Category Archives: Misc

Ah here.

Dublin Airport.

Anyone?

Meanwhile…

Another angle.

Meanwhile…

Ah.

Diarmuid Rossa Phelan is accused of murdering Keith Conlon (36) at Hazelgrove Farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on February 22 last

This afternoon.

Via Independent.ie:

Lawyers representing a senior barrister charged with the murder of a father of four have been granted permission by the Court of Appeal to request interviews with four eyewitnesses in the case.

…court president Mr Justice George Birmingham was told that lawyers representing Diarmuid Rossa Phelan wanted to interview a group of witnesses to the fatal shooting, but the State was objecting to the request because the Book of Evidence had yet to be served on the accused.

…Granting the defence application, Mr Justice Birmingham said the three-judge court could “see no objection” in the request from Mr Phelan’s solicitors to contact the four student witnesses for the purpose of an interview…

“It is accepted by all sides of the court that there is no property of a witness. That is beyond dispute,” the judge said.

Anyone?

Murder charge barrister Diarmuid Rossa Phelan’s solicitors granted permission to speak to eyewitnesses (Independent.ie)

Previously: Refused Bail

Staying in  tonight?

Taoiseach Micheal Martin travels to Davos, Switzerland to participate in a World Economic Forum panel discussion on European unity at 9pm Irish time.

Top of the world, Ma.

Watch live here

WEF

Meanwhile…

This morning.

Davos, Switzerland.

FIGHT!

Full page ad in this morning’s Irish Times

How much?

€34,000.

Thud.

*full body spasm*

Meanwhile…

The first cases of a new Covid-19 variant of concern have been detected in the Republic.

Two cases of BA.4, a sublineage of the currently dominant Omicron Covid-19 variant, were detected earlier this month, according to chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan.

…Dr Holohan says the two strains have a growth advantage most likely because they can evade immunity provided by prior infection and vaccination, particularly as this wanes over time.

Covid: New variant of concern detected in Republic  (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)

This afternoon.

Geneva, Switzerland.

Your new overlord.

Earlier…

This morning.

The WHO’s World Health Assembly.

Geneva, Switzerland.

Meanwhile…

…via Lawyers for Justice

In response to a Parliamentary Question Number 397 raised by Roisin Shortall TD on 10th March 2022, the Minister for Health in Written Answer states that “Ireland supports the WHO led process to negotiate a binding legal instrument on pandemic preparedness and response”.

The Irish People have not been asked to vote by Referendum on the question of whether they ‘support’ a ‘binding legal instrument on pandemic preparedness and response’ under Article 19 (Treaty) or Article 21 (Regulation) of the WHO Constitution.

The Minister for Health and Official delegates (to date the delegates have not been published) to the WHA from the Department of Health (‘Official delegates’) should make clear to the INB that Ireland can only agree to an Article 23 (Recommendation) agreement in the absence of a People’s Referendum under Article 6 of the Irish Constitution.

The people must demand that the Minister for Health and Official delegates notify the INB by formal record, prior to its second meeting, that Ireland CANNOT agree to a WHO measure (i.e. a legally binding treaty) without holding a People’s Referendum.

Petition here

Previously: It’s Like ‘Independence Day’, Without The Independence

AFP

Sive – Beira

Sive talking.

Kildare songstress Sive (aka Sadhbh O’Sullivan) takes us on a deep enchanted journey on her new album We Begin in Darkness, out now on Veta Records.

Sive writes:

“These 11 songs lean into themes of place, death, judgement, anxiety, mythology, and what it is to live in a human body. I hope they’ll carry you on an expedition through a cycle of inner seasons, casting light into all of the dark corners along the way.”

Sive is also the co-founder of Embrace Music, a collective of “musicians and arts in health specialists on a mission to share opportunities for embracing music, movement and other artforms.”

Nick says: O’Sullivan’s travels.

Sive