Category Archives: Misc

Launching Dining Week 2022 were above from left: James Lenehan, CEO at WIN|WIN Digibreaks ,Caroline O’Keefe, Dublin Manager at Failte Ireland, Jennifer Walsh, Head Chef, Pink ,Linda Pitkanen, Head of Marketing at Digibreaks and Garrett Clifford, Country Manager at WorldPay

This morning/afternoon.

Pink, South William Street Dublin 2.

Are you a diner?

Enjoy a bargain?

Read on.

Sinéad writes:

Hundreds of restaurants nationwide are signed up and ready to fill their tables for ‘Dining Week’, taking place from 19th to 28th April. Customers that book via the Dining Week website will enjoy a 25% discount on their food bill, with their €1 booking fee being donated to St Vincent de Paul.

Dining Week is supported by the Restaurants Association of Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, and sponsored by WorldPay from FIS, with over 200 restaurants expected to take part

It’s a celebration of a return to normality after years of lockdowns. Available for bookings from 2 to 8 people, Dining Week is the perfect excuse to gather with friends or family at your favourite restaurant, or discover a new one!

Book a table during Dining Week here

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Last night.

France 2.

In a televised interview, the French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he did not want to use the term “genocide” for the killing of Ukrainians by the Russian military.

Macron noted :

“I would be cautious with such words because these two peoples (Russians and Ukrainians) are brothers.”

Earlier….

Last night.

Iowa, USA

President Joe Biden for the first time referred to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine as a “genocide” at an event in Iowa, and he repeated the term before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington, DC.

Joe Biden accuses Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine (The Guardian)

The turning of the sod on the first phase of the Regeneration of O’Devaney Gardens in July , 2018 with then Lord Mayor for Dublin Nial Ring, Fine Gael (centre), Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy (right) and Minister for FinancePaschal O’Donohoe (left)

Free tonight?

RollingNews

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

The Cabinet will hear this morning that more than 22,000 people from Ukraine have arrived here since 25 February.

So far, 14,155 people have sought accommodation from State services.

Efforts are being stepped up to process the offers of accommodation pledged by the public.

So far, only about half of those who offered accommodation are answering these calls.

Defence Forces personnel are contacting more than 1,200 property owners every day as they work through the 24,000 or so pledges of accommodation.

Meanwhile…

It is now likely that camp beds in community halls will be used in the next few days to accommodate people.

Community hall camp beds likely to be used for Ukrainians fleeing war (RTE)

This morning.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

The Minister for the Environment and Climate Action Eamon Ryan arrives for cabinet following his disclosure yesterday that  turf-selling will be banned from September 1.

Mr Ryan said that families would still be allowed to cut peat from traditional plots for domestic use but selling the peat will be prohibited.

he told the dail:

“This approach will facilitate those with turbary rights to continue to cut and burn sod peat for their own domestic purposes, while also reducing the use of sod peat in urban areas,”

Sam Boal/RollingNews

Yesterday: Turf-Exclusionary