Elsewhere, bad news reported in the Sunday Times for Fórsa's north Dublin neighbourhood, as a joint venture with DCC to redevelop Parnell Square West as a cultural quarter is quietly wound down. The Irish Times reports today that DCC will spend €2 billion to bring 8,000 of its dated and run-down flats up to mandatory EU standards.
Zen
Your Zen this morning features a recreation of Van Gogh's Wheat Field with Cypresses (rendered in fresh laundry) by 12-year-old Evan Shanahan. One of the many innovative projects assigned by his teacher Máiréad helping to keep Evan and his classmates imaginations stimulated in these dreary home-schooling days. Click on the image above to see one of the original versions of Van Gogh's painting of the scene.