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Saturday.

Dublin city centre.

Protesters marching from the Department of Education to Smithfield Square via Henry Street against covid restrictions and measures, including the vaccination of children.

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Meanwhile…

This morning.

Garters Lane, Saggart, Dublin 24.

Booster queues comprising  50-69 year olds and health workers over 30 at the vaccination centre in the Citywest Hotel. Those in their 40s will be eligible from tomorrow. Relax. The wait is nearly over.

People aged 40-49 eligible for Covid-19 booster jab from tomorrow (RTE)

Yesterday: A Third Had A Third

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This evening.

8pm so.

Earlier…

This afternoon.

Government Buildings, Dublin 2.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar arrives for a cabinet meeting to discuss the latest Nphet recommendations, including a 5pm pub curfew until the end of January.

More as we get it.

Government considers rejecting Nphet proposal on 5pm hospitality curfew (Irish Times)

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From top: Mother and Baby Home; The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation members at the commission’s launch in 2015, from left: Professor Mary Daly, Judge Yvonne Murphy, Dr William Duncan


This afternoon.

Via RTÉ News:

The State has admitted in the High Court that the rights of nine survivors of mother-and-baby homes were breached when they were not given a draft copy of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes before it was published.

The court had heard a challenge by two women, Philomena Lee and Mary Harney, aimed at quashing parts of the final report.

Further submissions were due to be heard in advance of the court giving judgment on their cases. The two cases represented a total of nine similar actions.

Senior Counsel Michael Lynn said the State was consenting to a declaration being made in each case that the State had failed in its duty to provide the parts of the report relevant to each woman in advance of the finalisation of the report.

An acknowledgement by the Minister for Children that each of the women takes issue with parts of the report will be published alongside the report as well as online and in the Oireachtas Library.

Meanwhile…

…Mr Justice Garret Simon Said:

“Each of the applicants had suffered greatly during the time of their residence in the mother-and-baby homes and the court had sympathy for the position they had found themselves in.”

State admits rights of mother-and-baby home survivors were breached (RTE)

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Meanwhile…

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth, Roderic O’Gorman

This afternoon.

Via Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth:

‘The Minister acknowledges that, because the relevant parts of the draft report were not furnished to the applicants, they did not have the opportunity to ask the Commission to correct statements within the report that they believed to be wrong. The statement will identify key paragraphs of concern to the applicants in these cases.

‘Finally, in light of the evidence on identity presented by the applicants, the Minister has consented to a declaration that the Commission, by failing to provide the applicant, who is identifiable in the Final Report, with a draft of the report, or relevant part of the report, as required by section 34(1) of the Commission of Investigation Act 2004 prior to submitting the Final Report to the Minister, acted in breach of statutory duty.

‘The Minister hopes that this settlement gives some comfort to the applicants.’

Settlement of applications for judicial review of Final Report of Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (Gov.ie)