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This afternoon.

Minister for Transport Shane Ross (top) takes part in the launch of the JAM card (above) which aims to help people with disabilities or communication difficulties to let others know they need extra time boarding.

Iarnród Éireann tweetz:

JAM Card allows people with a communication barrier tell others they need ‘Just A Minute’ discreetly and easily & will assist customers using the public transport system & make their experience as stress-free as possible. Launched today by Transport For Ireland with all transport operators.

In response…

Non-profit disability rights activist group Access For All Ireland tweetz:

Just a minute Iarnród Éireann, could we have working lifts as well so then we can acess the trains as well?

Yesterday, the group tweeted:

Related: New JAM card introduced for those who need extra time on transport (Dublin Gazette)

Pics: Iarnród Éireann

This afternoon.

Clonshaugh Avenue, Coolock, Dublin 17.

The house where a murder investigation has been opened into the death of a man, in his 20s, who was shot and killed at around 5.15pm last night.

Murder victim had been warned by gardaí life was in danger (RTÉ)

RollingNews

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun, Dublin 11.

A Garda spokesperson confirmed that a man’s body was discovered in a container just before 11am this morning. The discovery was made just yards from a local school. Officers are at the scene and have cordoned off the area.

Body of a man discovered in container near school in Ballymun, Co Dublin (The Irish Mirror)

RollingNews

This morning.

Professor Pauric Travers, (above right) Chairman of  Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI )and Dee Forbes (above) , Director-General of RTE at the launch of three online classroom resources related to the Junior Cycle classroom.

Via the Irish Examiner:

Three TV programmes from RTE and TG4 archives were used to generate classroom resources for teachers and students of Business Studies, Geography, History, Gaeilge, SPHE, CSPE and Digital Media Literacy.

The three publicly funded programmes used to create the resources were Ireland’s Deep Atlantic, Wrecking the Rising/Éirí Amach Amú and Cloud Control.

These resources are available at here where teachers and students can access the material and programme clips referenced in the material and watch the three full programme series.

Online resources announced for Junior Cycle classrooms (Irish Examiner)

Leah Farrell/RollingNews

Cast members from The Helix Panto, The Three Musketeers with , from left: Kevin Dempsey, Corporate Fundraising Manager; Claire Tighe, CEO of TheatreworX Productions and Michael Brady, General Manger of The Helix,

This morning.

Collins Avenue, Dublin 9

The cast of The Helix Panto, The Three Musketeers announce a special designated show in aid of Barretstown Children’s Charity which will take place on Thursday, December 12, with ALL proceeds on the night going directly to the charity.

Oh yes they did.

Ian Collins writes:

Tickets for this special charity show are priced at €21.50 per seat which will help raise much needed funds for Barretstown

Earlier this year, Dublin City University [home of the Helix] announced a three-year partnership with Barretstown Children’s Charity to support their work with children and their families living with serious illness.

Tickets here

The Helix

Stop that tyke in white pink!

Rob Cross tweetz:

My restored and colourised 1969 photo of a man sitting outside a furniture shop in Merchant’s Arch, Temple Bar, Dublin City taken by photographer Elinor Wiltshire. Btw, the boy is three-year-old Colm Irwin and apparently he was carrying a toy gun.

Rob Cross

The Wiltshire Collection