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What you may need to know.

1. The trailer for Irish horror flick The Cellar, starring 24‘s Elisha Cuthbert and The Night Shift’s Eoin Macken, has ‘dropped’ ahead of the film’s arrival in cinemas next week.

2. The Cellar was filmed in Roscommon by National Film School graduate Brendan Muldowney, whose credits include Pilgrimage (2017).

3. Billed as “the darkest” of nightmares”, The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods, a mother who must confront an ‘ancient force’ when her daughter disappears in the family’s new home.

4. The cast also includes plenty of Irish talent, including Dylan Fitzmaurice Brady, Abby Fitz, Aaron Monaghan, Andrew Bennett, Tara Lee, Michael-David McKernan and Seán Doyle.

Andy’s Verdict: New underpants!

Cinema release: Friday, March 25.

Two years.

At least they’ve ratcheted down the fear since then…

Oh.

Central Train Station, Kyiv, Ukraine last month

This morning.

Further to Ukraine’s banning of military-aged men from leaving the country…

…via EuroNews:

Members of Ukraine’s transgender community are having trouble fleeing Russia’s bombardment of the country, activists have told Euronews.

They say some are being stopped at the border because the gender markers on their passports or identification documents do not match their actual genders.

Activists say both transgender men and women are facing the problem, but it is a particular problem for the latter.

“The situation is very hard because the LGBTQ+ community was feeling marginalised and discriminated against before the war began,” said Igor Medvid, a coordinator for HPLGBT.

“Many people say that when they attempted to cross the border, the border police and the border guards are making their decision based on the gender marker in the passport…and we consider this as another example of lawful transphobia.”

Meanwhile…

While LGBTQ+ activists in Ukraine have made strides over the past couple of years, there are still many barriers for trans people.

Before 2017, members of the trans community had to spend time supervised in a mental institution before they could begin transitioning.

But while that requirement has been scrapped, people still need an outpatient psychiatric examination to change their gender markers, which could lead to inpatient hospitalisation.

They also have to undergo “irreversible medical intervention”.

‘Lawful transphobia’ stopping Ukraine’s trans community from fleeing (EuroNews)

AP

Meanwhile…

Um.

Um.

Last night/this morning.

Any excuse.

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, has died (NPR)

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Meanwhile…

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Mick McCarthy in 2001

On The Late Late Show...

…Linda Pototzki writes:

Former Republic of Ireland captain and manager, Mick McCarthy joins us in aid of Daffodil Day…Ireland and Leinster pro, Andrew Porter will shave his head live to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society…

With his very own show on Golf Channel on NBC, impressionist and comedian Conor Moore will be on with his hilarious take on an array of famous Irish characters…

Ireland’s favourite master of magic and mentalist Keith Barry will dazzle and amaze with some illusions and hypnotic experiences…

Ballinteer native, Andrew Fitzsimons, is back launching his own independent haircare range…

Ryan will meet Amy Dunne who, when she was just 17 years old,  found herself going to court to demand the right to travel to the UK for a termination after her baby was diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality.

Plus, Ireland’s newest folk band formed through a nationwide search of over 1,000 musicians, Ceol will drop by  for a special performance.

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

RollingNews

Skinner – The Slump

I’m a slacker, baby.

Introducing Skinner (top): “a 24-year-old DIY slouch rock musician based in Dublin, who writes, records and produces songs about growing up and overcoming a dirt-flecked 21st century existence.”

Skinner writes:

“The song channels a feeling of nothingness and attempts to see the humour in it. Everyone goes through periods where every day feels like a slap in the face so I wrote this weird disco song to distract myself from the monotony of it all. I was trying to escape everything and make something fun, something you could dance to.”

The Slump is out now on Faction Records and follows the Gunge EP on 12” vinyl, a collection of five singles released from 2019 to 2021.

Nick says: With added sax solo.

Skinner

 

President Michael D Higgins has suggested that Ukraine could become a neutral country

This morning.

Via The Times:

The government has distanced itself from the president’s remarks that Ukraine should become a neutral country in the interest of peace.

President Higgins said last week that a neutral Ukraine could discuss “what might be agreed in terms of defence rather than aggression” with other neutral EU member states…

…Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said: “It should be for Ukraine to decide whether it’s neutral or whether it joins Nato, and whether it wants to join the European Union or not.”

…A spokesman for the taoiseach said it was not for the Irish government to say whether Ukraine should be neutral or not. “We are here to support them on a humanitarian aspect and to support their territorial sovereignty. It’s not for me to make a comment [on neutrality],” he said.

Leaders distance themselves from Higgins remarks on Ukraine neutrality (Brian Mahon, The Times)

RollingNews

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, who is also Minister of Defence, has promised an “action plan” to rebuild the country’s depleted armed forces

Now that the world’s getting tense
There are people who think it makes sense
To plan for the worst
And put ourselves first
And spend a lot more on defence

John Moynes

RollingNews