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Tasty and nutritious?

Or a recipe for torrid wind?

We may never know.

Ah here.

Last night.

Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ 1.

Professor Luke O Neill and comedian Bernard O’Shea test out covid-denying bubbles.

Meanwhile…

Um.

Watch back here

Meanwhile…

Last night.

During the Superbowl.

Bruce Springsteen issued a call for common ground, unity and political centrism in a 2-minute long ad for Jeep during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

The ad, featuring wide-shot vistas of the American countryside, open roads and slow-motion shots of “The Boss,” centers on a tiny chapel in Lebanon, Kansas, that purportedly sits in the geographical center of the continental United States.

“All are more than welcome to come meet here in the middle,” the “Thunder Road” singer says in a voiceover. “It’s no secret the middle has been a hard place to get to lately, between red and blue, between servant and citizen, between our freedom and our fear.”

Bruce Springsteen and Jeep call for unity in 2-minute long Super Bowl commercial (CNN)

Alternatively….

In a generally weak year for Super Bowl commercials, Jeep’s stood out for being particularly obnoxious and tone-deaf. Called “The Middle,” left-wing political activist and world-famous singer Bruce Springsteen narrated and starred in the ad about how the country has been divided, but now it has a bright future as the “ReUnited States of America.”

While lefties began claiming that Springsteen was endorsing “Christian nationalism,” others felt that Jeep was “using our religion and God to mock us.”

The ad featured Springsteen, who is extremely well known for being from New Jersey, wearing a cowboy hat and boots, small earrings in each ear…. The overall effect was one of cosplay rather than authenticity.

A Jeep with no top on in the middle of what seemed to be a particularly frigid time in Kansas drove down a dismal road. No Jeep owner would do such a thing. In general, the images were frosty, cold, and dark.

Brr….awl!

Any excuse.

The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Ad (The Federalist)

‘sup?

This afternoon.

UPDATE:

Gulp.

The Government is working to reopen the construction sector on 5 March, Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien (top) has said.

This morning/afternoon.

It’ll be grand.

Govt working to reopen construction on 5 March – O’Brien (RTÉ)

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The votes are in.,

Last week, with a pair of tickets to see Keith Barry LIVE on offer, we asked you to name your most mentalist experience.

Brainhacker Keith will perform a live Virtual Valentine’s Show on Sunday, February 14.

After much debate, ‘Mr Sinister’ was chosen for recounting the following epic mind-bending incident:

‘Saw Derren Brown in the Olympia once. For the interval, he put a giant fishbowl on the stage and asked everyone to take a pen and paper from the ushers and to write a question down. Then put your first name and row that you’re sitting in on the outside, and he’d pull them out and be able to guess the question and then guess the answer as well.

Some of the questions were out there…first guy up asked what his mother’s name was…turns out it was Dympna. Good old DB had a great time trying to get his head around that.

I was pulled out third, and a different usher handed me a mic. He guessed correctly that my question was about sport…”In what year were Shelbourne FC formed?”…1895, as it happens, is the correct answer.

Anyway, he pulls out “David….in row 35″….A shout goes up and David gets a mic.

“So, David, I’m guessing you’re here with your Mrs?”

“yes, me and the girlfriend”

“And how long has she been pregnant?”

Everyone, including David, gasps!

“um…eh, well…we’re not sure cos we haven’t told anyone yet”

“Can I speak with Mrs David?”

*mic is handed over*

“Hiya, this is David’s bird”

“Twins, am I right?”

“I bleeedin’ hope not, or I’ll f____in’ run amok”

*loads of laughter*

“Anyway, moving swiftly on, I can tell that you, David, have a pet dog…named Tyson?”

“Eh, no!?”

A shout goes up from the other end of the row:

“You’ve got the wrong David!”

David number 2 gets handed a mic

“So, real David, are you here with your missus?”

“Yeah, and she’s pregnant with twins and I have a dog called Tyson”

“Well, David, would you prefer boys, girls or one of each?”

“Deffo, boys”

“Hmm, well I better not say too much, then, lets hear it for Sissy Mickey, I mean David number 2”

*clap clap clap clap clap*

I’d love to have spoken with one of the other names pulled out of the hat, to try and see if it was possible to figure out how he did all of it. I never let on to anyone, even my brother who sat beside me in the audience, what the question was.’

Thanks all.

Virtual Valentine’s Show (Keith Barry)

Last week: Look Into The Eyes, Not Around The Eyes

This morning.

Cloverhill, County Cavan.

Officers from the Garda Technical Bureau examining the scene after the bodies of a man and woman, both believed to be in their 40s, were found at a house in Cloverhill, close to Belturbet. Gardaí were called to the scene around 8pm yesterday evening. It is understood the couple, who are originally from Lithuania, had been living in the area for a number of years.

Man and woman found dead at Cavan house (RTÉ)

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Earlier…

Taoiseach Micheál Martin

“There has never been a ban on North-South travel, not will there be.”

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil Parliamentary meeting, November 29, 2020

This morning.

From 7am, people who live in Northern Ireland faced fines of €100 from Gardaí if caught crossing the Irish border without “a reasonable excuse”.

Via BBC:

The unprecedented step has been taken by the Irish government in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Northern Ireland residents who have to cross the border for essential work or essential purposes, such as seeking medical treatment, will be exempt from fines.

Public health guidance in NI says people “should not travel in or out of Northern Ireland except where it is essential to do so”.

Coronavirus: NI residents face fines for crossing border (BBC)

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