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Couldn’t happen here.

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Aslan singer Christy Dignam in 2020

On The Late Late Show…

….Linda Pototzki writes:

Fresh from a spooky live television performance of Mrs Brown’s Boys on RTÉ and BBC, Brendan O’Carroll and gang will join the Late Late Show from BBC Scotland to celebrate ten years of the hugely successful Mrs Brown’s Boys television series.

A month on from his Ryder Cup disappointment, European captain Pádraig Harrington will reflect on the weekend and explain why he wouldn’t change anything about his approach to leading the team.

Cork singer Lyra will be on the show to talk about her stellar music career and will perform her new single ‘Lose My Mind’.

Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick will chat to Ryan about his new children’s book ‘Vetman’ and life after losing his dog and best friend Keira.

Christy Dignam will talk about releasing his debut solo album ‘The Man Who Stayed Alive’ and celebrating 40 years with Aslan next year. Christy will also perform ‘High’ from the new album.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 10.05pm.

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Tonight.

Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7.

Further to an attempted eviction earlier today involving gardai, activists from a group known as That Social Centre regained access to a  derelict building they first occupied last month promising “to clean up, build infrastructure, host events and workshops”.

Earlier: Aftermath

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This afternoon.

Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7.

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Any questions?

This afternoon.

Department of Health, Baggott, Street, Dublin 2.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan at the weekly Department of Health Covid -19 briefing…

…said NPHET had a ‘substantial concern” about the number of ICU beds being taken up by Covid-19 patients because he said the knock-on effect is that those beds would normally by ordinary people who cannot get access to surgeries or interventions

Dr Holohan warned fully-vaccinated people that there are still risks involved with getting Covid-19 “even if those risks are substantially reduced”.

“Just because everything is open doesn’t mean we all have to do them or that we all have to do them at the same time,” he said.

The Chief Medical Officer said it would “be sensible” for people who were in nightclubs at the weekend to stay away from vulnerable people in the following days.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn [above] said the trajectory for Covid-19 infection in Ireland in the coming days and weeks is not good..

He said that although 42% of cases in ICU were fully vaccinated people, the key point is that 58% of people in ICU are not vaccinated.

NPHET concerned by growing Covid rates as 101 in ICU (RTÉ)

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Dublin’s Tramline nightclub last Friday

This afternoon.

Via RTE News:

Nightclub and live venue operators have been told that rules requiring tickets to be booked at least one hour in advance will take effect from tomorrow.

At a meeting with Government officials this lunchtime, industry representatives were told there will be no grace period for implementing them, as they had requested.

The requirement for a ticket will be determined by whether dancing is taking place, rather than live music as previously envisaged.

The new rules also stipulate that customers will not be allowed to congregate at doors and ticket holders only should be allowed in a queue…

Advance ticket purchase rule to take effect tomorrow (RTÉ)

Yesterday: Any Spare Tickets?

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Charlie Bird in 2004

This afternoon.

Charlie Bird confirms he has Motor Neurone Disease (RTÉ)

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This morning.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s national 14-day incidence rate from October 4 until October 18 was 493 cases per 100,000.

The local area with the highest Covid-19 incidence rate was Waterford, which has claimed a 99.7 per cent vaccine uptake among its adult population….

Waterford City South – 1,500

Longford – 1,200

Tramore-Waterford City West – 1,100

Borris-In-Ossory-Mountmellick – 1,100

Piltown – 1,100

Ennistimon – 1,000

Listowel – 1,000

Kanturk – 1,000

Kenmare – 985.6

Tralee – 956.5

Meanwhile, areas with the lowest cases per 100,000 population include Belmullet, Connemara South, and Connemara North.

Revealed: Your local area’s Covid rate as Waterford City has three times national average (Independent.ie)

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