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Broadsheet on the Telly returns at 9.30pm streaming LIVE above and on our YouTube channel.

Vanessa Foran writes:

Since you probably have already watched all the available Below Decks Mediterranean on the 4Player, why not tag in to Broadsheet on the Telly?

With the usual line up of back line players, Neil Curran, Jimmy Smyth and myself, PLUS this week’s special guest, former Fianna Fáil Minister, Conor Lenihan (top).

Conor will be talking us through his time as a Government Minister and the procedure around signing the Official Secrets Act (subject of  his latest article in The Village), what he thinks of the current Government, and what’s next for Fianna Fáil…

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly

RollingNews

This afternoon.

Strasbourg, France.

Compulsory childhood vaccination in the Czech Republic, with failure to do so resulting in a fine or being barred from nursery school, doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law and may be necessary in democratic societies.

The ruling came following conclusion of a complaint brought to the court by Czech families regarding compulsory jabs for children.

“The measures could be regarded as being ‘necessary in a democratic society,'” the court judgment read.

Although the ruling did not deal directly with COVID-19 vaccines, experts believe it could have implications for the vaccination drive against the virus, especially for those who have so far stated a refusal to accept the jab.

This judgment “reinforces the possibility of a compulsory vaccination under conditions of the current COVID-19 epidemic,” Nicolas Hervieu, a legal expert specializing in the ECHR, told AFP news agency.

ECHR rules obligatory vaccination may be necessary (DW)

European court rules compulsory childhood vaccination doesn’t violate human rights (Politico. eu)

RollingNews

This afternoon.

Passengers are escorted in to a quarantine hotel in Santry, Dublin, after arriving in Dublin Airport from a designated ‘hot’ country.

We can sleep easier tonight.

Meanwhile…

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said more EU countries will be added to the list of countries on the mandatory hotel quarantine list.

Mr Coveney said the Government is looking at issues that are undoubtedly going to flow from that, such as capacity and potential legal issues.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said various Government departments have been working to address the necessary capacity and systems issues before it “dramatically increases” the list.

He said such discussions would conclude this week.

Govt looking at extending mandatory quarantine list (RTÉ)

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Labour Senator Ivana Bacik, who has co-sponsored recent bills on reproductive leave and period products which omit the words ‘woman’ and ‘mother’

This morning/afternoon.

Further to removal of the word “mother” from seven Acts of Irish legislation and the omission of the words “women” and “mother” from proposed pieces of legislation affecting women: the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) and the Free Provision of Period Products Bills….

Via Irish Times Letters:

Euphemisms for menstruation were common when women’s reproductive business was considered unmentionable and slightly shameful. It’s good that we’ve matured to the point of recognising the significance and importance of openly and correctly naming things for what they are.

However, something else is happening which is quite sinister. The euphemisms have moved from the word “period” to the word “woman”.

The word “woman” does not appear once in either of the Bills. It is replaced by “anyone”, “everyone” and “people”. None of the female Fianna Fáil or Labour Senators contacted seem to know why or where the word went, although it must have been deliberately excluded.

Labour’s Ivana Bacik had no difficulty referring to women and girls in 2019 when she raised the issue of period poverty in the Seanad as she used both throughout her speech.

When contacted, neither she nor any of her female Seanad colleagues answered my question – why are you deliberately excluding the word “woman”?

Women need the word women. We are a distinct biological and political class who are oppressed on the basis of our sex. Language matters. Labour and Fianna Fáil must do better.

Anyone?.FIGHT!

Irish Times Letters

RollingNews

Seagull bakery crew, from left: Dean McManus, Anna McSweeney, Conor Naughton, founder Sarah Richards and Anna Jacques

‘sup?

Yesterday.

Defying the gloom and doom, the team behind the award-winning artisanal Seagull Bakery in Tramore opened a brand new sourdough bakery at Patrick Street in Waterford City.

Ann Power writes:

The bakery will of course be serving up what Seagull is famous for; its full selection of sourdough bread from its delicious white loaves to seaweed sourdough to 3 seed, rye porridge loaves, baguettes, focaccias and its heritage loaf plus the complete selection of Seagull sweet treats and baked goods will also be on offer.

These include the famous twice-baked Almond Crossaints and the Seagull Cinnamon Buns; plus Chocolate and Hazelnut Croissants, local and seasonal fruit Danish pastries, Apple oaties, Cruffins, plain Crossaints and the Einkorn ancient grain Lemon and Poppyseed treats, Rye Brownies, Wholemeal Spelt Carmel Squares with Dilisk and Einkorn Carrot CNOMNOMNOM

No psychos.

Seagull Bakery

Pics: Patrick Browne

Yesterday afternoon.

A confrontation between Gardai and relatives of George Nlkencho, who was shot dead by armed officers last January.

Meanwhile…

This morning.

Statement from Fingal councillor John Burtchaell

The launch of the ‘Loving 30 campaign’ featuring Lord Mayor Hazel Chu (top right) with Millie Rose Mangan (top left) and Juliet Mangan (top centre).

Oh.

This morning.afternoon

Dublin City Council is inviting members of the public to provide feedback on a proposal to have a default 30km per hour speed limit across most areas of the city.

Via Dublin City Council:

The Non-Statutory public consultation opens on Friday, 9th April until Friday, 23rd April 2021. Members of the public are asked to make their submissions on Dublin City Council’s Consultation Hub *at link below) or email speedreview@dublincity.ie

All submissions will be reviewed and taken into consideration ahead of a final decision being made to extend the 30km/h speed limit.

A report will then be prepared and presented the Traffic & Transport Strategic Policy Committee on the 25th May 2021. The report will also be presented at the City Council Monthly Meeting on the 14th of June 2021 for approval to carry out a 6 – week Statutory Public Consultation process to amend the existing Speed Bye-Laws….

Fight!

Speed Review (Dublin City Council)

Pics: Conor McCabe

Dervla Kirwan

On The Late Late Show.

Jennifer O’Brien writes:

We celebrate the songs and lives of John Prine, Kenny Rogers, Charley Pride, Hal Ketchum, and Brian Coll, with Irish country stars including Cliona Hagan, Susan McCann, Declan Nerney, Robert Mizzell, and Michael English performing some of their greatest compositions in a rousing circle of friends country music studio session.

When CJ Stander arrived at Cork Airport in 2012, he considered himself in the last chance saloon as far as his rugby career was concerned. Nine years on, he departs Irish shores with 51 Irish caps. CJ joins Ryan to say goodbye…

…Dervla Kirwan, the family matriarch from the whodunnit series Smother filmed in Lahinch, will be speaking about what viewers can expect as the drama draws to a close…

…Padraig Harrington will cast his expert eye over the US Masters, and talk about how preparations are going for Team Europe ahead of The Ryder Cup…

…Ryan will take a behind-the-scenes look through the treasure trove of historical gems in Ireland’s National Collection, including some of the most intriguing personal objects in Irish history.

Plus, Declan O’Rourke will be performing The Harbour, from his brand-new album, Arrivals, produced by Paul Weller.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9.35pm.

RollingNews

This morning.

Via The Guardian:

Italy, Spain and Belgium have joined other European countries in restricting or recommending the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in older age groups as the EU struggles to agree common guidelines to counter expected public hesitancy.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday found a possible link between the vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, although it said its benefits far outweighed the risks and did not announce any restrictions.

Spain, Belgium and Italy restrict AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to older people (The Guardian)

Meanwhile…

The HSE is, for now, continuing with its planned rollout of AstraZeneca vaccines to people with underlying health conditions that put them at very high risk from Covid-19.

Any change in guidance would create further obstacles in the State’s protracted vaccine programme given that the AstraZeneca shot accounts for just over 20 per cent of the planned vaccine supplies to the State during the months of April, May and June.

EU ministers ‘frustrated’ by lack of EMA guidance on AstraZeneca vaccine (Irish Times)

RollingNews

‘sup?

This morning.

The Dublin Fox writes:

Your readers might be interested in these Irish-made prints. The sightings of the infamous Dublin Fox roaming Dublin’s locked-down empty streets is a lovely example of wildlife moving in when people leave. You can now own a print to celebrate our urban foxes. Might make an ideal gift and a momento of eerie Covid times. Cards start from just €3 and poster prints from €9…

The Dublin Fox

Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stuff’

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