1] Covert, racially biased decisions are often hidden or rationalized with an explanation that society is more willing to accept. These racial biases cause a variety of problems that work to empower the suppressors while diminishing the rights and powers of the oppressed. Covert racism often works subliminally, and often much of the discrimination is being done subconsciously.
@Terry McSweeney: Terry, perhaps you’d want to come next week to my march against oppression? We speak in vague terms and never identify any specific problems that need to be fixed. It’d be right up your street.
Why do other minority groups not experience the same effects of this concealed racism? Asians for instance are doing great in the US, despite being officially discriminated against in university selection policies in favour of black applicants? There is a class action lawsuit in progress against Harvard University on this.
@Sylvia O’Regan: Now you’re being selective. Asians may do well overall but have also faced brutal discrimination over the years – anti-Chinese bigotry, internment camps for Japanese etc. Native Americans also face brutal discrimination in many states and have high rates of poverty, unemployment etc.
@Bill Clay: it is so much easier than living ones life in a responsible productive manner itching our way to a better world.
SJW and their elk can’t get up in time and make their beds.
I’m not one bit racist but I’m sick of the same coverage on the news lately…give people an inch they take a mile..people see an opening and they latch on and cause mayhem and destruction…seemingly uneducated or if they are they should be embarrassed and ashamed.. they have the right to protest but to cause destruction and be interviewed on TV later there’s something wrong with that..it turns people off and become unsupportive.. I’ll wait for them to in infect the comment on the journal.ie again
@Modern Irish Dad: Just remember that fascists go around in black trying to tell you what you can or cannot read or say. They may also suggest you blame a race of people for all your problems and when they go to war they aren’t messing about. If you’re going to punch a fascist make sure you’re not one yourself and never forget the men that died so we could be free.
Do your research thejournal. The horses charged at the crowd and one horse dismounted its rider by riding right into a traffic light. Video online now. I’m sure it’s natural for people to panic when they see a team of police horses charge at them
@Sam Harms: yeah not great all at if the horses are injured but you can see in one of the videos that it all kicked off when one horse steam rolls straight at the crowd possibly injuring peole, then the bottles start to fly. I’m sure people weren’t intending to injure horses and was the reaction to say what the heck are you playing at to the police officers who just charged at them. Scaring the crowd
@corky: one horse ran straight at the crowd. The crowd got spooked which resulted in throwing things which spooked the other horses. Terrible that a bike was thrown but maybe the crowd are so use to seeing horses die needlessly week in week out to even care about the impact. How about the view that we are so use to seening black people die needlessly week in week out that we haven’t cared enough to do anything about it?
@Cof: what about the thousands of African people dying day in day out needlessly. Do they care enough to do anything about that? No, sure there isn’t a free telly in that.
In a way this is a good medical experiment at least. There is still a lot of community transmission in the UK so if they do their contract tracing etc they might be able to see how infectious the disease is currently. Is it more infectious in the winter than the summer? Do mass gatherings lead to a spike in cases of the virus? These ignorant simpleton protesters might end up doing some long term good after all
What did the police expect or what were they trying to achieve to have a handful or so of mounted police gallop through hundreds of protesters and split themselves off from the riot police!? An unbelievably stupid move!
@Kate Colbert: they didn’t expect a stupid move from the protesters throwing bottles and a bike at the horses they are they for reason, stupid comment!!
I’m shocked at the largely negative comments on here. Today’s protest was mainly peaceful except for the odd opportunist. Social distancing was maintained in most places, unavoidable in some. Police horses are brought in to keep the peace. There is a problem with racism even if you believe you’re not racist yourself and the least you can do is listen. It may be an American incident that ignited these protests but it’s not unique to the US.
@Lisa Bennett: Go and protest about the thousands upon thousands dying every year of starvation and preventable diseases. Stop defending them. They’re causing chaos and destruction during a global pandemic. They’re all for saving lives, just not their parents lives, or grandparents.
@Brian Lee: so I should go protest but about global starvation and not black lives matter? This is a pandemic in the states and it’s getting a global audience for more than 24hrs for once. I haven’t attended a protest because of covid 19, and I’m still staying in as much as I can. But the messaging in the uk means thousands are just going about their lives like normal, some wear masks and others think it’s all over. They may as well protest and show the government they care about this.
@Brian Lee: so I should protest but about global starvation and not black lives matter?
This is a pandemic in the states and it’s getting a global audience for more than 24hrs for once. I haven’t attended a protest because of covid 19, and I’m still staying in as much as I can. I’m doing what I can from home with donations and research. But the messaging in the uk means thousands are just going about their lives like normal, some wear masks and others think it’s all over. They may as well protest and show the government and the world that they care about this.
Racism is disgusting, deplorable and indefensible. the virtue signalling brigade don’t care about facts, once they feel awoken and alive and have something to pontificate about. I don’t understand what beating up shop owners of all race in the street or looting has to do with protesting about race, nor do I understand how some human felt it necessary to throw a bicycle at another human or horse.
The guy being interviewed in London is using the media presence to promote his vegan agenda which has nothing to do with racism or police brutality. People aren’t on the streets protesting against animal deaths, it’s human deaths that they’re angry about. It seems anyone with a ’cause’ is out on the streets wanting their voices heard.
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Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not be able to monitor our performance.
Store and/or access information on a device 104 partners can use this purpose
Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development 136 partners can use this purpose
Use limited data to select advertising 106 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times an ad is presented to you).
Create profiles for personalised advertising 78 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.
Use profiles to select personalised advertising 77 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects.
Create profiles to personalise content 37 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Use profiles to select personalised content 33 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 127 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 60 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 75 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 82 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 38 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 43 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 25 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 86 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 96 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 68 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 50 partners can use this feature
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In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 84 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 64 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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