This afternoon.
Members of Extinction Rebellion celebrate outside the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment after plastering the outside of the building with Climate Action posters on day 5 of their Week of Climate Justice Action demonstrations.
Earlier: While You Were Sleeping
Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews
Dublin Lord Mayor Nial Ring who took office in June 2018
Laoise Neylon, in The Dublin Inquirer, reports:
The costs of having a sociable lord mayor of Dublin have been totted up.
The annual costs incurred by Dublin City Council for running the Mansion House and the Office of the Lord Mayor have increased by about €665,000 in recent years.
They grew from €1,166,000 in 2015/16 to €1,831,000 in 2018/19, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Having a Particularly Sociable Lord Mayor Was Expensive (Laoise Neylon, The Dublin Inquirer)
Previously: A New ‘Mare
Remote night time landscapes illuminated by the geometric flight paths of lighted drones by artist Reuben Wu.
Previously: They’re Coming
The Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7
Among the legal profession?
What unpacked madness is this?
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ:
….It is understood the alleged remarks [on a private messaging app] related to female students….
…In an internal email sent to students, seen by RTÉ News, the content of the alleged messages are described as “highly offensive” and give rise to “profound ethical concerns.”
It also says “trainees are subject to the same rules and regulations as practising solicitors regarding ethical behaviour.”
In a statement, the Law Society says it “takes these allegations extremely seriously” and it says “if they are proven to be true, disciplinary action will be taken.”
Law Society launch investigation into alleged comments (Fergal O’Brien, RTÉ)
Pic: WikipediaCommons
Meanwhile, at the bar…
Ah.
Good times.
Full report here.
Thanks anon
Free this Halloween?
Stuck with bored, custumed children?
Try The Annual Finglas Halloween Festival ‘Finglas Fright Night’ (and then say it really fast)
At the Finglas Civic Centre, Mellowes Road on Thursday, October 31 from 6pm to 9pm.
Via Dublin City Council:
All are welcome to attend this fun, safe, family event.
This year the ghoulish entertainment will include scary street entertainment, Colm Dawson’s magic show, carnival stalls, fairground attractions including, a junior Merry go round, kiddies roller coaster, teenage terminator, chair-o-planes, junior and Senior obstacle courses….
Send things to do this Halloween to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Things To Do This Halloween’. No fee.
From top: UK Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay and EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier earlier; their joint statement.
This afternoon.
Brussels Belgium.
James Rothwell tweetz:
EU has agreed to enter the “tunnel” on new Brexit proposals – so intensifying talks. Big boost for Boris Johnson but we’re still not clear what’s been floated
May be related to whether N Ireland stays in customs union, and fresh idea on securing consent from people of N Ireland…
Earlier…
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has likened Brexit to “climbing a mountain”, after holding talks with Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay.
Mr Barnier urged “patience”, as the EU and UK look to reach a deal ahead of a crucial summit next week.
Barnier: Brexit deal negotiations like climbing a mountain (BBC)
Brexit: EU27 to move to ‘tunnel’ negotiations on detail of deal – live news (The Guardian)
Meanwhile…
Alternatively…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) in Dublin last month with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
‘When Leo Varadkar met Johnson in Dublin last month, the Prime Minister was left with the distinct impression that if he was prepared to put a regulatory border in the Irish Sea then Dublin would be prepared to think creatively about other matters. No. 10 offered up this concession, but to no avail.
Even those in Downing Street who are inclined to a more diplomatic approach than the Vote Leave veterans are irritated that the Irish have failed to engage with the UK proposal.
They reckon that they have moved a long way — and,unexpectedly, brought the DUP with them — and that Dublin and the EU just aren’t recognising that.
They believe that because their solution brings with it Unionist consent, it is built to last in a way that the backstop wasn’t; polls suggest that around 80 per cent of Unionists are uncomfortable with the backstop. Yet still the EU says that the proposal doesn’t pass muster.
The Benn Act sends Johnson naked into the conference chamber. If there’s no deal by 19 October, then the government must ask the EU for an extension. However much Downing Street huffs and puffs about this, there isn’t a way round this law. Even if No. 10 finds a loophole, the courts are bound to close it.
As for the hopes that another EU state will veto the extension request: that ain’t going to happen.
The consequences of no deal would be dire for Ireland; and no EU member state is going to inflict that kind of damage on another. The solidarity of the EU27 that London has failed to crack in three years isn’t about to break now…’
A mural adapted to the architecture at ‘Poet’s Corner’ in west London by artist Fin DAC painted for the Acton Unframed art project .
Kathleen Watkins and her most-loved poetry anthology, The Ordinary Woman (Gill)
On The Ray D’Arcy Show…
Fergus McCormack writes:
Bonnie Greer, the American writer, playwright and hero in Ireland joins Ray after her passionate defence of Ireland on BBC’s Question Time – a clip that’s been viewed nearly 3 million times.
Much loved star of The Snapper and Ballykissangel, Tina Kelleher talks to Ray about her latest role in Fair City as devious battleaxe Ger Lynch who’s causing chaos in Carrigstown.
Kathleen Watkins celebrates the release of her book The Ordinary Woman and Other Poems I Love and how poetry plays an important part in her life with husband Gay Byrne…
Mabel Chah, a pop star in her native Cameroon, tells Ray about her journey from direct provision to launching a new music career in Ireland… and she’ll perform live in studio with the Sligo Gospel Choir…
And Cork author Louise O’Neill talks about bringing her groundbreaking book Asking For It back to the stage.
*Begins reading the Mahābhārata*
The Ray D’Arcy Show at 9.45 pm on RTÉ One.
Pics: Gill Books
