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'The government is living on borrowed time': The week in quotes

Here’s what was said and who said what this week.

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There’s no doubt that we’re actually in a very real race to get the vaccines ahead of the potential increase in the spread of Delta, and particularly no doubt that we’re closing the gap every day with more and more vaccines being administered and I think the public should take good confidence and assurance in that, but a most likely scenario is that the pace and growth of the Delta variant will out match our supply of vaccines over the coming weeks.

HSE chief executive Paul Reid on the race against the Delta variant.

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The cuckoo funds are not content with paying virtually no tax on their profits, they’re not content with the extraordinarily lucrative 25-year contracts and very secure investments, those investments have been described by some as government bonds on steroids. No, the State has to further sweeten the deal and exempt them from this stamp duty increase if it wants them to play ball.

Social Democrat’s co-leader Catherine Murphy TD on a government move to allow cuckoo funds to side-step 10% stamp duty if they lease back homes to the State for social housing.

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We have millions of children living in conflict situations. We have so many people who are migrants around the world who live in desperately uncertain circumstances all the time. They don’t know where they’re going to be tomorrow, if they’re going to be deported, if they’re going to be accepted. There are so many different groups living in overcrowded slums around the world who live on $1 a day and they have to go to a street corner every morning and see if they can earn enough money by getting some work to feed their family that day – not next week but that day. That amount of stress, that is a huge burden for any human being to carry in those different circumstances.

Dr Mike Ryan of the World Health Organisation warned of a ‘tsunami’ of mental health issues is emerging.

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The government is living on borrowed time.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald on the coalition’s poor performance in the Dublin Bay South by-election.

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This is a crime against journalism and an attack on our values of democracy and rule of law. We will relentlessly continue to defend the freedom of the press.

European Union chief Charles Michel condemned the shooting of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries.

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We don’t know if there will be a variant that can beat the vaccines, we suspect that it will probably happen. So that’s why we’re saying it ain’t gone away, because new variants are coming all around.

WHO’s special envoy on Covid-19 David Nabarro urged caution as the United Kingdom announced an all-out reopening plan.

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My choice of words commenting on a penalty incident were not thought out.

CEO of Basketball Ireland and former FAI chief executive Bernard O’Byrne apologised for a comment made on social media following England’s Euro 2020 win over Denmark.

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    Mute Melanie
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    Jun 11th 2016, 12:41 PM

    They are great apps but if it’s a life or death situation and you have to take out your phone and open an app and watch videos and read pages how to save them that’s valuable seconds wasted….
    Everyone should do a first aid course every few years no matter what, would save more lives !!! Technology can’t save everyone !!

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    Jun 11th 2016, 12:58 PM

    Kids should learn first aid in school instead of some of the other useless crap they are taught.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 1:15 PM

    Many do. In TY my daughter learned CPR and how to use a defibrillator.

    She went swimming in a lake yesterday * a local hotspot for teens. No life rings are there or lifeguards but a young lad of non Irish decent jumped into the water and couldn’t swim. He kept going under, all the teens (about 20) weren’t sure if he was acting the maggot. Anyhow my daughter jumped in and dragged him the the edge of the lake then roared at him for jumping in if he can’t swim and told him to get out. *she has never done lifesaving classes but is an ok swimmer, she would have been able to do cpr if needed. But this lake is 4 mile from town and they have to cross two fields to get to it. He could have made a deadly decision had all the teens not been there.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 1:56 PM

    In TY year it’s too late and not everyone dies TY. We did it into scouts around 12 odd. It’s simple snd potentially life saving.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 2:17 PM

    Yea useless crap like religion…

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    Mute Tony_Kilduff
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    Jun 11th 2016, 5:10 PM

    There’s always one on every article… Yawn

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    Jun 11th 2016, 11:46 AM

    I wear a road id bracelet all the time with medical and next to kin details. Also have all the same details as my screen saver for the phone. While it may be extreme I sure It would help if I ever am in an accident.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 12:33 PM

    I have… one or two health issues, and have to take a lot of medication. I was given a present of an SOS pendant by a relative a few years ago, these also come in bracelet format I believe, and have the medical symbol on them, when opened they contain a small piece of paper on which you write all your medical information, which in my case is a lot.
    A few years ago I was chatting to a paramedic in the back of an ambulance as he was bringing me from one hospital to another and he happened to remark on this pendant. He pointed out that in any emergency situation he might look for one on my wrist, to see if I have a cardiac issue, if I’m epileptic, diabetic etc. but he won’t waste time trying to open one of these pendants or one of the USB types and then go looking for a computer to read it on. I now have one of the bracelet types.
    As that paramedic said, in any emergency situation they won’t waste time saying ‘where’s his phone I want to check his apps, you never know’. If you have an illness help them out, make it obvious for them.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 1:56 PM

    Very interesting comment Rusty Balls. Help them help you.

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    Jun 11th 2016, 4:04 PM

    The ICE can be set up on any phone using android or os. So set up your contact and even if your phone gets lost and some non thieving good willing person can ring it and get it back to you hopefully.

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