Lunchtime.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
Top: Maitiú Ó Tuathail, formerly of the now defunct National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP); Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty (left) and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar
This morning.
Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio One.
“We know that the leader of Fine Gael and the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has been questioned as part of that, he’s central to this investigation.
“We understand that it’s under the corruption act and now the file is gone to the DPP (Director of Public Prosecution), and it will be up to them to decide whether a crime has been committed and whether they have the necessary threshold to look at prosecution, if indeed a crime has been committed.
“But what we do know is that Leo Varadkar leaked this document – he has admitted to that.
“What we do know is that he went to lengths to ensure that that document got to his friend, he had that document couriered to the government jet.
“He didn’t send it to the offices of the NAGP, which are across the street from the Dáil, he sent it to his private address.
“We do know that the text messages which looked at the process to give his friend that document were deleted from his mobile phone.
“Those messages were deleted, however, earlier messages to Maitiú Ó Tuathail still were on his mobile phone, so we do know he gave confidential information, which was valuable information to that organisation at the time, to his friend, and on that basis Leo Varadkar should not have remained in office.”
Meanwhile…
…Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan said on Newstalk:
“I’m very happy to let her [the DPP) do her work and I don’t think it will interfere in the meantime in Government work.
“Let’s wait her response to the work the guards have done.
“I don’t want, particularly as a Government Minister, to start speculating on what the outcome of her work might be, I think it’s better to let her do it.”
Sinn Féin calls for general election before return of Leo Varadkar as taoiseach (BreakingNews)
Meanwhile…
They are making fools of the Irish people but that’s always how it worked #HowIrelandWorks pic.twitter.com/ZIytF0w6P1
— Politics Watch (@PoliticsWatch14) April 25, 2022
A video purporting to show billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates with an enlarged chest has resurfaced online. @ReutersFacts found that the footage is digitally altered https://t.co/F0mGpYU7u7 pic.twitter.com/xt7V5C2SWv
— Reuters Fact Check (@ReutersFacts) April 25, 2022
Fact checkers.
Where would we be without them?
Athlete collapses and deaths chart from January 1 2021 April 21, 2022.
Via Goodsciencing.com:
It is definitely not normal for so many mainly young athletes to suffer from cardiac arrests or to die while playing their sport, but this year it is happening. Many of these heart issues and deaths come shortly after they got a COVID vaccine. While it is possible this can happen to people who did not get a COVID vaccine, the sheer numbers clearly point to the only obvious cause.
The so-called health professionals running the COVID vaccine programs around the world keep repeating that “the COVID vaccine is a normal vaccine and it is safe and effective.”
In response to their pronouncement, we have prepared [at link below] is a non-exhaustive and continuously growing list of mainly young athletes who had major medical issues in 2021/2022 after receiving one or more COVID vaccines.
Initially, many of these were not reported. We know that many people were told not to tell anyone about their adverse reactions and the media was not reporting them. They started happening and ramping up after the first COVID vaccinations. The mainstream media still are not reporting most, but sports news cannot ignore the fact that soccer players and other stars collapse in the middle of a game due to a sudden cardiac arrest. Many of those die – more than 50%.
We also note that many posts in Facebook, Instagram, twitter, forums and news stories are being removed. So now we are receiving some messages saying there is no proof of the event or of vaccination status. That is partly because this information is being hidden.
More people are writing to tell us that in many cases, we didn’t mention a person’s vaccination status. There is a good reason for that. None of the clubs want to reveal this information. None of their sponsors want to reveal it. The players have been told not to reveal it. Most of their relatives will not mention it. None of the media are asking this question. So what should we do? Stop this now?
No, we will collect as much information as we can, while it is still available, because eventually, more information will come out, and we will be here to put it together. Will it mean anything? We don’t know. What we do know is that there is a concerted world-wide effort to make this information go away, so that fact alone tells us it must be collected, investigated and saved so other researchers can look at it to see if there are any useful patterns.
942 Athlete Cardiac Arrests, Serious Issues, 621 Dead, After COVID Shot (Real Science)
Meanwhile…
Over the years there has unfortunately been various terrifying incidents of footballers collapsing on the pitch due to heart problems.
It is vital that professional athletes get injury insurance in place before it is too late. DM to discuss how we can help ☎️ ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/YtP4njLCGQ— Matt Seldon (@MSINSURANCE_) April 25, 2022
Ah now.
Earlier” ‘I Know You’re Eager’
The Streets of Dublin, Ireland. April 25th, 2022
Three human beings huddled together, disgarded, forgotten about.#not1home pic.twitter.com/wnGeEmKZs0
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) April 25, 2022
This morning.
Off Dame Street, Dublin 2.
Last week: Rough Numbers
Selling flowers outside St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin, c.1944. Flowers were bought as offerings during novenas to Francis Xavier and the Sacred Heart making the steps outside the popular church a profitable selling point. #flowergirls
Image c Fintan Tandy. pic.twitter.com/E26lM8MeQQ— Susan Curley-Meyer (@CurleyMeyer) April 25, 2022
1944c.
Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.
Good times.
At time of writing press regulator IPSO has received 5,500 complaints about the Mail on Sunday Angela Rayner article alleging inaccuracy, harassment and discrimination https://t.co/KNi8L7ZY2G
— Press Gazette (@pressgazette) April 25, 2022
Um.
Last night.
Mother and Baby Home survivor Marie Arbuckle (top in 2021) joined campaigners Eunan Duffy and Frank Brehany (Breeda Murphy was away this week) to share her remarkable story of ‘cross-border child trafficking’.
After years of abusive foster care, Derry-born Marie, also known as Maria, was in St Joseph’s training school in Middletown, county Armagh when she got pregnant at 17 and brought to St Patrick’s Guild Mother and Baby home in Dublin to have her son, Paul. She was then taken taken back to Northern Ireland without Paul. The year was 1981 and they would not reunite for another 40 years.