Tag Archives: Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle, early 1922

Was it for this?

Partially.

FIGHT!

The Handover of Dublin Castle: A Centenary Conference (Eventbrite)

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Where’s your iPhone, swot?

This morning.

Dublin Castle. Dublin 2.

At Dublin Castle Christmas Market with the latest addition to the My Irish Books collection – ‘Mo Chuid Amhráin Nollag’ – was Michael Wilson (3).

‘Mo Chuid Amhráin Nollag’  features five classic Christmas songs in Irish, performed by young singers. Following weeks of delays, a shipment of the books arrived on Irish soil this week and are suitable for children aged 1-6 years old. On sale at link below and in selected bookstores across Ireland at €14.95.

MyIrishBooks

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Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’.

I’d double lock that.

This afternoon.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Members of the cabinet arrive for a meeting to discuss the rona and the European Commissioner gig. From top: Taoiseach Micheál Martin; From left: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath, and Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadka; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, and Minister for Climate Action and Communications Networks and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan.

Where are your masks, etc.?

Earlier: May The Best Woman Win

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Meanwhile…

Oh.

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This morning.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Northen Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster (above left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O ’Neill (right) flank Taoiseach Micheál Martin ahead of a North South Ministerial Council meeting, the first time the cross border body has met in three years.

They are due to discuss matters of mutual interest, including the Brexit trade negotiations, the coronavirus pandemic and concerns about international travel to the island.

The Republic of Ireland has a so-called “green list” of 15 nations from which travellers entering the country do not have to self-isolate for 14 days, but Northern Ireland has a list of 58 such countries.

Covid-19: Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill set for North South meeting (BBC)

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Today and yesterday.

At Dublin Castle.

The following politicians have been elected on the Agricultural Panel: Independent Victor Boyhan, Fianna Fáil’s Denis O’Donovan, Fianna Fáil’s Paul Daly, Fianna Fáil’s Niall Blaney, Fine Gael’s Tim Lombard, Fine Gael’s Paddy Burke, Fine Gael’s Michael D’Arcy, Fianna Fáil’s Eugene Murphy, Green Party’s Pippa Hackett, Labour’s Annie Hoey, and Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan.

Counting is currently under way in relation to the Labour Panel.

Meanwhile…

In the NUI Colleges constituency…

More as we get it.

Watch live here

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael’s John Cummins, Fianna Fáil’s Robbie Gallagher, Fine Gael’s Joe O’Reilly, Fianna Fáil’s Ned O’Sullivan, Fianna Fáil’s Shane Cassells, Fianna Fáil’s Pat Casey, Independent Gerard Craughwell have also been elected to the labour panel.

Meanwhile…

This morning.

At Dublin Castle.

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne retains his Seanad seat in the Seanad election. He’s the first person to be elected to the 26th Seanad.

Meanwhile…

Yesterday: Meanwhile In Dublin Castle

UPDATE:

Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne, Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers, Fine Gael’s John McGahon and Sinn Féin’s Fintan Warfield have also been elected to the Seanad.

The count for the agricultural panel will begin at 4pm.

Watch the count live here.

This afternoon.

At Dublin Castle.

Returning Officer Martin Grove (above) directs the counting of ballots to fill 43 of 60 senators’ seats from vocational panels in the Seanad Éireann election after its postal voting closed at 11am this morning.

Counting of votes is expected to continue until Friday, April 3.

Journalists are not allowed to attend the count, due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Results will instead be posted on the Oireachtas.ie website here or the House of Oireachtas’ Twitter account here.

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Earlier: Counting On The Seanad

Stop that!

Yesterday.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

Demob happy celebrations following the Commissioning Ceremony of 67 new Irish Army officers, 18 Air Corps Officers and 6 Maltese Officers in the Printworks.

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Meanwhile…

Aw.

Maltese Officers (from left) Aaron Zammit and Neil Spiteri propose to (from left) Amy Zammit and  Nadesh Barbara at the end of the Commissioning Ceremony. They were among six Maltese recruits who had trained at the Cadet School in the Curragh.

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