‘sup?
This afternoon.
Portobello, Dublin 8.
Name that breed, anyone?
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This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Debenhams workers outside the Dáil calling on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to intervene in their redundancy payment dispute and convene talks involving the government, Debenhams shop stewards, Mandate and the store’s liquidator KPMG. They also called on the public to boycott Debenhams online store.
This afternoon.
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Ministers leave a cabinet meeting where it was agreed that the government would not propose any action that would seek to remove Seamus Woulfe from the Supreme Court and a proposal to fine people gathering outdoors to drink alcohol was withdrawn.
From top: Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar; Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; from left: Michael McGrath, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance; and Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice; Minister for Education Norma Foley; Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien; Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris
NEW: Government formally proposing that no further action be taken on the prospective removal of Seamus Woulfe from the Supreme Court @VirginMediaNews
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 17, 2020
This morning.
Back to you, Frank.
Earlier…
Members of The board of the Judicial Council last February, from left: Patricia Ryan, George Bermingham, Chief Justice Frank Clarke, Peter Kelly and Colin Daly
This morning.
Further to Golfgate…
Vua RTÉ
A meeting of the board of the council, made up of 11 members, including Chief Justice Frank Clarke was convened at short notice this week. It was due to take place on Wednesday, but will now happen today.
It is understood there is no fixed agenda for the meeting and a “general discussion” will take place.
It comes in the middle of an unprecedented crisis for the Supreme Court following the attendance of Mr Justice Woulfe at an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway in August.
The judicial council was responsible for publishing the review of former chief justice Susan Denham into the issue.
It also published a transcript of her interview with Judge Woulfe and indemnified her in relation to any potential legal action in relation to the matter.
Judicial council board to meet for ‘general discussion’ (RTÉ)
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This morning.
Hueston Station, Dublin.
Birdsong can be heard as part of a new art project designed to ‘brighten the morning commute’. “On Chorus” was created by sound artist Christopher Steenson, and is playing across PA systems in train stations from 8am to 9am until the end of November. Blummin’ racket.
Last night.
US President Donald Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell amplified fraud claims involving US Presidential Election 2020 ballot tabulators manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic software that allegedly changed hundreds of thousands of votes to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Ms Powell’s claims involve six battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — that stopped counting votes after midnight on Election Day when President Trump was ahead in those states.
A ‘glitch’ in one Michigan county converted an estimated 6,000 votes for Trump to Biden.
During a podcast with conservative commenter Mark Levin last night, Ms Powell outlined her claims:
Sidney Powell: “I’ve got a firsthand witness. In fact I’ve just emailed you an affidavit from a witness who can now be used publicly. It’s redacted in some places but he was present for the creation of the system for this specific purpose of falsifying election results for Hugo Chavez and then Maduro [In Venezuala]. They exported this all over Latin America . It’s the Smartmatic and Dominion systems that were built to do this very thing, for changing the results of elections… And he realised when things were happening the way they were here, particularly with the states the suddenly went down, they stopped counting the votes. It was because the need was so great to President Trump that they had to go in and do a separate reset on the machines to have them come out for Biden.”
Mark Levin: “And you have evidence of this affect? Witnesses to this affect?”
Sidney Powell: “I do, indeed.”
Meanwhile…
Smartmatic, a company that was founded in Florida and is now based in London, denied financial connections to Dominion in a post on its website.
“Smartmatic has never owned any shares or had any financial stake in Dominion Voting Systems. Smartmatic has never provided Dominion Voting Systems with any software, hardware or other technology. The two companies are competitors in the marketplace,” Smartmatic’s post read.
Yesterday: The Kraken Is Mighty
Dry Rights
at
Forty Foot, Sandycove, County Dublin last week
Listeners got in touch to complain about large numbers of sea swimmers in their area ‘The dry robe crowd that gather every morning are such an arrogant entitled crew making old people walk out on the street to avoid them’ What do you think? @andreagilligan wants to hear from you pic.twitter.com/D3fcNQN3jF
— Lunchtime Live (@LunchtimeLiveNT) November 17, 2020
Um.
Anyone?
Meanwhile….
Forget the debate about @dryrobe in SCD and check out their range for dogs !! 🐶 pic.twitter.com/8V7Z67AMOx
— Donna O’Connor (@oconnor_donna) November 15, 2020
Arf.
Speak Easy
at
“Why I broke the Covid rules” #cblive pic.twitter.com/yz9JaOlDug
— Claire Byrne Live (@ClaireByrneLive) November 16, 2020
Last night.
Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One.
A man who had two pints.
Earlier: A Limerick A Day
A ruff morning for these two, taken from the line and being looked after by station staff at Booterstown. If you have lost them or know who owns them, please contact Booterstown station at 01 8286100 – MH#lostdog pic.twitter.com/F1kxKS8ELG
— Iarnród Éireann #StayHomeSaveLives (@IrishRail) November 17, 2020
‘sup?
This morning.
They’re in so much trouble.
Tomorrow.
Dublin Airport
Diagnostics group Randox will operate a walk-in centre close to the Terminal Two car park, charging €99 for rona tests that will deliver results in 24 to 48 hour.
Covid test centres to open at Dublin Airport on Thursday (Irish Times)
Meanwhile…
Covid testing firm Randox denies Channel 4 ‘serious failings’ claims after undercover probe#coronavirus | #COVID19 https://t.co/GUoQlwF64R pic.twitter.com/IAs8B423aA
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) November 17, 2020
This morning.
Via The Belfast Telegraph:
A medical diagnostics company in Northern Ireland has branded claims made after an undercover investigation by Channel 4 into its Covid-19 testing facility as “inaccurate”.
Channel 4’s Dispatches programme last night broadcast the experience of an undercover reporter who worked at Randox as part of its examination into the Government’s handling of the test and trace system.
It alleged there were “serious failings” at Randox’s Co Antrim Covid-19 testing lab, with potential problems with how samples, sent from across the UK were handled.
Dispatches claimed used tests sent to Randox for analysis were sometimes not unpacked properly and accidentally discarded, with the reporter alleging swab samples were mistakenly being thrown into the waste with cardboard packaging.
Good times.