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And you’ve been caught.

This afternoon.

Department of Agriculture, Dublin 2.

Extinction Rebellion partnered with some Irish farmers to hold a demonstration highlighting how the government is ‘complicit in encouraging constant growth within the agricultural sector, at the expense of the environment and small farmers’ quality of life’.

Meanwhile…

European Union negotiators have struck a deal on reforms to the bloc’s huge farming subsidy programme, introducing new measures aimed at protecting small farms and curbing agriculture’s environmental impact.

The deal ends a near three-year struggle over the future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
It will use up around a third of the EU’s 2021-2027 budget, spending €387bn on payments to farmers and support for rural development.

EU strikes deal on CAP farm subsidies (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

Squeaky bum time.

Earlier…

This morning.

Good times.

Any excuse.

Matt Hancock’s secret affair with aide Gina Coladangelo is exposed after office snogs while Covid raged on (Irish Sun)

Meanwhile…

Ah.

Meanwhile…

Um.

For your consideration.

Robocomedy from THisContent comedy troupe.

Writer and director Keith Jordan writes:

A sketch about the dangers of using drugs as a temporary relief from the agony of existence.

Starring Matthew McNicholas, George Cummins and Adam Traynor as ‘Blowbot’.

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This morning.

Deansgrange Cemetery, Deansgrange, county Dublin.

Locals have complained to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council that they are unable to visit the graves of loved ones due to the overgrown graveyard.

Overgrown weeds at Deansgrange cemetery ‘very hurtful to families’ (Irish Times)

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This morning.

Brussels, Belgium.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there would be no additional supplies of mRNA vaccines in July and that emphasis now was to expand the vaccination roll-out ‘through younger age cohorts’ with AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson doses.

Via RTÉ:

Mr Martin said there was “some research going on” in terms of mixing of vaccines, and that he had spoken to the Chief Medical Officer about administering vaccines to younger age groups.

He said: “Operationally what we’ve been doing has been very effective and very efficient, coming down through the age cohorts, [with] very high uptake rates.

“And I know that the Chief Medical Officer…indicated to me that he would be engaging with NIAC in respect of the application for administering vaccines in terms of age restrictions and particularly the context of AstraZeneca, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), and that would really broaden the portfolio of vaccines available for July and August,” he told reporters on day two of an EU summit.”

Vaccines needed for younger cohorts quicker – Taoiseach (RTÉ)

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