This morning/afternoon.
Lincoln Place, Dublin 2.
Joyce fans in period costume, some masked, celebrate Bloomsday at Ulysses-featuring Sweny’s Pharmacy.
Earlier: Buck Starts Here
Meanwhile…
Happy socially distanced Bloomsday. Obviously Joyce the eternal modernist would think we're all saps and take the piss out of our nostalgiafest but knowing it would annoy him is one of the thrills, ha. pic.twitter.com/wrFHgLjT8e
— Donal Fallon (@fallon_donal) June 16, 2020
Online.
And on the wireless.
Neil O’Gorman writes:
RTÉ is celebrating its partnership with Dublin Digital Pride and this year’s #virtualprideparade on Sunday 28th June, by hosting a special Pride weekend, on air and online, including two days of music, interviews and entertainment across RTÉ 2FM and two special RTÉ Concert Orchestra performances, and much more.
Saturday 27th June will also feature a special collaboration between 2FM and Mother, the popular LGBTQ+ club night, who will play an exclusive two-hour Pride weekend DJ set.
Green Party former Gen Election and EU Parliament candidate @saoirse_mchugh confirms that she will not vote for the Programme for Government #todayradio
— Today RTÉ Radio 1 (@TodayRadioRTE) June 16, 2020
This morning.
How dare you.
Meanwhile…
…only nine of the Green Party’s 12 TDs backed the plan, with three other deputies abstaining in a vote.
Three TDs – Francis Noel Duffy, Patrick Costello and Neasa Hourigan – abstained in the vote, along with the Northern Ireland MLA Clare Bailey.
The other nine TDs, as well as their two senators and two MEPs, voted in favour of the plan.
The deal now goes to the party membership to decide whether or not to ratify the document, something which requires a two-thirds majority.
The first hustings will be a membership teleconference this Thursday night.
The results of the postal ballots will be known on 26 June.
Micheál Martin receiving ‘strong messages of support’ for programme for government (RTÉ)
Previously: ‘Go On Dancing With The Stars If You Want The Attention’
Yesterday: Radical Candour
British holidaymakers face a 14-day quarantine after arriving in Spain
This morning.
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told the BBC Spain is considering imposing a two-week quarantine on arrivals from the UK next week, despite opening its doors with no restrictions for the rest of the EU.
The minister told the BBC’s HARDtalk programme: “We will be checking what the UK will be doing and we will be in dialogue with the UK to see whether or not we should be introducing reciprocity as they have different measures than the rest of the EU.”
Olé.
Spain threatens UK holidaymakers with quarantine unless Britain backs down on measure (Express)
Pic: Shutterstock
Last night.
The Convention Centre, Dublin.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin speaks to the press (pic 2) following a parliamentary party meeting to discuss the programme for government with coalition critics Eamon Ó Cúiv, Grandson of Eamon De Valera, (above and top right ) and John McGuinness (top left) looking on.
Seemed to go well.
Update:
Mr Ó Cuiv said he seriously fears for the future of Fianna Fáil if the party goes into government with Fine Gael.
While he said he will support leader Micheál Martin in a vote for taoiseach, he said he fears the proposed coalition will result in the demise of his party.
He said the commentary about a re-alignment in Irish politics is false and talk of the “big split” being over is wrong saying: “I reckon the way we are going there will again be two big parties in the future but one of them will not be Fianna Fáil’.
He said there was a choice for the party as to whether it would “go with Fine Gael or go with Sinn Féin or put a national government in place” [post-Covid] and the party has decided to go with Fine Gael.
Ó Cúiv urges rejection of Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Green coalition (Independent)
Earlier: A Limerick A Day
This morning.
Forty Foot, Sandycove, County Dublin.
Niall Burgess, Secretary General at the Department of Foreign Affairs, begins Bloomsday in scrotum-tightening manner.
In fairness.
Meanwhile…
Put on some decent clothes too, don't forget you're going to Paddy Dignam's funeral later. "We come to bury Caesar, his ides of March or June"! pic.twitter.com/u8Z9SBgcrD
— Gerry Molumby (@GerryMolumby) June 16, 2020
How Are Things?
Regular ‘vodcasts’ with creatives.
Jerry O’Dwyer writes:
I started this series over a month ago where I interview people from around the world in various creative fields.
I have Just finished one on [photographer, filmmaker and Broadsheet regular] Donal Moloney (top). which was rather entertaining…
Previous episodes here
James O’Reilly was jailed for 20 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his seven daughters – pictured outside the Central Criminal Court this morning (above) – and a younger sister over a 23-year period.
This morning/afternoon
Afterwards, [O’Reilly’s] daughters urged other victims of abuse, particularly those in the travelling community, to speak up, come forward and report abuse.
They also asked where was the protection from the State authorities when they were defenceless, vulnerable children forced to live on the fringes of Irish society.
They questioned if this would have been allowed to continue for so long if it had been a respected settled family in Ireland.
Man jailed for rape and sexual abuse of seven daughters and sister (RTÉ)
Pic via RTÉ News
