The latest Fórsa members' news bulletins issued yesterday.

Meanwhile, the 'mainstream media' have more on Irish connections to the horrific deaths of 39 asylum seekers this week, as TD Catherine Connolly asks Simon Coveney about unmarked graves in Colombia.

And, just when I thought I was shock-proofed against the national self-destruction we call Brexit, it turns out that UK voters now believe economic ruin and violence against MPs are fine if they help it along. Other research finds they're not the only ones to suspend their sense of right and wrong on the field of play.

Over here, the finger-pointing over button-pressing continues. Over there, Johnson (currently) seems unlikely to get the December election he craves.

Elsewhere, it's claimed that bogus self-employment could be costing the public purse €1 billion a year, authorities meet today to decide if the Leixlip boil-water notice can be lifted, and the Commission for Aviation Regulation has finalised its decision to cut Dublin airport charges.

Yesterday, we took delivery of a little gift for Picasso. Had the Grim Reaper not intervened, the grand old painter would have celebrated his 138th birthday today. On the other hand, he did achieve a form of immortality, and much Zen.

Have a productive day, and don't put the long weekend on the long finger.

Bernard