MORE to follow.
‘Sup?
Dunmore East, Waterford
Carlosfandango writes:
Mr Hugh had the beach all to himself at the weekend. It took a while to convince him to leave. Run Lurcher run.
The awards season is upon us.
Isn’t it time you caught up on all those MOVIES?
A whole lot of tickets to buy.
Unless…
Nicole Fraser writes:
Awards Season has begun, and things are already heating up after this year’s Golden Globes, the SAG awards and the Critic’s Choice Awards.
There is no better place than ODEON to sit back, relax and catch all the award-winning moments with ODEON Limitless this Awards season.
ODEON’s Limitless allows movie lovers, to see all the films they want as often as they like for a monthly fee.
In addition , ODEON Limitless members also enjoy 10% off selected food and drink (including ODEON’s famous butter popcorn) and exclusive member preview screenings.
To celebrate we have two pairs of FREE tickets to see the award-winning and nominated film selection at any ODEON of your choosing.
Just tell us the worst Oscar Best Film winner you have ever seen and why.
Lines Must close at 6am.
Mark Hennessy (top) and the scene of his fatal shooting in Cherrywood, County Dublinin May, 2018
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ:
James Magee [a Civil Defence volunteer] told the inquest how he followed Hennessy’s car into a car park at the Cherrywood Industrial Estate near Shankill in Dublin.
Mr Magee said he saw that when Mark Hennessy stopped his car, he had his hands on the steering wheel and he made a shrugging gesture as garda cars pulled up in the car park.
He said he saw a box cutter or Stanley knife in Mark Hennessy’s hand, and looked away as he thought Hennessy was going to harm himself with the knife. When he looked back, Hennessy was harming himself.
He saw a plain clothes garda approach the car and draw his revolver. He saw Mark Hennessy appearing to reach down into the passenger footwell for something and then the garda firing a shot through the passenger window.
He then heard a garda say “urgent, assistance required, shot fired by garda” and saw a garda break the driver’s window of Mark Hennessy’s car with a baton.
Meanwhile..
The inquest at Dublin Coroner’s Court also heard from Christina Connelly, who saw the Nissan Qashqai as she was driving home from work that Sunday evening.
…She told the dispatcher there were two men in the front of the car wearing baseball caps. She followed the car to the Cherrywood Industrial Estate and very soon afterward a marked Civil Defence vehicle and two unmarked garda cars arrived.
Inquest told how garda shot Jastine Valdez’s killer (RTÉ)
Previously: Jastine Valdez on Broadsheet
Dark Horse
at
‘sup?
This afternoon.
Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2.
A traditional arrival to Sinn Féin’s General Election candidate launch in the Round Room of the Mansion House on the 101st anniversary of the meeting of the First Dáil.
Top from left: Connor Murphy, Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland, Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin Leader, actress Fionnula Flanagan, Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Fein leader in Northern Ireland and Pearse Doherty TD for Donegal.
Earlier: “If All [Sinn Féin Candidates] Were Elected They Still Wouldn’t Be In Government”
Lisa Lambe – Tiny Devotions
Iceland go bragh.
There can’t be many places that look even colder than Ireland to shoot a video in. But Lisa Lambe appears to have found one!
The singer/songwriter/actress gambols around Iceland for the promo (directed by Hen Of The Woods productions) for her new single which can be found on her forthcoming album Juniper, due on April 3.
You may know Lisa through her work with Celtic Woman. However, she will be headlining her own show at Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church this Friday as part of the capital’s TradFest.
Nick says: I second that devotion.
This afternoon.
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.
Via Irish Socialist Republicans:
As of 3pm today, Irish Socialist Republicans have engaged in a symbolic and occupation of Dublin Castle, to mark the 101st anniversary of the establishment of the All Ireland Republic and to protest against any Free State Commemoration of British Crown Forces.
Members of the Republicans group have occupied a Public area of the castle and unfurled a large banner that reads ‘No Crown Force Commemorations’ while also holding copies of the 1919 Democratic Programme of An Chéad Dáil Éireann.
A spokesman added:
“…In recent weeks the Irish People have demonstrated that a Commemoration of British Crown Forces is completely unacceptable.
Today’s symbolic occupation is designed to remember the establishment of the Republic, but also to demonstrate that Republicans today will organise to prevent any such Commemoration from taking place.
But we go further. 101 years after the establishment of Our Republic we call on the Irish People to break with the failed partitionist states in our country and return your allegiance to the All Ireland Republic Proclaimed in 1916.
We call on the Irish Working Class to take a very simple step to demonstrate their support for the Republic by actively boycotting Leinster House and the February Election.”
This afternoon.
Fianna Fail Election HQ, Dublin.
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning & Local Government James Corden Darragh O’Brien TD at the launch of a FF Press Briefing on Housing with Dublin City Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick (top left) and Deputy Spokesperson on Urban Renewal & Housing Pat Casey TD.
Regarding Sinn Féin’s plans to initiate the “largest ever campaign of public housing construction” as part of its own policy, Mr O’Brien said “we have a Sinn Féin party running approximately 40 candidates – if all of them were elected they wouldn’t be in Government”.
“(Sinn Féin housing spokesman) Eoin Ó Broin has the luxury, and he knows himself, to really say what he wants without having the responsibility to deliver,” Mr O’Brien said.
Sinn Féin policies moot as they are only running 40 candidates, FF TD insists (Breakingnews.ie)
Behold: spiral galaxy NGC 247, 11 million light years from us toward the southern constellation Cetus, smaller than the Milky Way and strangely redolent of something even smaller. To wit:
The pronounced void on one side of the galaxy’s disk recalls for some its popular name, the Needle’s Eye galaxy. Many background galaxies are visible in this sharp galaxy portrait, including the remarkable string of four galaxies just below and left of NGC 247 known as Burbidge’s Chain. Burbidge’s Chain galaxies are about 300 million light-years distant. NGC 247 itself is part of the Sculptor Group of galaxies along with the shiny spiral NGC 253.
(Image: Acquisition – Eric Benson, Processing – Dietmar Hager)