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This afternoon.

Balure, Church Road, Killiney, County Dublin.

The scene where yesterday the body of a woman in her 50s was found in a rented property in what gardaí have described as “unexplained circumstances.”

The results of a post-mortem examination are expected this afternoon.

Woman (51) found dead in Killiney lived alone in rented house (irish Times)

Sam Boal/RollingNews

This afternoon.

Freedom of Information sleuth, journalist with Right To Know and Noteworthy Ken Foxe tweetz:

Termination pay for TDs who lost their seats or didn’t run again in the last general election.

All told, around €586,000 in payments in termination lump sums and termination pay. This doesn’t include pensions, which haven’t kicked in yet.

Termination pay is payable for up to twelve months depending on how long a politician has served in the Oireachtas.

It’s calculated at 75% of salary in the beginning, falling to 50% after a certain amount of time.

Good times.

Here’s exactly how it works:

The figures were provided by the Houses of the Oireachtas in response to a Freedom of Information request from Right To Know.

It’s open to TDs to gift all or part of the payment back to the state. Such details aren’t provided under FOI and are considered personal information.

Jaykers.

Ken Foxe

This afternoon.

Scoil Chill Ruadhain national school in Glanmire, Co Cork tweetz:

“A picture paints a thousand words. One of our students sent this in, showing the global effort to keep the virus at bay. We think it’s just brilliant!”

In fairness.

This morning/ afternoon.

Naas Road, Saggart, County. Dublin,

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meets with medical staff in the Citywest Hotel which will provide a 750-bedroom for self isolation and the Conference Centre  as a Covid-19 Step Down Facility .

Monday: Step Down

Rollingnews

Today and yesterday.

At Dublin Castle.

The following politicians have been elected on the Agricultural Panel: Independent Victor Boyhan, Fianna Fáil’s Denis O’Donovan, Fianna Fáil’s Paul Daly, Fianna Fáil’s Niall Blaney, Fine Gael’s Tim Lombard, Fine Gael’s Paddy Burke, Fine Gael’s Michael D’Arcy, Fianna Fáil’s Eugene Murphy, Green Party’s Pippa Hackett, Labour’s Annie Hoey, and Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan.

Counting is currently under way in relation to the Labour Panel.

Meanwhile…

In the NUI Colleges constituency…

More as we get it.

Watch live here

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael’s John Cummins, Fianna Fáil’s Robbie Gallagher, Fine Gael’s Joe O’Reilly, Fianna Fáil’s Ned O’Sullivan, Fianna Fáil’s Shane Cassells, Fianna Fáil’s Pat Casey, Independent Gerard Craughwell have also been elected to the labour panel.

Meanwhile…

Here hair here.

Conor Clinch writes:

I recently filmed a documentary with Irish barber Hayden Cassidy (top).

She speaks about her climb to the top of a male-dominated industry and how she gained her spot as one of the most renowned personalities in the barbering world.

The documentary and interview were published exclusively on Metal magazine.

Barbershops and Political Domains (Conor Clinch, Metal)

Yesterday.

At Whitestown Stream near Tallaght, Dublin.

Save the Poddle’s Wildlife Sanctuary tweeted:

“You won’t find this in a Bord Fáilte advertisement. This is the Whitestown Stream, near Tallaght at the minute. It’s in South Dublin County Council where a lone volunteer struggles to remove the dumped items to help rescue the river.

Ireland’s rivers die under the weight of such neglect.”

Anyone?