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This morning.

Liffey Linear Park, Newbridge, County Kildare

Eamonn writes:

‘Artist Annie Morris, stands on a ladder, assisted by fellow artist Lia Laimbock, to put the final touches to one of her Millipede Parade exhibits for the 2022 Kildare Yarn Bomb Exhibition.

‘Liffey Linear Park is covered during June Fest with knitted multi-coloured, animals, celebrities and fantasy creatures, including the odd politician, all created by a team of volunteer knitters.  Annie said the proceeds of this year’s fundraising event will go to KWWSPCA Animal Shelter…’

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Bray, county Wicklow.

Models Bronwyn (above) and Raiane (pic 3 right) sport this season’s collections at the Jervis Street Shopping Centre, Jervis Street, Dublin 1 – with the focus on ‘playful fashion favourites that are bright, colourful and wearable’.

Finally, sez you.

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

This afternoon.

Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin.

Via RTE News:

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been found guilty of being a member of the unlawful terrorist group, the so-called Islamic State.

Smith, an Islamic convert, travelled to Syria after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel to the Islamic State.

The 40-year-old pleaded not guilty to being a member of the group between 28 October 2015 and 1 December 2019.

Smith was a member of the Irish Defence forces from 2001 to 2011.

She was granted bail in advance of a sentencing hearing on 11 July.

Lisa Smith found guilty of Islamic State membership, but cleared of financing terrorism (RTE)

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This morning.

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This morning.

Via RTÉ news:

Asked why the airport did not have enough staff to deal with yesterday’s numbers, DAA’s Head of Communications Kevin Cullinane said the airport is operating on “very fine margins“, and is “running to the max” of available staffing levels.

Mr Cullinane added that there should be an additional 370 additional officers by the start of July.

“Yesterday morning when we opened security in terminal one and terminal two, we clearly didn’t have enough security lanes open due to resourcing challenges, and at the moment any absenteeism impacts on our ability to operate lanes,” he said.

The challenges the airport faced started at around 4.30am yesterday morning, he said, and grew worse as people joined various queues until eventually the system was just overwhelmed.

He said the airport did not become aware of the scale of the problem until “literally people report for duty at 3am and 4am” and when it became apparent, the airport did its best to open the optimum number of lanes.

‘Well over 1,000’ passengers missed flights due to queues, says airport operator (RTE)

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