On Friday afternoon our colleagues in the national health team confirmed that hospital pharmacist members working in acute hospitals backed a range of proposals to revise career structures in a ballot. The vote to approve was just over 67% on a turnout of 65%. The team posted video messages about the result on social media. Watch Éamonn's message here and Catherine's message, confirming a similar claim now lodged for hospital pharmacists in community settings, here.
Google's withdrawal from a Dublin leasing agreement last week, which would have significantly increased the real estate footprint of the tech giant in the city, prompted think pieces about the present and future of the modern office on the Irish Times and RTE websites at the weekend. Expect more of this to be debated in the months and years to come.
In a report on the Government's new Covid plan on Saturday, Martin Wall reported: "Amid increasing pressure on public finances due to Covid-19, it has also emerged that any across the board public sector wage rises are unlikely next year as part of any new pay accord." Another one to watch in the coming weeks.
Prompted by this strange footage of San Francisco on fire in Friday's digest, I was listening to the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack as I tidied up my home desk on Friday night. I had entirely forgotten Elvis Presley featured in that film. Struck by how great this song is (and how much I loved it when I was a kid), I offer it here as today's moment of Zen.
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