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This morning.

Spray milk on the paddocks?

This changes everything.

This morning.

The youngest children have been most affected by lockdowns and closures during the Covid pandemic, new UK research finds.

Via The Guardian:

The research – published by the Education Endowment Foundation – found parents and teachers concerned that children in England were struggling with their emotional wellbeing as well as their ability to learn language and numeracy skills, after starting in reception classes after the earlier spring lockdown.

Teachers who spoke to the researchers said the disruption had left some infants with “low self-esteem and confidence”, and that more children than previously “feel overwhelmed” by learning.

Others highlighted increased behaviour problems seen when children returned to school, with some “biting, hitting, unable to share”, leading to teachers having to focus more on helping children settle back into school.

Ruth Coleman, headteacher at Highfield school in Ipswich, said: “When children returned to our nursery after the pandemic, many struggled with vital aspects of early years development, such as personal touch, or coping in bigger groups of children.

Younger children most affected by Covid lockdowns, new research finds (The Guardian)

Meanwhile…

RollingNews

President Michael D Higgins

On The Late Late Show…

…Linda Pototzki writes:

President Michael D Higgins will be live in-studio to speak with Ryan about his passion project, his Machnamh 100 series of seminars on the War of Independence and Civil War, his decade as president of Ireland and his love of football.

We mark one hundred years of Irish football with some of the greatest players to have worn the green jersey. Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn, David O’Leary, Packie Bonner and Shay Given will share their memories of the glory days of Irish football.

Also joining the show will be current internationals Gavin Bazunu, Dara O’Shea, Jessie Stapleton and Chloe Mustaki and managers Vera Pauw and Stephen Kenny. John Charlton will also be joining us to pay tribute to his father, the late, great Jack Charlton.

Plus, we will have music from singer-songwriter David Gray who will perform ‘This Year’s Love’ and Dan McCabe will sing ‘Fields of Athenry’.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9:35pm.

RollingNews

Seba Safe – I’m On Fire

I got a bad desire.

Actually the new single by Seba Safe (aka Michael D’Alton, top) is not a cover of the Springsteen classic but an original composition.

Released on the Nettwerk label, it has echoes of vintage Bon Iver.

Michael writes:

“This song is about not feeling good enough for anyone and finding the differences between you and others to use as validation to end things.

“The choruses deal with happier times when things felt better to try again. I blame myself for the relationship ending but ultimately know it was never going to work.”

Nick says: Inflammable material.

Seba Safe

This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Senior bankers and their hench people arrive for a meeting of the joint Oireachtas Finance Committee.

From top: Managing Director, Retail Banking at AIB Jim O’Keefe (right); PTSB CEO Eamonn Crowley; Chief Executive Officer Retail Ireland Gavin Kelly (left) and representatives from Bank of Ireland and poacher turned poacher, former FG TD and now banking lobbyist Brian Hayes.

We’ve missed you guys.

Ulster Bank to cease transactions with customers by March 2023, committee hears (RTE)

Sam Boal/RollingNews

Have you a spare 12 minutes?

Of course not.

Get it down to three minutes and we’ll talk.

Meanwhile….

Oh.

FIGHT!

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