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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone

This morning.

Via Independent.ie:

Fianna Fáil wants a new Cabinet-level Minister for Higher Education, and to free up a position it has been proposed that the Minister for Education become the Minister for Education, Children and Youth Affairs, taking on responsibility for both the Departments of Education and Children and Youth Affairs.

Children set to lose voice at Cabinet as government talks continue *Independent.ie)

Rollingnews

‘sup?

Ventry, County Kerry.

By Florian Walsh via Via Eva Ní Shúilleabháin

Meanwhile…

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

This morning.

Vie CNN

A spokesperson for HBO Max, which like CNN is owned by WarnerMedia, told CNN Business that “Gone with the Wind” is “a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society.”

“These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that when the film returns to HBO Max, it “will return with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions,” and will be presented “as it was originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.”

‘Gone with the Wind’ pulled from HBO Max until it can return with ‘historical context’ (CNN)

Pic: MGM

Yesterday: Little Britain pulled from iPlayer and Netflix because ‘times have changed’ (BBC)

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fine Gael Councillor Jim O’Leary praised saluting Blueshirts in a late night tweet

We all know it’s sad but it’s true
Late night tweeting is something folk do
But I’d like to think
That there’s not enough drink
To make me praise shirts that are blue

John Moynes

Yesterday: Heil Fellow Well Met

Gott im Himmel.

#blueshirtlivesmatter

FIGHT!

Um.

Ayo writes:

[Messages using African names – see below] made to appear that black people are trying to organise a riot and it’s clearly made up by racist groups…

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Ireland’s EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has confirmed his candidacy to be the next head of the World Trade Organisation.

And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint…

This afternoon.

Via RTÉ:

Speaking in Brussels Mr Hogan said: “I’m exploring the option of being a candidate for the director general of the WTO [World Trade Organisation]

“I think there’s an important amount of work to be done to reform the organisation, to make it more effective and efficient, but also to deal with many of the important trade issues that are bedevilling the international community now arising from Covid-19,” he said.

Phil Hogan confirms candidacy to be next head of WTO (RTE)

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The European Commission has been urged not to soften its stance on EU rules that would outlaw the export of cyber surveillance tools to despotic regimes worldwide, amid ongoing negotiations between the European Council and Parliament on the new measures.

A coalition of EU human rights organisations have penned a letter to European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan, imploring him not to backtrack on the Commission’s original position on the regulation on dual-use goods, which aims to clamp down on exports that can be used in the surveillance of citizens in countries with less than democratic regimes.

Commission urged not to backtrack on EU spyware rules (Euractiv.com)

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