After much anticipation and multiple press leaks over the last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced an updated “Living with COVID” plan for Ireland this evening. The strict “Level 5” restrictions will continue until at least April 5th — only essential businesses will remain open (grocery stores etc), everyone who has been working from home are expected to continue to...
Afternoon walk: Portobello, Saint Catherine’s, The Coombe
My weekday routine is becoming old hat — get up, have breakfast, read/watch the news, update my career to-do list, cover some lessons in my CMA study programme. The hard-copy of my CMA study materials is supposed to arrive via FedEx, but I receive an email saying they attempted delivery this morning even though I was awake and in the apartment the whole time. I call into FedEx customer support...
Afternoon walk and late lunch kebab wrap
It’s a sunny day, with highs in the mid 50s F / low 10s C, and I make plans with a new friend C this afternoon for coffee and a walk. We meet up near Sprangers Yard then stroll over to St. Patrick’s Cathedral Park, which surprisingly C has never seen before; he’s from Co. Wexford and lives in the Dublin suburbs so doesn’t spend much time in the city centre. There are lots of people out...