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Chief Justice Frank Clarke (left) with Supreme Court Justice Séamus Woulfe

This afternoon.

Memo to Judicial Council: how about using everyday ENGLISH in futurence?

Judicial Council?

Previously: Séamus Woulfe on Broadsheet

This afternoon.

Temple Bar, Dublin 8.

Peta members, including John Carmody (centre), helping to launch a worldwide campaign by the animal rights group to demand Urban Outfitters drop products made of alpaca wool, leather, cashmere, mohair, down, and silk.

A PETA investigation has claimed ’embedded brutality’ at the world’s largest alpaca farm, Mallkini, in Peru. which supplies Urban Outfitters.

Rollingnews

Twink

This afternoon.

SuperValu Knocklyon manager Owen Doyle told the Irish Sun that unfortunately, Twink’s cockatoo Timerberlake, affectionately known as Timby, isn’t welcome in his Dublin store.

Drrrama.

‘Like stopping the Queen of England with her corgis’ – Panto legend Twink banned from bringing pet parrot into local supermarket (Independent.ie)

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

RollingNews

Portmarnock Beach, County Dublin.

Models Niamh (brunette), Vanessa (blonde) and Paul (bloke) sport the very latest from the Jervis Shopping Centre Autumn Winter 2020 collection, with a focus on ‘fashion heroes that are wearable, practical, and that will add longevity to your wardrobe’.

Looks are curated from stores in the centre in Dublin 1  including Marks and Spencer, New Look, Stradivarius, Bershka, JD Sports, Topshop, Topman, Schuh, Vila, Tesco (!), Diesel, Raidar, Best Menswear, Fields, Penthouse and Carraig Donn.

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

This afternoon.

The Dáil in the Convention centre.

Via RTÉ:

Responding to a question from Labour Leader Alan Kelly, Micheál Martin said the priority is to first inform students who may have grades changed as a result of the error.

RTÉ News understands the errors identified by the Department affect around 10% of this year’s 61,000 Leaving Certificate students.

Mr Kelly said the Department has “gone to ground” in relation to those students who are appealing their calculated grades and asked is there a reason for that.

NORMA!

Errors found in Leaving Cert calculated grades system (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

Oi.

*flings duster*

Ye Olde Dublin

Ruadhain writes:

Saw you had a post last week about the dangerous sounding place names [Cutt Throat and Murdering Lane, etc] that featured on Rocque’s Map of Dublin. This may interest readers – Harvard has the map entirely on-line and in splendid detail….

Peruse at your leisure here.

Last week: Gadzooks!

From top: Galway City Mayor Mike Cuibbard; NUI Galway

This morning.

Further to Fresher’s week shenanigans….

…the Gardai has agreed to supply college authorities at NUI Galway with the addresses of house parties they break up in an effort to curtail large gatherings, The irish Times reports…

City mayor Mike Cubbard said an enhanced degree of communication between gardaí and the college was one step agreed at a meeting held in the wake of the gatherings around the city.

“The gardaí have agreed to work with the college and give them addresses of houses where they have been called because of parties, and then the college will make contact with landlords,” Mr Cubbard said.

…In a statement the college authorities said it would not “hesitate in dealing with any breaches of public health guidelines in line with our Student Code of Conduct (which has penalties up to and including expulsion)”.

Gulp.

Gardaí to share locations of student house parties with NUI Galway authorities (Irish Times)

Pics: Galway City Council/ NUI Galway

 

Anyone?

Oh.

Last night.

Previously: Siteserv on Broadsheet