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Gulp.

Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6.

Meanwhile…

….via Irish Mirror:

A source said: “The embassy is struggling because no one wants to do business with them as a result of what’s happening in Ukraine. It’s not only some oil companies they’re having issues with, it’s banks too and many more businesses.”

The Irish Mirror also understands that Bank of Ireland has decided to suspend their accounts with the Russian Embassy in Ireland, according to senior sources.

When contacted, a spokesman for Bank of Ireland said the firm can’t comment on any individual account. It’s understood the embassy also had both its boiler contract and fuel card account ended by separate companies.

A second source said: “The Department of Foreign Affairs wouldn’t be stepping in to get anyone anything.”

Russian Embassy urges Irish government to intervene as it faces fuel shortage with companies refusing to deliver supplies (Irish Mirror)

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Meanwhile…

Ew.

Poo-tin.

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This morning.

Dublin Castle. Dublin 2.

It’ll be grand.

Earlier: Coal War

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This morning.

To the bogs.

That’ll teach them

Europe to Propose Fresh Sanctions on Russia (Wall Street Journal)

Graham Dwyer leaving Dun Laoghaire Courthouse after being charged with the murder of Elaine O’Hara in 2013

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

Europe’s top court confirmed this morning that Ireland’s system of retaining and accessing mobile phone metadata breaches EU law.

Such data was a key part of the prosecution’s case against Graham Dwyer, who was convicted in 2015 of the murder of Elaine O’Hara in August 2012

The court also outlined the circumstances in which the targeted retention of such data is permitted under EU law.

It confirmed that EU law precluded national legislation that provided for the general and indiscriminate retention of mobile phone metadata.

It said it had already held that the objective of combating serious crime, as fundamental as it may be, did not justify this.

Meanwhile…

The case will now go back to the Supreme Court, which is likely to rule in his favour.

But his appeal will be determined by the Court of Appeal which will hear arguments about the admissibility of this evidence at his trial.

There is also a previous Supreme Court judgment which allows evidence to be admitted, even if a person’s rights are breached, as long as that breach was inadvertent or in good faith.

Ireland’s retention of Dwyer phone data breaches EU law (RTE)

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‘sup?

Free Thursday week?

‘Second Thursdays;.

At The Wild Duck, 17/20 Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.

Via The Wild Duck:

We are pleased to announce the launch of Second Thursdays, Dublin’s newest monthly cabaret night of comedy, poetry and music, on Thursday, April 14 at 7.30pm.

Our first night will be headlined by Kevin McGahern (Hardy Bucks, Republic of Telly) and will feature hula hooping poet Caoimhe Lavelle, comedy from Tom Moran and the music of Liam Coade. As always the night will be compèred by comedian, poet [and daily, Limerick-spinning god] John Moynes (Irish Pictorial Weekly).

Second Thursdays will be a sophisticated evening of the best of Irish and international performances and we look forward to seeing you there.

The Wild Duck

Earlier: John Moynes: A Limerick A Day

This morning.

RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Winners of the 2022 RDS Craft Awards: boosting five emerging talents with €50,000 in prizes for development of craft & business skills. From top: Amy Kerr (Textile and Surface Design); Siofra Caherty [Fashion and Accessory Design]; . Katharina Treml [Ceramics]; Laura Matikaite [Ceramics Design] and Fintan Mulholland [Knitwear].

RDS Craft Awards 2022

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This morning.

Copper-topped chef Guy Sinnott, the ‘King of comfort food’ and Maeve O’Malley, the ‘Queen of toasties’, at the launch of ‘The Fiery Redhead’, a cheesy collaboration between the pair and Dublin toastie cafe, Meltdown.

The Fiery Redhead features spicy Nduja, mature white cheddar cheese, caramelised onion garnished with chopped chives, stacked between two slices of toasted fresh sourdough bread. Available exclusively at Meltdown throughout April and May.

Who needs a soul when you can have a Fiery Redhead?

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From top: Bucha, Ukraine at the weekend; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

This afternoon.

Further to international outrage over civilian deaths in Ukraine, including apparent evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops…

…Taras Shapravskyi, deputy mayor of Bucha, a town around 40km northwest of Kyiv city, said ’50 of around 300 people were found dead’ were the victims of ‘extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops’.

Via Al Jazeera:

The Kremlin has categorically rejected accusations that Russian forces were responsible for killing civilians in Bucha, suggesting images of corpses lining the streets were “fakes”.

Journalists from international media over the weekend found corpses in civilian clothes – some with their hands bound – in Bucha after Ukrainian forces retook the town on the outskirts of

Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday they were investigating possible war crimes, while Western leaders erupted in outrage over the deaths.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the facts and chronology of the events in Bucha did not support Ukraine’s version of events.

He said Russian “experts at the Ministry of Defence have identified signs of video fakes and various fakes”, without elaborating.

“We would demand that many international leaders do not rush to sweeping accusations and at least listen to our arguments,” he added.

Russia denies military forces killed Bucha civilians in Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

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This afternoon.

June’s brown bread.

The curse of Nasty Nick?

We may never know.

RIP.

June Brown death: Legendary EastEnders actress who played Dot Cotton dies, aged 95 (Independent.co.uk)

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