This afternoon.

More as they cancel it.

Earlier: Hands Off Seân

Update:

This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin 2.

New mothers joined by TD Brid Smith (top left) and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (in pink pic 3) with a petition for the Taoiseach to extend the Maternity Payment ‘by a few weeks’ because of the Covid 19 Crisis .

Above from top: Andrea Simic with Nika (5 months); Tara MacDarby with Calum (4 months) ; Paula Solan with Quinn Leonard (20 weeks), and Amy McGivney with Ki  (14 weeks),

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A unique view of the normally familiar Orion constellation captured early last year from mountains in San Juan, Argentina where a zoomed long exposure has been used to enhance distant nebulae normally invisible to the unaided human eye. To wit:

…once you become oriented, you can see Orion’s three belt stars lined up vertically near the image center, and even locate the familiar Orion Nebula on the upper left. Famous faint features that are also visible include the dark Horsehead Nebula indentation near the image center, and the dusty Flame Nebula just to its right. Part of the Orion-encircling Barnard’s Loop can also be found on the far right. The image combines multiple sky-tracking shots of the background in different colours with a single static foreground exposure taken at twilight — all captured with the same camera and from the same location.

(Image: Nicolas Tabbush)

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Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD, and Duncan Smith TD (left) at Leinster House this morning

This morning/afternoon.

Big Pharma’s way so.

Imagine our shock, etc.

Rollingnews

Oh.

This morning.

Below the belt fallout from a trans Twitter spat involving Graham Linehan, JK Rowling and Hozier.

Hozier and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan join Twitter row over JK Rowling comments (Independent.ie)

Dr David Nabarro of the World Health Organisation

This morning.

The World Health Organization’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, wass speaking to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19.

Dr Nabarro has said it is “highly unlikely” and “really surprising” that Ireland would go into total lockdown again – however local areas might see movement restrictions due to clusters.

He also said it is “reasonable” to suggest that commuters should wear face coverings to protect drivers and attendants.

Dr Nabarro, meanwhile, has advocated for face masks, and said while it is up to national governments to decide their policy on face coverings he wanted to encourage people to “take the advice super seriously and get into the habit of doing it”.

Hmm.

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Meanwhile…

Yesterday: ‘I Expect It To Be Ignored, As The Elderly Have Been Ignored’

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