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Free Halloween?

Via Dublin City Councuil:

The Cauldron of Smithfield event which is brought to life by Dublin City Council is back and it is guaranteed to thrill and terrify!

From the 23rd – 30th October, the Smithfield and Stoneybatter Cauldron Tour will be visiting locations around Dublin 7 where it will be holding mini festivals in several locations.

On October 31, in Smithfield Square, there will be some fantastic activities for you to sink their teeth into, including our 1,000ft zip line and our daunting Giant Climbing Wall…..

…We have also added ‘Halloween Town’, a special area for families with younger kids. Featuring Magic Shows, Puppet Theatre, Circus Acts and more…All FREE

The Cauldron of Smithfield

Things to do on Halloween to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Things To Do On Halloween’. No fee.

Dublin Fire Brigade tweetz:

This is a genuine photo. Firefighters came across this on an inspection of a building this Fire Safety Week 😮

3 fire hazards….. Ok one is pretty obvious, can you spot the other 2?

Yikes.

Anyone?

Here’s How.

The lively current affairs podcast presented by William Campbell (above right).

William writes:

Paul Cullen, the Irish Times Health Editor(above left) is a lifelong cyclist, but some bike enthusiasts thought an article of his – and many others in his paper – are victim-blaming vulnerable road users who suffer the most in collisions.

In our discussion, I mentioned a number of articles and scientific studies, including this analysis of the reporting of deaths of vulnerable road users by Joe Lindsey, and this study by Kelcie Ralph et al. I also mentioned that international and Irish studies indicate – contrary to popular imagination – motorists break traffic laws more frequently than cyclists….

Listen here

Here’s How

Members of media outside Dublin Castle in February 2017, as the Disclosures Tribunal took place

This morning.

At 10.30am in Dublin Castle.

The Disclosures Tribunal will reconvene with Mr Justice Sean Ryan presiding.

It will be examining Garda Nicky Keogh’s claims that he was mistreated after making allegations of Garda collusion with a drug-dealing operation in the Midlands.

In May 2014, then Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan told the Dáil:

“[Garda Nicky Keogh]’s greatest concern with the drugs operation in November 2009 is that there was a systematic and orchestrated effort by high-ranking Garda officers to induce and coerce citizens, in this case citizens with no previous criminal conviction, to buy drugs from drug dealers, putting them in personal danger, and sell the drugs in turn to undercover gardaí without making any profit, thus boosting crime detection figures concerning arrests, charges and convictions. The result of this operation was that these mostly young citizens of the State, who had no previous drug convictions, now have serious drug convictions.”

Mr Justice Ryan has already said the tribunal will not be examining the claims made by Garda Keogh which, he says, prompted his alleged mistreatment.

Previously: ‘Delay May Have Allowed The Evaporation Of Evidence’

Rollingnews

From top: Irish Water protests, O’Connell Street, Dublin, Summer 2017′ RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson

Yesterday.

In The Sunday Times, Mark Tighe reported on minutes of meetings of the RTÉ Board from 2016 onwards which he obtained via requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

Mr Tighe reported:

Bryan Dobson, who now presents Morning Ireland, gave a presentation in which he said coverage of the water charge protests had “alienated a section of the public” who “rightly or wrongly perceived RTE as biased”.

Dobson said the station’s role should be to create a “neutral space for public debate”.

Dobson also said that the age of RTE’s audience had been an issue since the economic crash. He suggested the station should recruit “younger people to relate to a younger audience”.

A section of its “core audience, especially in the regions, felt RTE was not interested in them”.

In fairness.

Well-paid mind.

RTE board urges station to get with the programme (Mark Tighe, The Sunday Times)

Previously: “The Idiots Behind You Are A Bit Of A Distraction” (November 28, 2013)

What Did You Call Me?

Ah here.

This afternoon.

Dublin 1.

‘Extinction Rebellion’ activists and protesters lie down on O’Connell Bridge during Day 6 of their week-long Climate Justice demonstrations across the capital.

*cough*

Sam Boal/RollingNews

UPDATE:

There’s always one.

Take him away.

In your own time, officer.

Sam Boal/RollingNews

This afternoon.

O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.

Members of the Kurdish Community in Ireland and their supporters Protest against the current situation facing Kurdish fighters and Kurdish people in Syria, as Turkey begins operations against them in Northern Syria.

Kurdish civilians flee as Turkish forces bomb Syria for third day (The Guardian)

Related: Why Is Turkey Bombing The Kurds In Syria? (BBC)

Sam Boal/Rollingnews