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'Hopefully George is looking down, saying this is a great thing happening for our country': The week in quotes

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

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I think we all know from our personal lives, house parties are being organised with abandon, it seems to me, as though we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan warning this week that planned gatherings are a continuing cause for concern ahead of Phase Two. 

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We don’t need to look across the Atlantic to find racism. We have many examples in our own country. Discrimination on the basis of skin colour is pernicious. Sometimes it’s overt discrimination when it comes to getting a job or promotion or being treated less favourably by public authorities, including sometimes government officials.

The words of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addressing racism at home and abroad in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US.

 I’m imagining my mum will be in Tesco tomorrow buying all the copies she can find.

A midwife from Tyrone on being one of three frontline workers chosen to appear on the cover of the July edition of British Vogue.

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Given the passions and feelings connected with the use of Irish Gaelic there is a sad risk that the phrase would be regarded as some form of slogan or that its inclusion without translation would of itself be seen as a political statement.

A Church court in England this week ruled against an Irish family who wanted to put an Irish phrase on their deceased mother’s gravestone. The judge said doing do so might be seen as “political”.

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I don’t think it seems like a good idea. I hope people wouldn’t need me to tell them that. There’s no need to camp outside the shop. 

Health Minister Simon Harris speaking ahead of the reopening of major retailers on the notion of people camping outside Penneys

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Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, colour, gender or creed. They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. We all saw what happened last week. We can’t let that happen. Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country. It’s a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody. This is a great day in terms of equality.

President Donald Trump suggesting this week that George Floyd, whose death sparked days of rioting across the US, would be happy that the US economy was apparently improving -  something he said was best thing to help improve race relations.

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We cannot and will not accept this backtracking on the political declaration.

EU chief negotatior Michel Barnier accusing the UK of backtracking on key commitements at the end of the fourth round of post-Brexit trade talks in which “limited” progress had been made. 

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To Irish white people – and there are amazing white Irish people – I say: Listen. Don’t defend. Don’t be loud. Just sit with it. Once you’ve sat with it, think about how to organise to make it better. How can you use your voice and your presence and your privilege to change things?

Anti-racism activist Diane Ihirwe writing for TheJournal.ie this week. 

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:09 AM

    So sorry this happened to you. Thanks for highlighting. Even if this helps one other person it will be worth it

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    Sep 27th 2021, 12:49 AM

    Thousands of people have been scammed by these scammers If you’re friends with someone online that youve never met & they start talking about money just block them instantly!

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:45 AM

    He was too busy with work to meet her but had friends around for dinner to trade crypto ……

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    Sep 27th 2021, 8:06 AM

    A good rule of thumb is if their pictures are ridiculously good looking, they have a high end job and are articulate and charming they are scammers.
    If they’re fat,ugly, bald, short, unemployed, 420 and or sleazy you’re good to go.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 1:20 AM

    Doge to the moon

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:56 AM

    It’s so sad that women get so lonely that they are vulnerable to these scammers. I don’t judge because I’ve never been in the situation. I like to meet new people from around the world, but as soon as they start schmoozing…… BLOCK!!!!!!

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    Sep 27th 2021, 8:01 AM

    @Anna Carr: men too

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    Sep 27th 2021, 12:15 PM

    @Anna Carr: It ‘s sad that this day and age the Internet is deemed the only successful way to meet new partners. It was hard enough trying to suss out a bloke down the pub and guess whether he was married or not. Now it’s an absolute minefield. At the very least you can guarantee that someone’s pic is going to be enhanced. It must be a devastating experience to learn that someone has been duping you for months then disappears with your life savings

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    Sep 27th 2021, 3:14 PM

    @John O Reilly: of course. I’m sorry I didn’t mean to discriminate.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 3:19 PM

    @Liz O’Neill: absolutely. Thankfully I married very young and it’s still going strong. I’d hate to be looking for love these days. But even though all my profiles say clearly that I’m married, I still get schmoozed, so I can only imagine what it’s like for single women. At the same time though, what decent man or woman would start asking you for money. Gut instincts should definitely be roaring at that.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 8:55 AM

    I’m not the most knowledgeable about crypto currencies but isn’t there a way to follow Chinas lead and just ban their use? They are pretty much exclusively used for illegal activities and mining them is bad for the environment too. I read that somewhere, no idea what it means. To anyone who knows about these things can it be done, to just ban their use?

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    Sep 27th 2021, 9:09 AM

    @Ger: these require massive amounts of data transfer which requires large numbers of computers (which created a shortage of parts). It’s the increase use of electricity that is detrimental to the environment.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 9:10 AM

    @Ger: use crypto? I know plenty of people that own crypto. I don’t know anyone that actually uses it.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 9:30 AM

    @Paul Clancy: OK thanks, yeah that’s kinda what I read but I’m still a bit lost as to how it all works. So is there a way to ban its use? The other comment says people own it but don’t use it. But it’s used to facilitate the payment of cyber attacks so if there was a way to strip it if its value could it be stopped that way? Do you know how China plan to do it?

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    Sep 27th 2021, 2:04 PM

    @Ger: not sure how China plan on banning it. You can ban all the platforms and apps people use to buy and sell them I suppose but it can still exist on the corners of the web. The issue is that at the moment people are only using it to speculate or their paying for illegal things with it. The hope is that on day we can use it to buy and sell everyday goods and that it will be a good reliable store of value. The whole point of it is that it’s free from government interference meaning they can’t devalue your assets by simply creating more money so be careful what you wish for as banning crypto is simply giving more control to the financial institutions and governments which have been devaluing our currencies for decades.

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    Sep 27th 2021, 2:48 PM

    @Ger: this like the 10th time China has banned crypto or crypto mining and it won’t have much affect in long term to crypto

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    Sep 27th 2021, 7:03 AM

    Lennon & McCartney are full of s***
    Can’t buy me love, oh
    Everybody tells me so
    Can’t buy me love, oh
    No, no, no, no

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    Sep 27th 2021, 2:52 PM

    This is like the 10th time China have banned crypto or crypto mining . It won’t have any real affect in long term

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