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Happy Wednesday BS from Mr Hugh. Nice day for pounding the sand on Sandymount beach.
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Tanaiste Leo Varadkar at Dublin castle yesterday
This morning.
Dermot & Dave show on Today FM.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said:
“We expect there may be 10 to 15 per cent of people who will refuse the vaccine and just don’t want it, although, they may change their minds if the ability to travel and attend mass events is linked to it…
“…What we really need for this to work fully is to get about 80 per cent of people vaccinated, that’s where you start to hit herd immunity, where the virus just doesn’t have anywhere to go.”
This afternoon.
York Street, Dublin 2.
Hairdressers, retail considered as Govt to assess restrictions (RTÉ)
Spreader?
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Yesterday.
Covid checkpoint at Kilcullen outside Naas, county Kildare.
The streets are a little safer.
FFG Ina Shui
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Fine Gael’s Maria Byrne (left) and Fianna Fáil’s Gerry Horkan
This afternoon.
In the Seanad by-elections.
Via RTÉ:
Fianna Fáil’s Gerry Horkan was elected to the Industrial and Commercial Panel, receiving 114 first preference votes and was elected on the first count, with the quota set at 101.5.
Green Party Chairperson Hazel Chu, who contested the election as an independent, got 10 votes.
Fine Gael’s Byrne, from Limerick, won a seat on the Agriculture Panel receiving 118 votes, finishing well ahead of Independent candidate Ian Marshall, who got 69 votes
Democracy.
It’s a beautiful thing.
Byrne and Horkan elected to Seanad following by-election (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
People have asked, was it worth the fuss for coming last? Absolutely. We need to put women & minorities at the table. We need to show anyone can run for any election. We need every party to run candidates in future that want to contribute and that represents society. Thanks all x
— Hazel Chu (@hazechu) April 21, 2021
St Peter’s, Phibsborough, Dublin on Good Friday
Archbishop Eamon Martin expresses concerns at criminalisation of public worship in Ireland – https://t.co/EeHjhCaCeH pic.twitter.com/T8BAQZefgB
— Catholic Herald (@CatholicHerald) April 21, 2021
This morning.
Via Irish Times Letters:
At long last the Roman Catholic Church has expressed concern about the criminalising of public worship in the Republic (“Catholic archbishop criticises ‘provocative’ law on services”)
The Government does not seem to care that in this respect the country is out of step with most other countries in Europe. At Easter, we had a ludicrous situation that churches in the North were able to celebrate Easter while in the South they were bolted and barred.
Meanwhile…
“To criminalise gathered worship is effectively to criminalise the practice of the Christian religion.”
It is “disproportionate and exceeds the limits of government authority.”
Read: https://t.co/SOaWP5dFbf@pciassembly @PCIModerator pic.twitter.com/LaUPigg1jY
— Alastair Dunlop (@alastairjdunlop) April 21, 2021
This morning.
Faith! Fight!
Wicklow Gardaí are delighted to announce the expansion of the “Chatting Bench” initiative to Arklow’s St Mary’s Park. Anyone who wants to have a chat can check the Wicklow Garda Facebook page for the times Gardaí will be available for and come down for a talk.#HereToHelp pic.twitter.com/a3rZwltbqi
— Garda Info (@gardainfo) April 21, 2021
This morning.
It’s good to talk.
With the rozzers?
Only you can decide.
Flat Refusal
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Stills from the BBC’s documentary Black Power: A British Story of Resistance’ (2021)
Come Here To Me writes:
BBC documentary showing ‘No Coloured, No Irish’ handmade sign in footage (13 mins) from 1960s. Aware that there has been discussion about an apparent lack of contemporary photographs of such signs…
This morning.
Margaret Buttimer, of Bandon in county Cork, who had been released on bail on condition she comply with public health restrictions, appeared in court earlier without a mask.
Via Irish Examiner:
Ms Buttimer is facing a charge of not wearing a mask at Dunnes Stores, Clonakilty, on February 12. Sgt Paul Kelly said gardaí were awaiting directions on the matter from the DPP.
Sgt Kelly said he wanted to bring to the court’s attention that Ms Buttimer could be further reprimanded for the alleged non-wearing of a mask in SuperValu in Bandon last Monday, with Judge Roberts claiming she could be facing further charges arising out of any possible breach of bail conditions…
…Judge Roberts queried whether Ms Buttimer had previously suggested she may have a medical reason for refusing to wear a mask but she denied this and said:
“I feel it is my freedom is being taken.”
The matter was adjourned until May 4.
West Cork woman not wearing mask in court: ‘I feel my freedom is being taken’ (Irish examiner)
Pic: SuperValu
Meanwhile…
This is how deadly the newest variant is. Masking required for ZOOM meetings pic.twitter.com/Peg3jfm1Jy
— George G 😊 אלקנא (@george_jazzcat) April 20, 2021
Um.
