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Oh, you know.

Segregated the country based on medical status.

Not crazy busy.

This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Minister for Justice and new mother Helen McEntee arriving at Leinster House for the first time since the beginning of her maternity leave in April on the birth of a son, Michael.

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Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns (above) launched a Bill that would extend maternity, adoptive and paternity leave to councillors.

Ms Cairns said:

“Just 24pc of councillors around the country are women. If we ever want to substantially increase this proportion, then we must make changes to make a career in politics a more attractive prospect for women. The bare minimum required, in this regard, is maternity leave.

“My Bill, which I have launched today, would extend maternity, adoptive and paternity leave to councillors.

“Many political careers are launched in the local politics arena – but the lack of maternity leave acts as a limiting factor for women and a barrier to their participation in public life. It also denies the country of the representation of strong female political candidates, many of whom feel unable to progress a career in politics because of structural barriers that are placed in their way.

“Currently, female councillors must obtain a resolution of a local authority in order to avail of leave when they give birth. In 2021, it is bizarre that a reformed system of maternity leave, and other family leave, is not yet available to councillors. My Bill would ensure that leave is an entitlement – which does not require a resolution to be passed.”

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This morning.

A State of Emergency – The Story of Ireland’s Covid Crisis by Richard Chambers (Harper Collins

Later…

Gulp.

Previously: That’ll be The Déise

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Britain’s Duchess of Cornwall at a reception last night following Britain’s Prince Charles’ address to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland

Until now.

“You all carry a heavy burden on your shoulders, and you do not need me to tell you that the eyes and hopes of the world are upon you to act with all dispatch, and decisively because time has quite literally run out.”

“The recent IPCC [UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report gave us a clear diagnosis of the scale of the problem. What we will do with a growing global population, creating ever increasing demand on the planet’s finite resources.

“As we tackle this crisis, our efforts cannot be a series of independent initiatives running in parallel, the scale and scope of the threat we face a call for a global systems level solution based on radically transforming our current fossil fuel based economy to one that is genuinely renewable and sustainable.

“So there’s going to be my plea today is for countries to come together to create the environment that enables every sector of industry to take the action required.”

“Here we need a vast military style campaign to marshal the strength of the global private sector with trillions at his disposal, far beyond global GDP, and with the greatest respect, beyond even the governments of the world’s leaders.”

Britain’s Prince Charles to the COP26 climate change conference

Fight!

Six of the most melodramatic warnings from COP26 (The Spectator)

COP26: ‘Not yet where we need to be’ on climate, Merkel says — as it happened (DW)

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Above from left: Paul Byrom (Wicked Warlock), Chris Corroon, (Dame Lola) and Aisling Sharkey (Red Riding Hood)

This morning.

Unidentified forest, Dublin.

The launch of ‘Red Riding Hood’, the Helix Theatre panto produced by TheatreworX Productions starring tenor Paul Byrom and newcomer Asling Sharkey in the lead role. From Friday, November 26 to January 9, 2022.

Rec Riding Hood (The Helix)

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Yesterday afternoon.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and former Labour Party leader Ruairi Quinn greet the United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen.

Ms Yellen gave keynote address at an event hosted by the Institute for International and European Affairs, telling the assembled:

“I think we have agreed that 15% is the global minimum tax. Now, of course, individual countries may choose themselves to establish a higher tax, but I expect many countries to adopt a 15% tax.

“It works for many countries. I don’t think that’s something that’s going to be reconsidered as a global minimum.”

US Treasury Secretary says 15% global minimum corporation tax rate won’t be reconsidered (RTÉ)

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Meanwhile…

Hmm.

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Emil Palsson fell over in the 12th minute of the match against Stjordals-Blink at the Fosshaugane Campus stadium in western Norway.

Last night.

Via News9Live:

Icelandic midfielder Emil Palsson collapsed during a football game in Norway’s second division Monday evening after suffering a cardiac arrest, his football club Sogndal said.

“Emil Palsson had a cardiac arrest in the 12th minute of play. Palsson was successfully resuscitated, and then flown to Haukeland Hospital for further examination and treatment,” club Sogndal Fotball said in a statement.

In June, a similar event occurred when Denmark’s Christian Eriksen suddenly collapsed from a cardiac arrest during his country’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland.

Emil Palsson: Footballer collapses from cardiac arrest during game in Norway (Independent.co.uk)

Footballer collapses from heart attack during game in Norway (News9Live)

Pic: twitter

Yesterday: ‘Irregular Heartbeat’

Paddy Cosgrave on stage in Lisbon

Yesterday evening.

Lisbon, Portugal.

Via Independent.ie:

WEB Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave invited Village Magazine editor Michael Smith along with Chay Bowes and John Tighe who were involved in publishing the story behind the magazine cover onto the stage and asked the crowd in the vast Altice Arena, which included senior Portuguese government officials and global technology chiefs, to give the men a round of applause.

The original article in the Village in 2020 triggered a criminal investigation into the now Tánaiste’s leaking of a document in April 2019 related to negotiations for a new General Practitioner contract.

Mr Cosgrave made the intervention as a precursor to the opening night’s main event, an interview with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

Paddy Cosgrave brings Leo Varadkar leak controversy centre stage at Web Summit in Lisbon (Independent.ie)