We highly appreciate a single, strong voice of Ireland 🇮🇪 when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its barbaric crimes which are being committed on our soil. Thank you @MaryLouMcDonald for standing with 🇺🇦 Ukraine at this tragic time. @OireachtasNews#StandWithUkrainepic.twitter.com/lZeOVVFLcw
📣 Leo Varadkar all but opening the debate on Ireland’s military neutrality in the Dáil – says we have gotten by for 70yrs presuming nobody would attack us, and that even if we were, the US and UK would come to our defence… he says he’s not sure that’s tenable position any more
4. Announced back in 2017, Bullet Train is based on the novel ‘Maria Beetle’ by Kōtarō Isaka.
5. Pitt is Ladybug, an experienced assassin, who boards a bullet train and encounters several other professional killers: Prince (Joey King), Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) and Hornet (Zazie Beetz).
5. Also on the train is Kimura (Andrew Koji), a father seeking revenge after Prince put his son in a coma. The killers soon realise that their various targets are all interrelated, and their assignments quickly spiral out of control.
6. Lady Gaga.was originally on board to play an assassin but missed the, er, train (to focus on ‘House of Gucci‘).
With the war in Ukraine, this week’s RTÉ Late Late Show will be dedicated to the Irish Red Cross fundraising appeal for Ukraine to help raise vital funds for humanitarian assistance for those directly impacted by the disaster. Ryan will also speak with Ukrainians living in Ireland about their concerns and worries for their families who are still in Ukraine.
Dublin band Aslan will be performing in support of the fundraiser and will reflect on the crisis as will singer/songwriter Róisín Murphy who has postponed two dates in Russia. Hollywood actor Alan Cumming will share his thoughts on the current situation…
Statue of Luke Wadding outside Greyfriar’s Church, Waterford city; Brothers Fredie and Felix Fitzgerald on a Waterford Treasurees tour
This morning.
Paddy’s Day.
It’s all his fault.
Ann Power writes:
At the entrance to Greyfriar’s Church in Waterford City stands a sculpture of the famous Franciscan monk, theologian and historian, Luke Wadding.
It is Luke Wadding who succeeded, against all the odds, in having St. Patrick’s Day recognised as a Church holiday and of course and soon afterwards it became a worldwide day of celebration.
Born in Waterford in 1588 and ordained as a Franciscan priest in 1613 he quickly became one of the most respected and well-known Franciscan theologians at work in mainland Europe, mostly in Rome where he established an Irish college for clerical students studying for the priesthood.
It is widely held that after he established his reputation in Rome, the Pope himself asked Wadding to lend a learned eye to helping to create a comprehensive calendar of saints. Wadding completed his task dutifully but thanks to his patriotic Irishness, along with all of the well-known Saints like Anthony and Francis, Wadding snuck in an extra, slightly lesser-studied Irish Saint – Patrick.
March 17th had been observed by the Irish as St. Patrick’s Day since the tenth century, but only when Wadding gave church sanction to this did it become a huge spectacle of parades and céilithe. Strangely enough one of the places integral to the international importance of St. Patrick’s Day – and to its status as a national holiday – was Waterford.
During St. Patrick’s Weekend, a guided Luke Wadding historic walking tour of the City is available at 12, 2 pm and 4 pm and will be led by the expert guides from Waterford Treasures Museums.
The Luke Wadding Walking Tour tickets are available at €10 per person, under 12s are free and tickets can be booked via Waterford Treasures (link below) or via the ticket desk at the Bishop’s Palace Museum in Waterford City.
Russian troops were in the centre of the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson after conflicting claims over whether Moscow had captured a major urban centre for the first time in its eight-day invasion.
Via Al Jazeera
The capture of Kherson, a strategic southern provincial capital where the Dnieper River flows into the Black Sea, is the first significant city to fall since Moscow launched its attack on February 24.
Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv continues to come under heavy Russian shelling, with police and university buildings among the latest struck.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says a member of its observer mission died in the shelling.
Russia denies targeting civilians although there have been widespread reports of non-combatant casualties and the targeting of residential areas.
Russia on Wednesday reported its military casualties for the first time since the invasion began last week, saying nearly 500 of its troops had been killed and almost 1,600 wounded.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris greeted by Professor Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, as they arrive in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute to announce the successful cross-border partnership projects awarded funding under the North South Research Programme.
Google-owned Fitbit has recalled one million smartwatches after users reported burn injuries after the battery overheated
Have you heard of a smart watch? Well it
Can be helpful if you’re getting fit
But I’ve heard reports
That while playing sports
Some models might burn you a bit
