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Winter is coming.

Never mind.

Broadsheet on the Telly returns tonight at 11pm streaming LIVE above and on our YouTube channel.

Join a panel of your peers PLUS a special guest as they tackle the stories of the week with fearless honesty and some rude words.

Matters under the spotlight will include Garda breath tests, Homeless deaths and the ‘Locked Out’ generation.

All welcome.

Thank you!

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly on Broadsheet

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Paddy Cole, of SIPTU, writes:

Ann Daly is a cleaner and the longest serving staff member in St Cronan’s Senior National School, Swords, County Dublin.

Ann and her colleagues Lorraine and Pauline have been locked out of their jobs for the last week. Their jobs have been outsourced to a cleaning company which has declined to employ them.

The community is behind them and they will remain on the line until they get justice.

You can sign a petition to urge their reinstatment here. Thank you.

Stories from the fronline, SiIPTU (Facebook)

Anyone?

Martin Crehan, of Prize Pig Productions, writes:

We are a media production startup and we’re casting for our first documentary…in case any of your readers would like to take part…details to prizepigcasting@gmail.com

This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin 2

Pro Life activists Caoimhe White and Sean Blackwell mark the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the passage of the Eighth Amendment which introduced a constitutional ban on abortion in ireland.

The amendment recognised the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn child and a referendum on the amendment passed by 67% voting in favour to 33% voting against.

Fight, etc.

Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Above back row from left: Gary Gannon, Anne-Marie McNally, Tara Deasy, Paul Muville, Rob Hunter, Rory Traynor. Front row: Sarah-Jane Hennelly, Róisín Shortall, Catherine Murphy, Patricia O’Dwyer, Jennifer Whitmore, Carly Rae-Bailey

This morning.

Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin

Róisín Shortall TD (top left) and Social Democrat party co-leader, Catherine Murphy TD (top right) with party councillors and spokespeople gathered for the SocDems Think In.

The theme ‘The Locked Out generation’ refers to young people and families in their twenties and thirties unable to secure proper homes. The party advocates a use it or lose it police for land hoarders.

Ms Murphy said:

“It can’t be business as usual. It has to be a war office-type approach to the area of homelessness.”

Of a possible role in a future coalition, Ms Shorthall said.

“We want to be in Government. We want to be working with other parties in order to change the direction of this country. So we’re not in the business of ruling people in or ruling people out,”

Fight!

Social Democrats ‘very anxious’ to be in government (Irish Times)

Leah Farrell/Rolling news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VviEgJbBaI

Last Sunday.

Stradbally, County Laois.

Olaf Tyransen interviews Ian Bailey in The Hot Press Chatroom at Electric Picnic about his legal battles, his poetry, his life in Ireland and the decency of young guards.

You’ll like him.

Previously: Ian Bailey on Broadsheet