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Last night.

TV personality and Covid response critic Aisling O’Loughlin discusses media manipulation, the government and NPHET and assesses Claire Byrne’s pandemic coverage.

FIGHT!

The Irish Inquiry

Previously: What A Complete Aisling Hit Piece

Meanwhile…

Sharks!

Michael’s in the pond!

Ragamuffin writes:

The Irish Basking Shark Protection Group have started a petition in order to demonstrate the public support for Soc Dem TD Jennifer Whitmore’s bill currently before the Oireachtas that would make it illegal for anyone to intentionally or recklessly injure or harass them off Irish coasts.

Jennifer is a former marine biologist, and says basking sharks should be given the same protections as whales and dolphins in Ireland. Basking sharks are the second biggest fish in the sea, and are mysterious gentle giants.

Ireland is one of the only countries in the world where they go close to land, and so scientists from all over the world come to study them along our Atlantic coast.

Sign here

Irish Basking Shark Study Group

Legislation introduced make basking sharks a protected species (Social Democrats)

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien (left) and Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD addressing media at Government Buildings yesterday

This morning.

The Dáil is set to vote today on a proposal to introduce a stamp duty charge of 10% on the purchase of ten or more houses under plans agreed by Cabinet last night.

Via RTÉ:

After more than two weeks of deliberations the Government has moved to change tax and planning laws to prevent big investors buying up housing estates.

The higher charge will also apply where someone acquires ten or more units on a cumulative basis over a 12-month period.

However, it will not apply to those bulk buying apartments, which is the focus for many in the Opposition already.

Dáil to vote on proposal to introduce 10% stamp duty on bulk buying (RTÉ)

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Meanwhile…

In fairness.

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Malahide, county, Dublin.

The Casino development, in housing minister Darragh O’Brien’s constituency, where the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is reportedly close to signing a sale for 69 of the apartments to UK-based SeaPoint Capital, an investment fund in the rental market.

The complex was built by controversial developer Gerry Gannon. Nama had previously sold 34 apartments to individual buyers at an average price of €433,000 per unit.

Earlier:  The Casino

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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly

This afternoon.

The Covid-19 ‘vaccine portal’ for 45 to 49 year olds will open from tomorrow – despite the ‘HSE ransomware attack’.

Only mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna will be available to this age group at first.

Via RTÉ News:

Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said Donnelly said the vaccine programme’s computer system, which is a new system, has not been compromised in the cyber attack on the HSE and the programme is moving very quickly.

He said there has been no indication that it has been compromised at all.

He said two in five adults have now received a first dose and last week was a record week, with about 50,000 vaccinations administered in one day last week.

Meanwhile…

Earlier, the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer said the executive has received advice from National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) that people aged 40 to 49 could receive Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines.

Vaccine portal for 45 to 49 year olds set to open tomorrow (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

Follow the science.

Bill Gates ‘turned a blind eye to Jeffrey Epstein’s reputation because he thought he could get him a Nobel Peace Prize (MailOnline)

Meanwhile…

Time‘s Persons of the Year 2005 issue

YIKES!

KN writes:

This aged well….

Earlier: The Unvaccinated ‘Will End Up Paying The Price’

Above from left: Betty Ashe from Pearse Street, Anne Doyle and Author and Historian Turtle Bunbury officially launch the ‘Vanishing Ireland with Turtle Bunbury’ podcast

This morning.

Merrion Square Park, Dublin 2.

Anne Doyle launched the ‘Vanishing Ireland with Turtle Bunbury’ podcast supported by SuperValu – 20-years since the acclaimed Vanishing Ireland chronicles began.

Historian Turtle is creating a new series of interviews with Ireland’s over 70s documenting ‘never-before-heard extraordinary stories’.  He is inviting people across the country to propose family members or friends over the age of 70, to share their stories. Details at link below.

Vanishing Ireland

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From top: Hopusing minister Darragh O’Brien, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and Taoiseach Micheál Martin

This morning.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin and ministers arrive for a cabinet meeting where Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will outline proposals to ban local authorities from granting planning for developments of houses and duplexes which could be sold in bulk to investment funds.

Earlier: The Casino

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