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Kathleen Watkins

Course you are.

On The Late Late Show…

…Jennifer O’Brien writes:

Amy Huberman joins Ryan as she prepares to launch a new series of her successful show, Finding Joy.

Kathleen Watkins joins Ryan to chat about how poetry brings her comfort, how she managed to survive the last few months cocooning, and what life is like for her now, without her beloved Gay.

Following on from Russell Crowe’s tarantula story, funny man Dara Ó’Briain will be sending us his own musings from London.

Kevin Bacon will talk about how he gave Tom Hanks the ultimate acting lesson and explain the phenomenon of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and how he has learned to embrace this cult status…

Jennifer Edge‘s healthy 17-year-old son was struck down with Covid19 and she couldn’t see him for 18 long days. She joins Ryan with her son Jack to share their story…

Breakthrough pop artist, Lyra chats with Ryan about Tinder, singing in mass and finding money under the mattress…

Singers Claudia Boyle and Red Hurley will also be in-studio to perform Time to Say Goodbye.

The Late Late Show tomorrow at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

RollingNews

This afternoon.

Smithfield Square, Dublin 7.

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu (above right) and Karl Mitchell (above left), from Dublin City Council, at the launch of a revamped outdoor plaza at Smithfield Square joined (at top) by Holistic Therapist Karen Ward (centre) and fellow business owners.

A partnership between Dublin City Council and local traders has enabled restaurants and cafés (and holistic therapy centres) to remain open during Level 3, safeguarding numerous jobs in the area.

In fairness.

Leon Farrell/ Photocall Ireland

This afternoon.

Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and President of the Europen Council Charles Michel discuss Brexit and the rona ahead of next week’s special meeting of the Europen Council.

Not to be confused with the late RTÉ newsreader of almost the same name.

Meanwhile…

Uh oh.

Earlier: Unseemly

RollingNews

A Madrid court has rejected government orders to lockdown the Spanish capital

This afternoon.

A court in Madrid, Spain has struck down a national government order that imposed a lockdown in the Spanish capital and its suburbs,.

The judge said the lockdown would ‘ravage’ the region’s economy.

Via El Pais:

The judges said that travel restrictions in and out of the cities and other limitations might be necessary to fight the spread of the virus, but that under the current legal form they were violating residents’ “fundamental rights.”

The decision means that police won’t be able to fine people for leaving their municipalities without a justification.

Madrid High Court strikes down Health Ministry’s coronavirus restrictions (El Pais)

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Last night/this afternoon.

BBC NI presenter Stephen Nolan defended his actions on Nolan Live last night which saw the irate host confront members of the public for not wearing face masks while inside a Belfast petrol station.

Via Belfast Telegraph:

The popular presenter was accused of attempting to “criminalise” people for not wearing masks, with loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson saying Mr Nolan was “punching down, trying to coerce the ‘little people’ on behalf of the powerful”.

Responding directly to the message, Mr Nolan denied criminalising people.

“If people break the law, they are criminalising themselves,” he tweeted.

“And as for little people – there is none more little than a vulnerable person, helpless because they are surrounded by people who don’t give a damn about their safety.”

He added: “This is about the community protecting each other. Never will so many citizens have the power to protect life.”

Meanwhile…

The BBC backed Mr Nolan in his approach to the matter saying there was a “significant public interest” in the matter and his programme reflected differing views. It said those approached were given an opportunity to explain their actions.

Good times.

BBC’s Stephen Nolan defends confronting Belfast shoppers over face masks after Twitter backlash (Belfast Telegraph)

Where’s James?

Dublin-based Bond Nut Alan Carroll (top) takes a wry look at the latest delay to the release of No Time To Die.

The 007 flick was initially due to reach cinemas on April 1 of this year, but was pushed back to November, and is now set for an April 2021 release.

Previously: No Time To Watch Trailers

Yesterday

Today

All better.

This afternoon.

Junction 5 on the N7 southbound.

Eamonn writes:

Alterations to the streaming of heavy goods vehicles on the lanes at this Gardai ‘Covid checkpoint’ allowed a steady flow of traffic today following huge Operation Fanacht traffic tailbacks yesterday.

Yesterday: Checkpoint Charlies

This morning.

H writes:

Like many others, who were probably also supposed to be working, I followed the final flights of the last two British Airways Boeing 747s – G-CIVB and G-CIVY on Flightrader24 (pics 2 and 3) this morning….While I was on there I noticed a distinct lack of activity in Dublin airport (pic 1)…

…as well as some RAF shenanigans just off Anglesey ( above). I thought it might be of interest to your readers….

Anyone?

Flightrader24

Earlier: Checking In