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Bob Geldof on The Late Late Show in 2019

On The Late Late Show…

…Linda Pototzki writes:

The Late Late Show will celebrate the 70th birthday of rock star and philanthropist Bob Geldof…

Ryan will be joined in-studio with Bob and his wife Jeanne, children Pixie and Tiger and sister Lynn. Also, Bob will receive a special birthday wish from President Michael D Higgins.

The Chair of the Elders and former Úachtaran na hEireann Mary Robinson will speak about her relationship with Bob, his vital role as a humanitarian and his well-known powers of persuasion!

Also paying tribute on the night will be The Boomtown Rats, Midge Ure, Andrea Corr, Imelda May and many more.

There will also be special contributions from Bob’s illustrious friends across the world of entertainment and beyond including Sting, Van Morrison, Tony Blair and Ringo Starr to name a few.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9.35pm.

Pic: Andres Poveda

Tonight.

The Button Factory in Temple Bar will see 450 people in attendance for a pilot nightclub event

Digital Covid Certs and antigen tests will be required.

Anyone?

Pilot Nightclub Event (Button Factory)

Pilot Nightclub Event To ake Place In Dublin (98FM)

Pic: Button Factory

Update:

This morning.

DJ and spokesperson for Give Us The Night Sunil Sharpe and Button Factory promoter Will Rolfe spoke with Aine Lawlor.

Towards the end of the interview:

Aine Lawlor: “And can people, like, to put it bluntly, can they kiss?”

Will Rolfe: “So, in terms of our ventilation, everything has been checked and it will be checked, CO2 levels will be monitored on the night. In terms of people’s romance and enjoying themselves, we won’t be preventing anyone.”

Lawlor: “So, it won’t be like the nuns used to be going around at all those school discos…”

Rolfe: “Absolutely not.”

Lawlor: “Nothing like that.”

Good times.

John Francis Flynn – Lovely Joan

It’s folk, Jim, but not as we know it.

Dubliner John Francis Flynn (top), a veteran of five-piece folk troupe Skipper’s Alley, commands our full undivided attention on this live performance of a song on his new album I Would Not Live Always.

The vid was filmed in Connolly’s of Leap, county Cork, by director Peadar O Goill.

Nick says: In like Flynn.

John Francis Flynn

A lorry driver shortage has put haulage firms under pressure to keep trucks on the road

We all want this country to thrive
Which means we need people who drive
Around in big trucks
But sadly it looks
Like on this front we’re taking a dive

John Moynes

RollingNews

This afternoon.

Earlier…

A Labour frontbencher has criticised the BBC for focusing on “identity issues” and effectively stoking a row over trans rights in the party.

In an interview on Wednesday morning shadow justice secretary David Lammy said Today programme presenter Nick Robinson was “deliberately asking me about an issue that you know does not come up on the doorstep.”

BBC stoking row over trans rights, Labour frontbencher David Lammy says (Independent.co.uk)

Meanwhile…

Andrew Marr (left) and UK Party Leader Kier Starmer on last Sunday’s  The Andrew Marr Show on BBC 1

This afternoon.

Via Pink News:

Labour MP Emily Thornberry has expertly demonstrated how the question “do only women have a cervix” should be answered without feeding into a toxic debate.

The reductive question has become the centre of political discussion since Labour leader Keir Starmer said it’s “not right” to say only women have a cervix during an interview with Andrew Marr.

That question was put to him in relation to a tweet posted by Labour MP Rosie Duffield in August 2020, where she claimed only women have cervixes. Following Starmer’s interview, health secretary Sajid Javid wrongly suggested that Duffield’s initial statement was a “scientific fact”.

Instead of discussing any of the real issues facing trans, non-binary and intersex people – such as the ongoing healthcare crisis – journalists have instead rushed to add fuel to the fire.

The debate was raised during an interview with Emily Thornberry on Politics Live – and she responded in the best possible way.

Thornberry told the hosts that claiming only women have a cervix is “factually inaccurate”, adding: “There are men who have cervixes – there are men who are trans and they’re men. It’s just factually wrong.”

Grilling politicians on who has a cervix isn’t journalism – it’s toxic, transphobic theatre (Pink News)

BBC

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

Earlier…

Anti covid response protest in Dublin city last month

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

The largest number of Covid-19 cases were seen in those aged 0-12 years in the two weeks to last Monday, latest figures show.

Of the 18,524 cases reported, 5,103 were in those up to 12 years of age.

The 5-12 year age group represented over 21% of all the cases reported, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

Under-12s account for more than 20% of recent Covid cases (Fergal Bowers, RTÉ)

Meanwhile….

RollingNews

This afternoon.

Anyone?

Rollingnews

‘sup?

Last week, with a Dogs of Dublin print (above) by John Rooney (available at Jam Art Prints) on offer we asked you for your funniest/most memorable dog story.

Mark at Jam Art chose Janet’s multiple, Paris-based, slightly mucky, canine recollections, which included:

“OK, let’s go with the star of the 11 Arrondissement, a little Jackie named Kitcha, when she wasn’t working the decks she was quality-testing the Guinness (she knows to let it settle) and working the door as the best bouncer in Paris. People new to Paris I warmed to and liked who’d stray into my bar, I liked to take out to get ‘Janeted’. One young pup from Liverpool who is now a fast friend, I invited out to go clubbing after work, he says, ‘What about the dog? OK this is your bar but we are never going clubbing with the dog?’

“Kitcha led the way sans lead, as usual, always stopping before crossing the road for an ‘OK, Go’ sign, skips the line at the club and all you can hear are two huge bald bouncers screaming “Kitcha!” as she legs it in ahead of us to join the madness on the dance floor. She showed that Liverpool lad how it was done and he never looked back.”

“A dog is a good litmus test of any man or potential partner, herself snuck in when I was test driving a new lover and licked the poor sod on his arse mid coitus. The screams! She was right he had to go.”

Splutter!

Well done, Janet and thanks all.

Jam Art Prints

The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday.

Last week: Woof! There It Is

From top: Retired Kerry District Court Judge James O’Connor; Paul Murphy TD

This afternoon.

Dail Eireann, Leinster House.

Paul Murphy TD asked Taoiseach Micheál Martin:

“On the 14th of July, I raised with you the gross abuse of power by retired Kerry judge James O’Connor.

“I explained how he had abused his position to persistently and completely inappropriately pursue a woman – a vulnerable woman – who was before his court on a family law matter for a sexual relationship.

“Over the summer I was contacted by another woman who told me a very similar story relating to the same judge.

“She was again before him on a family law matter. He approached her repeatedly, he got her number, and then he persistently pursued her.

“There were multiple incidents. I won’t go through all of them. I’ll just quote one incident she told me about.

“She said: ‘He rang me another day and said he had stuff for my case. He told me to meet him at the back door of the courthouse. I went to the back door. He was waiting. He said he didn’t have the paperwork with him. He brought me in there to get the paperwork. Then he lunged at me. I pushed him and left. He obviously felt he could have done anything he wanted to’.”

“There is clearly a repeated pattern of abusive behaviour by James O’Connor, the question is what is the Government going to do to stop this sort of thing happening again.”

Micheál Martin replied that he will consult with others on “how we deal with this”.

Taoiseach says allegations against former judge are ‘very serious’ (RTÉ)

Previously: A Menace In The District Court (Village, June 2021)

Top pic: Valerie O’Sullivan/ Killarney Today

Meanwhile…

Um.