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Peter Stringer (centre) during Ireland’s Six Nations rugby campaign in 2000

On the series finale of Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything…

…Rayna Connery writes:

Rugby legend Peter Stringer tells Angela how he was bullied about his height as a kid and refused to take growth hormones; how he eats lots of fibre to “stay regular” and his awkward encounter with Lady Gaga and his wife.

Food writer and cook Donal Skehan lifts the lid on dying his hair since he was 23; how he manged to offend the entire Italian population; his friendship with Brian Dowling since their Peter Pan panto days and his favourite Swedish chocolate Plopp.

Bafta-winning comedy writer Aisling Bea chats to Angela about Twitter’s reaction to her English accent in Home Sweet Home Alone; why women wonder about being held back and why men are paid more than them and if she was a superhero she’d be “Horse Woman”. Neigh!

Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything on RTÉ One tomorrow at 10pm.

Pic: Six Nations Rugby

The unjabbed should not be entitled to a Pandemic Unemplyment Payment (PUP), says Professor Dermot Cox of the Royal College of Surgeons

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

While there may be short-term benefits in a compulsory vaccination for Sars-CoV-2, in the long-term it may undermine the other important vaccination programmes that we have.

People have a right to maintain the confidentiality of their health record and to refuse to receive any medication or treatment no matter how illogical the reason, but society also has a right/obligation to protect itself.

The classic example is smoking. People have a right to smoke but society has insisted that they cannot do it in work, restaurants, public transport etc. Furthermore, we require them to make a financial contribution to their future care in the form of a heavy tax on cigarettes.

Just as with smokers, society has the right to protect itself from infection with Sars-CoV-2 by isolating those who refuse to disclose their vaccine status.

Furthermore, they should not be entitled to the pandemic employment payment as they are not contributing to the fight against Covid-19.

People have a right to dine in a restaurant without being exposed to cigarette smoke or being infected with Sars-CoV-2.

Prof Dermot Cox
School of Pharmacy
and Biomolecular Sciences,
RCSI, Dublin.

Irish Times Letters

Um.

This morning.

Fred Murray writes:

TWO years ago you did a piece on my combover for cancer campaign and I’m still going strong – above is my progress. I’ve dedicated two years of my life (and love-life of course) to my Combover For Cancer Campaign.

On this 2 year milestone, if you have donated already, maybe you could share this post with someone you know who has been affected by cancer?

My pal, Fiona Cribben motivated me to take on this challenge, but sadly passed away at the start of my campaign. However, my friends and followers have kept me on track.

Thanks for keeping this baldy going!

Combover For Cancer (Go Fund Me)

Previously: Anyone Can Grow A Moustache

‘sup?

Declan O’Leary writes:

Honey settling down to watch Ice Age!

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Lois McGrath writes:

Dexter the Irish whippet looking forward to his first Christmas.

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Ronnie writes:

Our Kilkenny cat called Ziggy before and after his festive makeover…

My pet at Xmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’.

This morning.

More as we get it.

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

Passengers arriving from Britain are being advised by the Government to undertake daily antigen tests for five consecutive days, beginning on the day of arrival.

The Government issued this advice last night after it received an updated public health assessment of the Omicron variant.

The latest travel advice was announced late last night and is aimed at encouraging people to take a cautious approach to international travel in light of the transmission of the new variant

Passengers arriving from Britain advised to take daily antigen tests (RTE)

RollingNews

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

The state of the parties, when undecided voters and those unlikely to vote are excluded, is as follows: Sinn Féin 35 per cent (up three); Fine Gael 20 per cent (down two); Fianna Fáil 20 per cent (no change); Green Party 5 per cent (down two); Labour 4 per cent (no change); and Independents/others 15 per cent (up three). All of the above figures are rounded, which accounts for the total of 99 per cent.

Among the Independents and smaller parties, the results are as follows: Social Democrats 2 per cent (down one); Solidarity-People Before Profit 2 per cent (no change); Aontú 1 per cent (no change); and Independents 11 per cent (up one).

Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll: Support for Sinn Féin reaches new record (Irish Times)

This afternoon.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin taking part in the government’s Shared Island Initiative – hosted by Dearbhail McDonald (above right) – working with the Northern Ireland Executive and the British Government to ‘address strategic challenges faced on the island of Ireland’.

Shared Island Initiative (Gov.ie)

Julien Behal Photography/RollingNews

Tuesday.

Unboosted?

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

That’s better.

Or is it?

FIGHT!

How to Socialize Safely in the Booster Era (The Atlantic)

 

HSE CEO Paul Reid at the HSE operational update this afternoon

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

Don’t wait!

Meanwhile…

OK, wait.

RollingNews