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This afternoon.

Salthill Knockncarra GAA Club, Galway.

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This morning.

Galway city.

Tig Coili?

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PhotoShop Street, Galway.

Via Victoria Murphy

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Galway Airport.

Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Galway for the third and final day of their Royal visit to Ireland.

Pic Via An Garda Shiochana

Lesley Roy

On The Late Late Show…

…Jennifer O’Brien writes:

…singer Lesley Roy will give the exclusive first TV performance of Ireland’s Eurovision 2020 entry, Story of My Life,

Charlie McGettigan, will also be in studio to chat with Ryan about emerging victorious at the competition, alongside Paul Harrington, with Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids back in 1994.

As the spread of Coronavirus continues, The Late Late Show will be keeping up on the latest developments and providing some helpful tips for concerned viewers at home.

Liam Cunningham will join Ryan to discuss his career to date and life after Game of Thrones.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, will perform their upcoming single, as well as a gorgeous selection of some of their best-known hits.

Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar will be joining Ryan to chat about life on screen ahead of the release of their upcoming film, Calm With Horses.

Former star of Dublin football and head of the McCaffery GAA dynasty, Dr Noel McCaffrey, will also join Ryan, alongside some patients from Noel’s Dublin clinic…

The Late Late Show at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

Earlier: Roy To The World

Pic: RTÉ

This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin 2

The mother and father of murdered Paul Quinn, Steven and Breege Quinn after attending the Dail today as TDs return to the chamber for the first time in two weeks.

In 2007, Mr Quinn (21) from Cullyhanna in south Armagh was beaten to death by a gang of around a dozen men in a farm shed on the border near Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

Mr and Mrs Quinn blame the IRA, but Sinn Féin has long denied republican involvement.

Via RTÉ

Mr Quinn’s mother, Breege Quinn, said she wanted Sinn Féin’s Finance Minister in Northern Ireland, Conor Murphy, “to say the simple words that Paul Quinn was not a criminal”.

At the time of the murder, Mr Murphy alleged that Mr Quinn was involved in criminality before he was killed.

Ms Quinn said she was not satisfied with what she termed “obscure apologies” to date, and alleged that “the slur’ that her son had been a criminal is being ‘actively promoted by Sinn Fein.’

Ms McDonald has also spoken to the Quinn family on the phone.

“He (Conor) has made an apology. It’s sincerely made and I hope and trust that the Quinn family will get some level of comfort from that,” Ms McDonald said last month.

Family of murdered Paul Quinn renew call for Murphy clarification (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

Just in.

Models above from left: Bronwyn, Appiok and Emily plus Thalia (top) sport the SS20 collection from Arnotts with designs from Ghost London, Caroline Kilkenny, Kate Spafe and Tommy Hilfiger among many more..

Good to see the neon pink Puffa and green tartan mini combo back all the same.

Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Penneys store in Rathfarnham Shopping Centre

This afternoon.

RTÉ reports:

“Primark, which trades as Penneys here, has asked the majority of its employees in its Dublin headquarters and Reading office in the UK to work from home tomorrow.

“It said it taking the move in order to test its operational readiness and IT capability should a situation arise where it needs to temporarily close one of its offices.

“The company stressed that it has not had any cases of Covid-19 amongst its employees.

Staff at Primark’s Dublin headquarters asked to work from home tomorrow (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

The new look Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse.

Via Guinness:

The Guinness Storehouse, Ireland’s number one visitor attraction, has officially opened the highly anticipated new Gravity Bar – presenting newly extended panoramic views over Dublin.

The architects behind Gravity Bar’s new innovative design, RKD, also led the initial development of the Guinness Storehouse twenty years ago (top)

Dublin-based street artist Aches was commissioned to create bespoke art installation that features on four walls throughout the bar.

Hic.

In that order.

This morning.

Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2.

Fine Gael Minister for Health Simon Harris sanitising his hands on the day the Dail returns. Mr Harris was after speaking to the media about the latest on the COVID -19 Virus.

Earlier: The Dunny Times

Rollingnews

This morning.

Dublin city centre.

Dannyboy tweetz:

So this sums up Garda Traffic policing. Gardai car pullls up on path behind a van blocking cycle lane to fine a beggar and then pop in for coffee while the van drivers is still in the van blocking the lane…

Free the lanes.

Stop fining beggars.