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Beech Park nursing home Dunmurry, county Kildare

Anyone?

Covid-19 outbreak at Kildare nursing home claims nine lives (Irish Times, February 4)

Pic: Beechfield Nursing Homes

Last night.

Tuam campaigner Breeda Murphy, adoptee and activist Eunan Duffy and lawyer Frank Brehany, whose father was a Tuam adoptee, discuss a redress scheme for survivors and the struggle to get local county councils, including most recently Offaly, to publicly apologise for their role in the Mother and baby Home system.

Frank also raises the issue of a ‘gagging order’ made against a Cork Industrial school survivor making it a criminal offence for him to divulge how much compensation he received under the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.

This is the 12th in a series of shows featuring Breeda and Eunan looking at all aspects of the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation Report. They can be viewed here

Councils advised to follow the Taoiseach’s lead when apologising for mother and baby home (Sunday Independent)

Offaly County Council issues historic Mother and Baby homes apology (Offaly Express)

Cork industrial school survivor sues State over legal aid and redress ‘gagging order’ *Irish Examiner)

The bunnies are back!

Lia Stokes writes:

Everyone’s favourite Easter treat, the Lindt GOLD BUNNY is back again this spring in a variety of flavours, sizes and styles.

The iconic Lindt GOLD BUNNY is an Easter staple and this year, it’s all about adding that personal touch. 

Make yours personal with a choice of milk, white and dark chocolate varieties available as well as 4 different red ribbon messages to choose from in store. 

Whether wishing a Happy Easter, saying I Love You, adding to an Easter hunt – You Found Me or sharing with someone special – Just For You, there truly is a Lindt GOLD BUNNY for everyone.

Lindt GOLD BUNNY comes in a variety of different sizes, formats and flavours, available across all retailers nationwide.

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

We have two (yes TWO) 1kg Lindt Gold Bunnies to giveaway to one chocolate-loving reader.

Both bunnies are literally the size of small rabbits and would set you back €120 for the pair in the shops.

To enter, please complete this sentence.

‘I deserve the two enormous Lindt Gold bunnies especially at this time owing to_____________________________’

Lines MUST close at 9.45pm

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This afternoon.

O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.

Earlier…

Protests in the wake of the death of Sarah Everard this afternoon in Dublin and Belfast and on Thursday in Cork, Limerick and Galway

“What I’d say is this: the pandemic has gone on for a year, it could go on for another year.

“Are people seriously suggesting that there should be no protests for the duration of COVID-19?

“Outdoor protests with people wearing facial coverings aren’t dangerous and it will be socially distanced.

“I think protests should be considered essential, there should be a derogation for protests to take place that are essential”.

Socialist Party’s Ruth Coppinger on Newstalk yesterday

Meanwhile….

Oh.

RollingNews

Music teacher Sandro Tognatti died hours after getting AstraZeneca vaccine

This morning.

Prosecutors in Italy have launched a manslaughter investigation after a music teacher there died hours after getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Via New York Post:

Sandro Tognatti, 57, got jabbed in his hometown Biella on Saturday afternoon and went to bed that night with a high fever, his wife, Simona Riussi, told Italian media.

She called an ambulance the next morning but the clarinetist could not be saved, she said.

….Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont opened the probe into his death later that day, according to the Italian wire service Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA).

They also seized nearly 400,000 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the same batch.

So far, officials have insisted there has yet to be a direct link between Tognatti’s death and his shot.

Italy opens manslaughter case after teacher dies hours after getting AstraZeneca vaccine (New York Post)

Yesterday: Target Market