The Taoiseach has let us down badly

Debenhams, a large retailer in the UK and Ireland closed last year with the loss of thousands of jobs. Workers in Ireland were promised 4 weeks pay per year of service rather than the statutory 2 weeks as that had been agreed between the company and their union, Mandate.

The workers are seeking redundancy terms of two weeks’ pay per year of service, plus statutory redundancy entitlements of two weeks per year of service. The workers say this matches an agreement between the retailer and trade union Mandate made in 2016.

For updates check their page on Facebook or Twitter.

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Camera SM-G965F
Focal length 4.3mm
ISO 64
Shutter speed 1/100s

M Shed Cranes Reach for the Sky

The cranes on the quays outside the M Shed in Bristol reach for the sky in this photo from 2017.

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Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 17mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/400s

The Harland and Wolff Shipyard

The Harland and Wolff Shipyard lies next to the Titanic Belfast visitor experience. If you get the bus there, look through the fence when you’re waiting on the bus back and you’ll see this.

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Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 28mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/640s

On your bike on St. Patrick’s Day!

Lots of happy faces in Blarney during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2016.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/125s

Deep inside Camden Fort Meagher

Camden Fort Meagher near Crosshaven has extensive underground tunnels and rooms. Here’s one of them pictured in 2013.

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Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 12800
Shutter speed 1/30s

A moment to yourself

In front of Brown Thomas, St. Patrick Street, Cork. December 2020.

Aperture ƒ/3.5
Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 24mm
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/500s