DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 4 days ago to ireland

🇮🇪 Irish health chiefs sound alarm amid spike in Covid cases and hospitalisations.

"The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confirmed an almost 20% rise in cases in a week up to May 25"

"Fatigue, a high temperature/having chills and a dry cough are the top three Covid symptoms, according to the HSE but there are others to be aware of."

#COVID19 #Ireland #COVIDisNotOver @auscovid19

Source: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/national-news/1519404/irish-health-chiefs-sound-alarm-amid-spike-in-covid-cases-and-hospitalisations.html

Cormac_McGinley, 4 days ago to ireland

Fossilized Crinoid segments - debris from an ancient sea floor.
County Donegal, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #crinoid #Ireland

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Cormac_McGinley, 4 days ago to ireland

Fluffy heads of Bog Cotton (Eriophorum sp.)
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #biodiversity #bogcotton #Ireland

backpackandsnorkel, 4 days ago to ireland

Carrowmore is a large megalithic cemetery in Ireland of the Passage Tomb' tradition. Tomb construction began here by at least 5700 years ago and most monuments are open, uncovered Ddolmen Circles. #Carrowmore #Ireland https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Ireland/Day13/#5i131

jdmccafferty, 4 days ago to Catroventos

4 June 1487: Lambert Simnel, trading as 'Edward VI' & army of #German mercenaries, 4,000 #Irish kerne & some #English Yorkists sail from #Ireland towards #England #otd

Beaten by Henry VII at Stoke on 16 June (BM)

NeuKelte, 5 days ago to ireland German

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: According to legend, beneath the Ail na Mirean lies the Danann Goddess #Eriu, after whom the Milesians named #Ireland. She was the Mother Goddess of the land; the rocks formed her bones, the earth her flesh, the rivers her veins.
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

Ériu on the Hill of Uisneach, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

NeuKelte, 5 days ago to ireland German

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: At #Beltaine in times long gone, the whole of Ireland was plunged into darkness as all fires were extinguished. Then, two huge bonfires were lit on the Hill of #Uisneach; these represented Eriu’s eyes, with which she watched over all of #Ireland.
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

ronanmcd, 5 days ago to ireland

The Gardaí finally admit what the dogs in the street know. Irish roads are stuffed full of unsafe drivers who follow no rules. The Gardaí are saying cameras are unworkable due to the numbers of drivers they catch.
A system of enforcement that shrugs its shoulders is not worth keeping. Something fundamental needs changing. #ireland #roads #traffic #safety
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024/06/03/gardai-unable-to-cope-with-sheer-scale-of-road-traffic-crimes-flagged-by-anpr-cameras/

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to ireland

2 June 1638: b. Henry Hyde, future Lord Privy Seal & Lord Lieutenant of #Ireland in #London #otd
(National Trust Images)