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TEMPERATURES ARE SET to reach up to 19 degrees over the next couple of days, and make sure to get out and enjoy the sun because it looks like we’ll be returning to mild weather by early next week.
Met Éireann says there will be little to no rainfall today across the country, with highest temperatures of 19 degrees.
The weather will remain dry and calm tonight, but temperatures will drop to as low as 3 degrees with a touch of grass frost.
The sunshine is sticking around tomorrow, for the most part, however, the northwest will see cloudier conditions and some light rain. Temperatures will again range between 13 to 18 degrees, with the warmest conditions in the east.
Unfortunately, the warm weather will ease off as we enter the weekend, according to Met Éireann.
While temperatures on Saturday are expected to reach up to 19 degrees, Met Éireann says it will be cooler along the east coast where temperatures will closer reflect the temperature of the sea, coming in at about 9 or 10 degrees.
It is expected to become cloudier throughout the day on Saturday, as some showery bursts of rain are forecast to gradually move up from the southeast and become more widespread in the afternoon and evening.
On Sunday, conditions will be milder again as cool Atlantic westerly air comes in across the country. Sunny spells and blustery showers are forecast for the day.
Looking forward to next week, Met Éireann says it will be mild again with fresh westerly breezes with sunny spells and scattered showers.
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Concerned about doing some work, that’s the reality
@danny: My thoughts exactly.
@danny: do you have first hand knowledge of that?
@danny: If you actually had a breeze what our DF do on a daily basis you’d know that’s absolute tripe! But go ahead, keep fishing for likes on the journal. Don’t let the actual facts get in the way
@Cliodhna: oh they do feck all and you know it. PrAcTiSiNg.
@danny: The fact they may be used as cheap labour may have escaped you. Last month the DAA stated there was no plans to ask for the help of the Army. Trained staff were let go by the DAA , the same jobs were then filled under different terms and conditions. Such was this farce, cleaners were upgraded to handle security. The fact Ryan and the government agreed to send in the Army to cover up the incompetent decisions of senior management says it all.
@Cliodhna: danny is one of these guys that obviously wanted to be a warrior like us who actually served in the defence forces and all he could manage was keyboard warrior
@MrsWoman: Actually I know the complete opposite. As the wife of a serving member with 21 yrs service & 7 trips overseas, I know for a fact how hard my husband & his fellow soldiers work on a daily basis at home & abroad. I’d like to see you step into any of their shoes. You wouldn’t last 5 minutes.
Keep going with your ‘I spoke to one guy once & they do nothing’ vitriol, you’re giving those of us who know better a right giggle
@danny: = sad phucktard who has been rejected by all .. Basically a yoke who is incapable of being anything other than the previously mentioned phucktard.
@MrsWoman: but you clearly don’t do much of that thinking stuff… Do you?
@Cliodhna: 7 junkets over seas. They may go to “work” every day but they’re far from busy or essential. Not vitriol dear.
@JG: So much my brain hurts. Jog on pet.
@danny: sign on the dotted line, swear the oath, Pick up a rifle and do your country some service, until then I and others who have served shall continue to treat your “online” opinions with the distain and ridicule they deserve.
@danny: don’t see you volunteering to lend a hand there.
Defense forces being possibly deployed to control long ques at DA. Its mind boggling. These are people that are tasked with protecting our borders. This government needs to go.
@Radek Warchola: There’s a lot of easy things to attack the government about, but deploying the army to the airport is them actually trying to find a temporary solution for an incompetent DAA.
@Radek Warchola: what borders? We’re an island. The navy protects our shores.
@Wooden Spoon: im sorry is the DAA not a government agency?? Staff them properly. The HRM should be sacked
@GrumpyAulFella: wait we have borders. The land ends and we are bordered by the sea. The defence forces are there to protect our “sea borders” if you like- and safety from aggression.
@Radek Warchola: It’s state owned just like Irish Rail. When your train is late, do you blame the government or Irish Rail?
The state owns the airport, but day-to-day operations are not run directly by the government. They reason why the airport is operating the way it is, is down to mismanagement by the upper management staff and not the government directly. Right now, the government has stepped in to offer a solution to the problem.
@Radek Warchola: safety from what….. An ill mannered sea bass?
Sorry….. Ignore me…. I couldn’t resist and ould Austin Powers joke.
@Radek Warchola: the Dublin Airport Authority management need to go along with them. Public funds bails out incompetent management once again. This country runs on crisis management.
What do our defence forces actually do?
@Philip Cullen: I asked a person from the DF this once. He replied with : training, tactical manoeuvres, escorts and overseas duty. They’re there to defend the state and also civil aid.
We’re neutral… So the chances of some country attacking us is almost non existent. Unless someone like Putin fancy themselves a bit of Irish ass.
They can throw sandbags down when there’s a flood.
Give folk lifts in their trucks when the buses are on strike.
A lot of them go overseas for UN duty. It’s a real money spinner for them.
We’re not part of NATO. So no fighting or defending…
We don’t actually need an army… Do we? No more than we need the FCA.
Handy to have IN CASE we get attacked. But how efficient would they be?
@MrsWoman: so you once asked a member of the defense forces what they do? Well now, you are eminently qualified to make definitive statements on our army and it’s abilities.
@Deborah Blacoe: Sounds like a, Hell hath no fury, situation to me.
@MrsWoman: typical journal comment, based on one interaction you had with one person and portraying it as fact.
But just to bring some reality to it. And not to even get into the weeds.
DF at present approx 8400. 700 in Aircorp from pilots to mechanic, fire , air traffic control and a multitude if other skills and roles.
900ish in navy with being so understaffed in key skill areas it’s difficult to get the fleet to sea to patrol the largest maritime area in Europe. 800 overseas serving on UN missions which 87 never came home and been lucky In a lot cases in recent years. The same number are prepping to take over from those. And ild ask you to break it down by hour away to see if it’s a money spinner in Syria, Leb, mali etc.
And that’s a basic overview.
No issue with airport task.
@MrsWoman: I actually haven’t expressed an opinion. I commented on your opinion which appears to be based on very little substantial first hand knowledge. And no, you haven’t hit a nerve. I’m just amused by the force with which people defend their uninformed blanket statements. You are the one “Mrs Woman” who appears to have a raw nerve.
@MrsWoman: saying we’re neutral is ridiculous, not everyone plays by your rulebook. Ukraine’s position toward Russia before their invasions was about as neutral as Ireland’s position to the world is now.
@Deborah Blacoe: I’m fine Hun. Thanks though.
@Richie: ah wind it up Ritchie. The army here are not busy or essential. Why so many go overseas? Because there’s nothing really to keep them busy here. The fact they can be spared to aid the airport speaks volumes. Actually isn’t one of their functions to be of civic aid when required? So there should be no issues with them being temporarily deployed to the airport. It shouldn’t be the case though. The DAA have made a shambles of it.
@MrsWoman: don’t mention it. I’m always concerned for those who appear to be a little confused.
@MrsWoman: I honestly don’t blame people with your view. The military side of Ireland has been deliberately hidden and suppressed because of the link of nationalism to the troubles.
The whole point of a military not just here but in the world is to be a strategic reserve .
I have no issue with airport as long as paid fairly for it. They are more than well trained for that.
It’s your view that they are just waiting for something to do which is miles off.
There are a multitude of different corps doing different things 24/7. Not all essential front line all the time I agree with you. But that’s not their purpose, it’s to be trained, prepared and ready to do any task for the state. E.g eod, arw, hse attack, covid.
That’s all on top of overseas, recruitment, skill development etc
Cheap labour exploited by the government and the D.A.A.
Brought in by government so that DAA can let go the security contractor they have employed at exorbitant costs
Versus the allowance that is pittance being paid to The army personnel
@Michael Lyons: there is no security contractor, all security staff that deal with passengers are DAA employees.
Forgive me for being slow but….but, we’re not at war or in the midst of a defence crisis so what exactly are our 9,000+ soldiers actually doing?
@Paul Shepherd: probably looking for those extra soldiers, as the army hasn’t been 9,000+ in a while. On 12 May this year army strength was 6,778.
https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2022-05-12a.63
@Paul Shepherd: Think the Defence forces are not sitting around all day, but you seem to have no problem with troops being used as cheap labour to cover the incompetent DAA management. Not so long ago Coveney sprouted how the Defence force was under funded, yet he has no problem with using troops to cover for the greed of the DAA when they got rid of trained staff, and than tried to fill the lost jobs under different terms and conditions. Hypocrisy at it’s best.
The army doesn’t get paid the pittance of a wage to help the DAA
@Pauline Cahill: If you are in the DF for the money then you are in the wrong career.
@Roger Bond: well I doubt that career in the DF included outsourced labour to government owned companies.
So now soldiers that are on minimum wage who have to go over seas to get extr cash … come home after 6 months away from family and friends ..they use the extra cash to treat the family to a holiday ..will now have to cancel their holidays to work in the airport so other people can go on holiday…..we really are taking our defence forces for granted
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Why?
The D.A.A. are looking for cheap labour. If they paid their present security staff a livable wage and gave them proper contracts they would have no problem recruiting staff.
Short staffed? So what if the Ruskies invade?
I’m just laughing. But really, it’s the typical scenario with us running all over the world helping everyone but ourselves.
One would think our minister had the good sense to talk with the Defence Forces and sort out their role before they made a cover your arse announcement.
PDForra! There’s nothing like a union to throw a spanner in the works. “Here’s a good idea”. “No, our members couldn’t possibly agree to that. Asking them to do a security job at the airport is putting them in harm’s way.”
What use are the army going to be in “non public facing roles “ ?? all security roles are public facing
@Malachi Shanks: That’s not true. There’s a huge industry and security that goes on behind the public spaces of any airport (I know, I worked out in the airport, 25 years ago, but same applies). Free up those non-public facing DAA security staff with the army, and in the short-term you help alleviate the pressure.
@Alan Wright: Alan I’m one of the security staff that left a year and a half ago and non public facing roles have very little to do with the problem of lack of certified security staff operating screening lanes.
The Irish army doing security for a semi state company. I’m sure they are very proud following orders. Disband the army or show them respect. Is this what the army are good for or are they highly trained army to defend our country. Joke of a country
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