Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health Dr. Tony Holohan (left) and Deputy Chief Medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn at a briefing in the Department of Health, Dublin last night

The Department of Health has said in addition to the 687 people diagnosed with Covid-19 who have died and where there have been laboratory confirmed tests, there are also a further 77 ‘probable‘ Covid-19 deaths.

Details are now being provided of probable cases, where a clinician has determined a death as probably related to Covid-19….

Yesterday, health officials reported 77 deaths from Covid-19, the highest number declared on a single day during the emergency here.

Figures show that these deaths occurred over an extended period.

Many of them were in recent days, but in some in cases the deaths went back to around the beginning of April.

Anyone?

Further 77 ‘probable’ Covid-19 deaths – Dept of Health (RTÉ)

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Behold: IC 2944, a gaseous region of star formation also known as the ‘Running Chicken Nebula’ or the ‘λ Centauri Nebula’, if you must. To wit:

…the Running Chicken Nebula spans about 100 light years and lies about 6,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Centaur (Centaurus). The featured image, shown in scientifically assigned colours, was captured recently in a 12-hour exposure. The star cluster Collinder 249 is visible embedded in the nebula’s glowing gas. Although difficult to discern here, several dark molecular clouds with distinct shapes can be found inside the nebula.

(Image: Juan Filas)

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Sean O’Rourke

This morning/afternoon.

Sean O’Rourke will finish on Today with Sean O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1 on Friday, May 8.

Via RTÉ:

Sean O’Rourke has announced that he is to retire from his role as presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s Today programme in May. Sean has presented the top 10 rating show since taking over as the new presenter in 2013.

His departure will mark the end of over 25 years as a presenter of daily news and current affairs on RTÉ Radio 1.

The former News at One and The Week in Politics presenter is a multiple winner of the PPI News Journalist of the Year Award, and grew listeners to the flagship morning show to a high of 354,000 listeners each day.

Sean O’Rourke said:

“For nearly seven years now it’s been my great privilege to sit in the best current affairs chair in Irish broadcasting. But nothing is forever. I’m going to be 65 in May. And that’ll be as good a time as any to end the great adventure of Today SOR.

I’ve had an absolute ball – daily interviews, debates, elections, referendums, a memorable encounter with the Donald in Doonbeg… some great music and song, and the odd bit of hand-to-hand studio combat.

All of it with a light dusting of fun, as we promised you at the very start. And all made possible by really talented, hard-working and loyal colleagues, to whom I’ll be forever grateful.”

Pic: RTÉ

Update:

Live from Poland.

Celebrating 420 yesterday, Derek Clabby (top), frontman of Dublin ska band The Bionic Rats, dedicates ‘Legalise It’ and ‘Got To Have Kaya Now’ to ‘erb enthusiast Johnny Keenan (him off the telly).

Tune into Bionic Del’s daily positive vibrations here

This morning.

Henry Street, Dublin 1.

Shop workers, including Sam Soliman (top), picket outside Debenhams following a High Court decision to appoint provisional liquidators to the UK chain’s Irish operation after it was told by the company that it is insolvent and couldn’t pay its debts.

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Update:

Meanwhile…

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