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Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey leaving the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire last month

Tonight.

Fine Gael’s national executive is due to meet at the party’s headquarters on Mount Street Upper in Dublin 2.

On the agenda is a motion from the party’s Dún Laoghaire branch calling for a review of the constituency’s general election candidates.

The motion is widely viewed as a move against Maria Bailey, following her decision to sue a Dublin hotel after falling off a swing at the premises.

It reportedly passed 88 in favour and 66 against on October 31 when a vote was taken at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.

Previously: 88 In Favour, 66 Against

“I Found Myself On The Floor”

Meanwhile…

Separately…

Last night.

Fianna Fáil leader Mícheál Martin released a statement saying Seantor Lorraine Clifford-Lee (above) is “genuinely sorry” for the comments she made on Twitter.

Ms Clifford-Lee is running for a TD seat in the Fingal by-election on November 29.

Mr Martin also said in the statement: “I believe that everyone should get a second chance.”

Rollingnews/Hugh O’Connell

 

From top: Laura Nolan, Steven Vincent, Kylee Vincent  and Pasquale La Rocca

Swoon!

Splutter!

The new ‘pros’ on Adultery Dancing With The Stars.

This afternoon.

Via RTÉ:

It’s that time of the year again when the professional dancers will don their sequins and reunite to begin rehearsals for the brand new series of Dancing with the Stars.

The new dancers will be in good hands when they join returning seasoned DWTS pros; John Nolan, Karen Byrne, Robert Rowiński, Giulia Dotta, Kai Widdrington, Emily Barker and Ryan McShane as they prepare for another season of show stopping routines as only they know how.

New to the professional dancer line-up this year are Laura Nolan, Pasquale La Rocca, Kylee Vincent and Steven Vincent.

Over the coming weeks the pro team will sweat it out and pull out all the stops to go bigger and better as they gear up for another spectacular series of Dancing with the Stars.

NO affairs!

Fight!

Dancing With The Stars

Pic: RTÉ

Xmas gift ideas.

All Irish and hand-made.

Brendan writes:

These 10 Christmas gift ideas are guaranteed to make anyone’s holiday special. From hand-made Irish gifts to the latest trends you won’t need to look anywhere else for the perfect present…

Holiday Gift Guide 2019 (Painted Clans)

Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘irish-Made Stuff

Earlier: The New Black

This morning.

The Bernard Shaw, Richmond Street South, Dublin 2

‘Sauvignon Blanc’ writes:

End of an era…

Previously: The Shaw Shack Redemption

Meanwhile…

13/11/2019

This afternoon.

Kilkdare Street, Dublin 2.

Father of the upper house, Senator David Norris at the official launch of the Festival of Politics 2019 joined outside the Dáil by actors dressed as “characters reflecting different aspects of the festival”.

The festival (details at link below), from November 21-24, will explore:

Whether Jesus Christ is really a political Superstar?

If politicians are human?

Is football hijacked by populist political movements across the globe ?

And if are we finally witnessing Dublin’s cultural death rattle?

*cough*

Festival of Politics

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland




This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Protesters outside Leinster House chant ‘Save Cuisle’.

Roscommon County Councillors have called for the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) to postpone the closure of the Cuisle Holiday Centre at Donamon, County Roscommon for 12 months to allow for funding to be secured to save the centre.

At an emergency meeting of Roscommon County Council on Monday, they also warned they were seeking legal advice about possibly obtaining an injuction and accused the IWA of planning to close the fully wheelchair accessible facility for some time.

Cuisle

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

This morning.

Nassau Street, Dublin 2

Preparations underway at the Kilkenny Group Store ahead of ‘Green Friday’ on November 29 – intended to replace the US shopping construct, Black Friday, in Ireland.

More than €50 million is spent in Ireland over the Black Friday weekend and Green Friday is “a powerful and passionate drive to reawaken people to the significance of buying Irish, and the wealth of talent and innovation Irish businesses represent”.

Fight!

Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

Niall Tóibín

This morning.

Via RTÉ:

The death has been announced of the actor and comedian Niall Tóibín.

He died in Dublin early today after a long illness.

RIP.

Actor and comedian Niall Tóibín dies, aged 89 (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Gay Byrne interviews Niall Toibin on The Late Late Show

Via RTE:

RTÉ previously announced a new documentary on Niall Tóibín, which is due to air as part of the forthcoming Christmas schedule. With exclusive access to rare family archive and countless excerpts from his TV shows, movies and stand-up performances, the documentary will offer a rare insight into one of Ireland’s greatest comical minds. It will feature interviews with all of Niall’s children, as well as Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne and Jim Sheridan.

Any excuse.

Pic: RTÉ

How the ‘monster sewage plant’ in Clonshaugh will look

This morning.

Plans for a €500 million waste water treatment plant in north Dublin have been given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

The facility which local residents labelled a “monster sewage plant” provoked 14,000 objections…

…The permission allows for a 12km outfall pipeline to bring the treated wastewater from there to Baldoyle and out to sea for discharge around 1km north east of Ireland’s Eye.

…Local residents, farmers, water sport clubs and environmentalists had opposed the plan fearing the effect on the local land and the sea.

In particular they questioned the effect on Dublin Bay’s UNESCO designation and in particular Ireland’s Eye which will be near the outfall.

Good times.

€500m ‘monster sewage plant’ gets go ahead in Dublin (RTÉ)

Earlier: Sewer Would You Get It?

This morning.

Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Minister for Health Simon Harris TD speaking at the launch of a new HSE patient advocacy service.

To wit:

The new service offers a confidential helpline with experienced advocates on-hand to provide information and support to patients who want to make a formal complaint to the HSE about the care they experienced in a public hospital.

Hmm.

New advocacy service to provide support for concerned patients (Irish Examiner)

Sam Boal/Rollingnews