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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Liam Ruiséal teo

Liam Ruiséal’s shop is closed for some time now after trading in the same corner for more than 100 years. In 2018 you could still see books in there but they were advertising their final reductions. Here’s Health will be moving in there this year.

The Golden Pages still has the number of the shop. I wonder if that page will ever be updated?

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Camera DSC-RX100M4
Focal length 8.8mm
ISO 125
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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 old tax office on Sullivan’s Quay

Was anyone unhappy to see this building demolished? It’s a shame the site is still unused.

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Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 17mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/200s

On your bike on St. Patrick’s Day!

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

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

The Rainbow Flag flies from the Quay CO-OP

Upstairs in the Quay CO-OP, July 2019 about a month before the Cork Pride Parade.

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Camera SM-G965F
Focal length 4.3mm
ISO 40
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Light Trails on Anglesea Street

On the last outing to Cork City by Blarney Photography Club in 2019. I was lucky that two busses passed within seconds of each other and I had the shutter open to capture them!

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Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 16mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 8s

A moment to yourself

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

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